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The slew of research studies into the neural effects of meditation is believed to have been influenced by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Buddhists have a long tradition of intensive meditation. The Dalai Lama sent some of his most accomplished meditation practitioners to the University of Wisconsin to have their meditating brains probed into by neuroscientist Richard Davidson. What followed was a revolutionary experiment that eventually proved the phenomenon of “neuroplasticity” – the ability of the human brain to continuously evolve structurally and functionally. Read more here…

A group of city-based youth is using music to heal the quake-affected people in Nepal and collect relief material and money for them. “Apart from distributing food and relief material, we also want to heal those affected with music. It has the power to heal and soothe,” said Anish Bhattarai, 28, who owns a software start up. Read more here…

These benefits occur even when we are NOT actively practicing meditation! When we are better able to take care of our feelings, then we can be more grounded when our kids loose it. Read more here…

Not only does massage feel amazing, countless medical studies have shown it’s good for you, too. To help you fully relax during your next session, LMTs address some common concerns so you can relax during your next session. “Arrive early to give your body time to unwind. And, if your nose tends to clog, bring some saline nasal spray and use it just before.” —Jessica Collishaw, LMT, Oasis Day Spa . Read more here….

Practicing Transcendental Meditation (TM), a 20-minute twice-a-day mindfulness regimen, may help people with HIV feel better, a small new study finds. Read more here…

Meditation is no longer a passive practice or one in which we remove ourselves from the world. Meditation is the catalyst for transformation, self-knowledge and taking action in the world from an aligned place of love rather than a limiting place of fear-doing things from our heart rather than what everyone else wants us to do or what we think we should be doing. Read more here…

Most people assume that meditation is all about stopping thoughts, getting rid of emotions, somehow controlling the mind, but actually it’s much different than that,” says meditation expert and former Buddhist monk Andy Puddicombe at the TEDSalon London Fall 2012. Read more here…

The analysis showed a “small and consistent signal” that different components of negative effect–stress, distress, anxiety and depression–improved in subjects who were trained in and practiced mindfulness meditation, the authors wrote. The scale of benefits found ranged from 22% to 38% for anxiety symptoms and 23% to 30% for depressive symptoms. Its effect on pain was more robust, yielding an average improvement of about 33%. Read more here…

I never in a million years thought I’d be the type of person who meditates. I’ve had an aversion to all things airy-fairy since age five, when my parents – recovering hippies – sent me to a yoga class for kids. Read more here…

Transcendental Meditation encourages a state of awareness by avoiding distracting thoughts. He says the great thing about meditation is that he can do it anywhere. Mr. Oberholtzer lives in Santa Monica, Calif., and flies to San Francisco at least once a week for work. He often meditates on the short plane ride. Read more here…