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Hundreds of people were rushing to the weekly class of Buddhist meditation teacher Tara Brach, a therapist who has become a must-listen for many urban professionals. Inside, her calm voice fills the silence. Read more here…

The body is equipped with natural self-repair mechanisms that can be flipped on or off with thoughts, beliefs and feelings that originate in the mind. This is great news, because it means, in essence, that you can heal yourself. Read more here…

Our neurosciences have been able to locate the intuitive, emotional and sentimental experiences in human brain,in the right hemisphere,and when this part is injured or lost,much of our conscious memories of our experiences go too.Sometimes during the meditations,as is the feeling one gets in Sudarshan Kriya exercises,the manifestation in the form of a cry,perceptions of different images or ‘spiritual’ sounds,all these go to the right side of our brain,and get stored there. Read more here…

Practicing a form of meditation and stretching can help relieve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and normalize stress hormone levels, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Read more here…

Twenty-five minutes of deep breathing a day helped keep the tension at bay, says one of the city’s high scorers in the Class 12 CBSE board exam, Varsha Vivek. Read more here…

Put down those dumbbells! Weight training isn’t the only way to tone your muscles. The next time you need to work your abs, arms, and legs, do these three yoga-inspired strength-training moves. Read more here…

10 Unexpected Ways to Meditate Every Day. Practicing meditation regularly has legitimate health advantages, especially for the brain. Studies suggest meditation can do it all: reduce anxiety and sensitivity to pain, make us smarter, ward off sickness, and prevent stress.  Read more here…

Meditation In Action: Learning How To Give Generously. Giving is easy, but doing so with sensitivity and care is an art. When we give, it’s important to be generous in our giving. At first, this sounds pretty obvious — we may even think of the two words as being synonymous with each other. Read more here…

In this meditation you’re actually trying to increase feelings of caring about people. So first you practice with somebody you really love – somebody it’s easy to feel compassion for. You imagine a time when they were in pain or suffering and then you go through a phase of wishing that their suffering is relieved and you repeat the phrases, “May you be free from suffering,” ‘May you have joy and ease,” but it’s not just repeating the words, you’re really trying to change the way you’re feeling. Read more here…

s: Parents Turn To Mindfulness Practices To Help Children Stay Calm. As more adults turn to mindfulness practices like yoga and meditation to combat mounting stress in their own lives (91 percent of Americans experienced stress in the month of March, according to a Huffington Post survey), they’re also experimenting with alternative practices to teach their kids to relax. Read more here…