Archive for the ‘Relaxation’ Category
How Mindfulness Meditation Is Transforming Our Society
How Mindfulness Meditation Is Transforming Our Society. The practice is also being used to deal with the rising costs of health care. It is a natural healing practice that is safe and effective and can complement standard medical care. It’s already widely used in the treatment of various psychological conditions. Read more here…
Alternative Therapy Music for Healing and Relaxation
There are many types of alternative therapy, such as Reiki and reflexology. The majority of these practices involve the use of hands and the transfer of energy. Therefore the playlist here consists of music that helps in the visualisation of energy flowing. This will hopefully aid healers in their work and end up producing more positive results for both practitioner and patient. Read more here…
Finding Time to Meditate
Try and meditate first thing in the morning if possible. This will ensure that it gets done and will melt away any feelings of tiredness, setting you on track for a mindful day. Read more here…
How Does Meditation Make You Smarter?
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…
Youth use music for healing touch
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…
5 Things Moms (Yes, Moms) Need to Know About Meditation
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…
Everything You Need To Know About Massage Therapy
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….
How Meditation May Help People With HIV
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…
Music Therapy Reduces Depression in Children, Study Finds
Music therapy, the article said, “is a practical intervention which involves children writing songs or composing music to express their feelings. Guitars and keyboards were the often the most popular choice of instruments for participants.” Read more here…
Meditation Is the Catalyst for Growth
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…