Music For Maternity

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Meditation isn’t just an exercise of closing the eyes and trying to free the mind — it is far more. It is a process of healing. When you meditate, you are looking deep within, attempting to retrain the habits of the mind in order to live a healthier, happier life. Read more here…

Upcoming research suggests that meditation may also improve how people relate to others. A study done by Northeastern University researchers found that meditation may make people more compassionate. Read more here…

“Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient for whatever success I’ve had,” Dalio, founder of US$130-billion hedge fund firm Bridgewater Associates, said in an interview at Georgetown in October. Read more here…

Some money managers who meditate say they believe it helps them to deal with information overload, not just in the sense of remaining calm when events are frantic but also in being able to recognize the most significant bits of data from among the maelstrom. Read more here…

A first of its kind University of Pennsylvania study found that the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique can help improve vitality and other quality-of-life factors in patients with the HIV virus. Read more here…

Mastering these basic yoga poses will help you strengthen and stretch your muscles, improve your posture, and prevent workout injuries. Read more here…

Recent research has found that meditation can lower blood pressure and help patients with chronic illness cope with pain and depression. In a study published last year, meditation sharply reduced the risk of heart attack or stroke among a group of African-Americans with heart disease. Read more here…

Music therapists worked with the mothers of 272 premature babies for several sessions over two weeks using either two instruments, singing or no music. Playing live music to a prematurely born baby can slow its heartbeat and make the child breathe more easily, according to a new study. Read more here…

Mindfulness meditation is currently all the rage, and it works. But I am wary of its proponents who claim it can treat (or even cure) mental illness by itself. Read more here…

The researchers concluded that live music, played or sung, helped to slow infants’ heartbeats, calm their breathing, improve sucking behaviors important for feeding, aid sleep and promote states of quiet alertness. Read more here…