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Shamatha Meditation - Articles
Undoing bewilderment and peacefully abiding
by
elizabeth
Posted
Thu 15 Jul 2010 7:03am
The process of undoing bewilderment is based on stabilizing and strengthening our mind. Shamatha meditation is how we do that.
The word shamatha in Sanskrit (Tib.: shi... and very clear. In shamatha meditation we aren't creating a peaceful state—we're letting our mind be as it is to begin with. This doesn't mean that we're peacefully ignoring things
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Mind-Body Healing--Meditation and Blood Pressure
by
Dr. Bruce F.
Posted
Mon 25 Aug 2008 3:14pm
Recent research from Current Hypertension Reports supports the practice of Transcendental meditation (TM) for lowering blood pressure.
Researchers examined a number... significant effect of lowering blood pressure 5 points on systolic and 2.8 points on diastolic. Meditators also experienced lower risk factors for cardiovascular disease and lower
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Meditation - Healing for the Mind and Body
by
David L.
Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:21am
East Meets West
Meditation of one style or another can be found in most of the major religions, including Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam. Eastern religions tend to concentrate on Meditation as a means of developing spiritual enlightenment and as a pathway to experiencing ultimate reality, whereas in the West it's primarily used as tool for self
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Moving Meditation: Pilates and Other Great Mind-Body Exercise Methods
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Aliesa George
Posted
Wed 24 Feb 2010 9:31am
I read an article the other day and it said, “Pilates isn’t a mind-body exercise in the meditative way that Yoga, Tai Chi, or Qi Gong are, but it does use your mind... has probably never experienced a Pilates workout! And in my study of Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and meditation, I believe that these great mind-body methods are more
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Blog Glob-New Meditation Research: Putting the 'Om' in 'Chromosome'
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Stephanie Allen
Posted
Thu 18 Nov 2010 12:00am
instruction and retreat to serious students of meditation and yoga. Starting in February 2007, it became a scientific laboratory as well. The center began hosting the Shamatha Project, one of the most rigorous scientific examinations of meditation's effects ever undertaken. The Project is now beginning to yield its insights, and from early reports it appears
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New Yoga Meditation Practices by Padma Meditation
by
My Yoga Online
Posted
Sat 11 Dec 2010 4:03am
My Yoga Online is happy to announce the latest addition of 7 new yoga meditation classes by Padma Meditation. Enjoy exploring your mental practice..., Counting, Mantra, Purity, and Steadiness.
These new audio meditation lessons are available as streaming classes and as downloads. Click here to enjoy these new yoga meditation
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Tips for meditation and review of the best book on meditation
by
Kirsten Harrell, Psy.D
Posted
Sun 14 Sep 2008 3:59pm
I recently read the best book about meditation that I have ever read - The Joy of Living by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. (It is available online at iTunes or at Amazon.com.) If you want to meditate, but have felt intimidated, then this is the book for you! This beautiful monk shares stories about how he struggled with meditation and anxiety. Reading
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Successful meditation with guided meditations
by
RenoTAO ..
Posted
Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:16pm
Frustrated with your meditation efforts?
Are you tired of trying to find that calm center, that quiet mind through meditation, but having no success? You sit down, take....
Meditation is a means of changing your well-being by releasing stress and tension. Do you want to learn how to relax, release tension and increase your self-awareness? Don't give up
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