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The first-ever Marie Huenefeld Friend of the School Award goes to – drumroll, please – Huenefeld herself. Huenefeld was elected to the Mariemont City School District Board of Education in November 1987, according to a news release. She served as board president five times before retiring. Read more here…

Transcendental meditation “takes users from a level of active thinking to a state of inner quietness that reduces levels of stress hormones and activation of the sympathetic nervous system, which drives the so-called fight-or-flight response by increasing heart rate and blood pressure,” according to a news release on the study, which was published in the journal Military Medicine. On the other hand, in the non-meditation group, 59.4% had stabilized, reduced or stopped taking psychotropic drugs while 40.5% were taking additional meds. Read more here…

The first part of the study found that after 40 minutes of meditating, novice meditators did better on a mental performance test compared to their normal performance. This suggests the participants were mentally well-rested after the meditation. The second part of the study looked at the amount of sleep and mental acuity of experienced meditators compared to a group of non-meditators. Each of the meditators had at least 3 years of meditation experience and meditated for 2.3 hours per day on average. Read more here…

“Women in the music group also expressed preferences for the type of music they listened to, with lullabies, nature and crystal sounds proving more popular than classical music.” Half of the women were pregnant for the first time and just over half of the pregnancies were planned. The number of women in their second and third trimesters were more or less equal. Read more here…

HSHP strives to establish music therapy as an innovative approach to healthcare being practiced by students in the community. Music therapy is an established health profession in which music is used therapeutically to address physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs of individuals. “Music is a very important part of our program. It is something that reaches every resident. It takes them back to fond memories that they may have experienced during different eras in their lives,” Livingston said. Read more here…

Meditation is best practiced first thing in the morning, but can benefit you anytime you need it. As long as you are able to safely close your eyes and be still, you can meditate anywhere. Work up to 10, 15 20 minutes from that initial five minutes. If you’re stressed out and on the way to work, or an important meeting, that’s a perfect time to practice (as long as you aren’t the one driving). You’ll arrive ready to face any challenge – focused and energized. It all adds up! Read more here…

When the Great Depression and World War II nearly crippled the American spirit, the radio broadcast the greatest musicians of the day performing concertos in great orchestras. We heard the finest symphonic works conducted by the great Toscanini, Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy and Bruno Walter. How we needed it. Read more here…

Concentration and mindfulness meditations require some mental effort (i.e., holding attention on a thought or object or maintaining a stance of mindfulness).  Methods of contemplation keep the mind engaged in active thought. Transcendental Meditation involves no concentration, mindfulness, or contemplation—it is an automatic self-transcending meditation technique that produces effortless transcending of the meditation process itself. It automatically leads to the experience of “consciousness itself”, without any objects of awareness, called transcendental or pure consciousness.  Read more here…

Meditation does not require an abundance of candles nor does it require money. Remove any thoughts of a culture-appropriating, hyper-spiritualist obnoxiously chanting and telling you to “repeat your mantras” and “find your happy place.” Meditation is way simpler and extremely rewarding. Research shows that meditation can help you focus, reduce anxiety and improve your memory. Read more here…

The most wonderful thing about meditation — besides its effectiveness in improving mental and physical health — is that it’s endlessly flexible. While sitting meditations are probably the most common way to practice quieting your mind, there are several styles of meditation, from transcendental, spiritual, guided, mindfulness, focused — including movement-based. Read more here…