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Transcendental Meditation has been taught throughout New Zealand since 1970 by the Maharishi Foundation, a non-profit educational organisation.  About 40,000 Kiwis have learned the technique in that time. Read more here…

This workout is about functional movement wherein you perform actions of running, jumping, squatting, throwing, pushing, etc at a high intensity. This workout is literally like a boot camp. Even in the pouring rain, you see people working out thrice a week. Read more here…

Usually in our lives we might become agitated, angry, or upset instantly based on stimuli. It feels instant, anyway. After meditating for some time, you may find that you can slow down that experience and have a chance to respond to things based on reason rather than instinct or habit. Read more here…

A surprisingly powerful aspect of the retreat was the mindful practice of shared meals. The Monastics rang a large meditation bowl and offered a prayer of gratitude before each meal, a practice we often use at home. Astonishingly, we all practiced silence for the first 10-minutes of each meal, a practice foreign to our family. Yet, introducing a practice of silence for the first few minutes of each meal set a tone for a relatively quiet and very enjoyable experience for the entire group.  Read more here…

We are used to doing things to achieve results and happiness. Meditation involves just the opposite; it is conscious non-doing to realize the fullness that we already are. Our smaller mind driven by ego, desires, tendencies and anxieties dissolves and falls away and we find ourselves in the Original Mind- in it’s  expanse of Clear Infinite Light Bliss. Read more here…

You can do this one either sitting or walking. Allow yourself to become aware of your senses. Without thinking about what you are seeing, smelling, hearing, or feeling, become aware of all the sensory input that is surrounding you. Let yourself soak in it. Focus your attention on the sensations of your body. Read more here…

“There is plenty of evidence that meditation can improve a host of issues, such as pain and cognitive function, and anxiety is perhaps at the top of the list,” explained lead author Fadel Zeidan, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow in neurobiology and anatomy at Wake Forest School of Medicine, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Read more here…

Scientists have found that meditation can reduce anxiety by as much as 39 per cent and have also identified the brain functions involved. Read more here…

Even more, our values and beliefs color the entire fabric of existence. After all, if a pickpocket sees a saint all he sees are pockets. People for whom only success or wealth are important become blind to simple beauty, moments of tenderness, the ability to enjoy what they have instead of always wanting more. A glass is half empty or half-full not because of how much liquid is in it, but because of what we believe. Read more here…

Music therapy has existed formally as a discipline since the 1940s, though its antecedents stretch back to the early 1900s. It can be used in a number of different clinical situations: with children with autism-spectrum diagnoses, older people with Alzheimer’s, those in correctional facilities, and those with chronic pain, among others. Read more here…