Posts Tagged ‘concentration’
Patients benefit from meditation space

A meditation pagoda was unveiled at Hillview Lodge in a special Buddhist ceremony. It will help patients feel relaxed and calm, and in touch with their soul. Read more here…
Is meditation effective to control chronic pain?

Chronic pain is exceptional kind of dreadful pain. Usual pain can be healed by various forms of meditation but same is effective for chronic pain or not is the crux of the study. Read more here…
Shambhala Meditation Center: An Oasis of Calm and a Midterm Antidote

The partner meditation ends with a brief reflection on the experience. Then we are encouraged to bring our more open attitude into every day life, as we walk quietly from the upstairs shrine room down to the first floor of the center. Read more here…
Meditation is Not Religion or Spirituality—It’s Technology

Meditation is not religion, not spirituality—it’s a technology of upgrading the mind that can enrich one’s life, including one’s religious life. Read more here…
Does meditation really work?

Meditation, as it is known, is still today considered an extremely effective method for de-cluttering the mind and improving mental clarity, productivity, stress levels, happiness and even physical health. Considering Dubai’s high incidence of heart disease and the high stress levels of many residents, it’s little wonder there is an ever-growing number of group meditations on offer. Read more here…
PRAYER AND MUSIC: Therapist shares soothing power of sound at Pink Ribbon Luncheon

The rhythm of music is one of its most predictable components. When music is used with intentionality, it can create specific outcomes. Music has a way of transforming how we feel, move and think,” she said, noting that she has gotten “people who can’t tell you their name” to fill in words to a song. Read more here…
Meditate to Connect, Create and Lead

The Sanskrit for mindfulness meditation is shamatha, which translates directly as calm abiding. The practice is not a method of capture, but of releasing. There’s a Zen saying that meditation stretches open the grasping hand of thought — and as that image suggests, we become much more pliable and open with sitting practice. Read more here…
Meditate for More Profitable Decisions

It’s a practice rooted in Hinduism and adopted by beatniks seeking spiritual guidance. Now evidence shows meditation can improve business decisions and save your company from expensive investment mistakes. Read more here…
Hypnosis, Meditation, and Relaxation for Pain Treatment
Stress and pain are intimately related. When being in pain causes stress or being stressed worsens pain, psychological therapies — including hypnosis, meditation, and relaxation — may help break the cycle. Read more here…
Breathing & Meditation

Breathing is intimately connected with life energy, and meditators throughout the ages have used that fact to refine their practice. Hindu yogis call the energy that we draw into ourselves when we breath prana and the practice of focusing consciousness through awareness of the breath pranayama. Read more here…