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PostHeaderIcon Your Life: Yoga for beginners

Yoga has been known to transform lives whether it be physically, emotionally or spiritually. It helps to strengthen and stretch muscles, improves posture and encourages relaxation.  Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Meditation, the only way to stall societal decay: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

It is very wrong to blame globalization and western world influence behind the societal decay in the country. India has and always be a part of the global world. Our country has shown the path of non-violence to other countries through yoga, meditation and spirituality. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Why Your Brain Loves Yoga

Neuroscience has repeatedly demonstrated the capacity of the brain to rewire itself through experience, known as neuroplasticity. In a practical sense this means that every moment of experience creates grooves in the landscape of the brain, which then affects the way we relate to the minds and bodies of ourselves and others, as well as to the environment around us.  Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon The benefits of yoga

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Yoga aims to help you relax and concentrate on your breathing. It does this by changing the balance in what’s called your autonomic nervous system. Yoga is a mind and body practice which originates from India. It combines physical postures, breathing techniques and meditation or relaxation. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Meditation, Purpose and the Happiness Police

The word “meditation” has many meanings. Broadly speaking, it is a practice in which a person trains or focuses the mind to yield a state of consciousness, peace and/or wisdom. Meditation can refer to a practice of single-pointed concentration for the purpose of achieving transcendence, deep introspection and calm. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Does Transcendental Meditation Actually Work?

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Transcendental Meditation (TM) is easily one of the most hyped forms of meditation. Since The Beatles first tried it decades ago, it’s garnered the following of a bevy of celebrities and high profile individuals, like Russell Simmons and Jerry Seinfeld. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Neuroscience pushes meditation into the mainstream

“Meditation has become a huge topic” in medical circles, said Dr. Selma Sroka, medical director of the Hennepin County Medical Center Alternative Medicine Clinic. “The health benefits are so strong that if nothing else, people should learn the relaxation techniques.” Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon 6 Facts About Meditation That Might Surprise You

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Meditation doesn’t require a specific spiritual belief, and many people of many different religions practice meditation without any conflict with their current religious beliefs. Some meditators have no particular religious beliefs or are atheist or agnostic. They meditate in order to experience inner quiet and the numerous physical and mental health benefits of the practice. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Meditation Offers Lasting Peace

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Gaëlle Desbordes has long known the soothing power of meditation; she first tried it in grad school to de-stress from the workload. Now a visiting scholar at BU’s Center for Computational Neuroscience and Neural Technology, she’s probing meditation’s off-the-clock benefits—how it might help your brain manage emotion even when you’re not meditating. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Meditation really works

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Meditation has become a huge topic” in medical circles, said Dr. Selma Sroka, medical director of the Hennepin County Medical Center Alternative Medicine Clinic. “The health benefits are so strong that if nothing else, people should learn the relaxation techniques. Read more here…

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