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he popularity of Yoga seems to be growing in China and has now percolated to prisons with a women’s detention centre recently introducing the ancient Indian discipline to its inmates.  Read more here…

MANY of us wish we could find time for meditation, but never somehow get to do it. Mobile Meditation has been recently formed by a group of dedicated teachers to help bring about a more peaceful existence on every level – individual, family, nation and beyond. Read more here…

A small pilot study of veterans with combat-related PTSD showed that 73% of those who received 8 weeks of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) had significant reductions in overall PTSD symptoms compared with 33% those who underwent treatment as usual (TAU).  Read more here…

John Lennon’s song lyrics, All you need is love and Ma Bell’s advertising message: Reach out and touch someone have been ringing in my ear all week. Read more here…

“Meditation is integral to our [Buddhist] philosophy. And when we focus on kindness, we call it ‘metta meditation’. This basically means that kindness becomes the focus of our meditation for that particular day,” he said. Read more here…

Hari-Om, founder of Bordermoon Yoga, has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years. He will speak about Classical Yoga of India, which is a meditative system of gentle, slow movements, stretches and held postures that typically result in greater flexibility and fitness.  Read more here…

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…