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The Art of Living :VIPASSANA Meditation by Peter A. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 26 Aug 2008 5:04pm . And this is the conundrum, endeavoring to stay focused & move forward on this PATH & co-existing with "the job".I am relying on this book and meditation to provide BALANCE , insight and eventually Read on »

Goenka Vipassana Meditation: Your Body As An Laboratory by Evelyn Lim Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sun 13 Dec 2009 9:17pm

1 Comment was in confinement for the most partcut away from almost all forms of external communication with others. I was on a Noble Silence Goenka Vipassana Meditation Retreat from Dec 1 to 122009. Goenka Vipassana Meditation Retreat Stay (Barbed wires on the fences in the surrounding background) I felt as if I was a prisoner. While the retreat would appear to sound Read on »

Vipassana Meditation How-To & Explanation by Michael Apollo Health Maven

Posted Tue 15 Mar 2011 6:21pm “Vipassana in the Buddhist tradition means insight into the nature of reality. It is a practice of self-transformation through self-observation and introspection... lives and we will act out on them – without realizing it. Often this suppression or repression translates to increased tension, stress, anxiety and even depression. Vipassana Read on »

Vipassana and Neurofeedback by Dr. Karen S. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Tue 03 Feb 2009 1:23am I came across this YouTube video called "The Simple Path" -- a lecture by S.N. Goenka. It is part of series of broadcasts on Vipassana meditation, also called mindfulness meditation -- "seeing things as they really are". What caught my attention in his talk was the notion of working at deep levels in Vipassana meditation vs making surface changes Read on »

Hooray! I got my vipassana medi ... by Randy P. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:12am Hooray! I got my vipassana meditation course in the mail today. It looks very good, and should make various relatives worry even more about this boy. Last night I chose... in the difficult situations they face. Next time I'll meditate about scuba diving or something else pleasant. I stumbled onto a coworker's blog the other day. I envy this guy's Read on »

What Types of Meditation Techniques are Best for Me? by Sonia Gallagher Posted Fri 04 Sep 2009 3:31pm occurrence and a necessity for living, then we can begin to see how concentrating on this aspect of life can have a significance. Vipassana is a meditation technique that essentially... What exactly is meditation? You ask people and they will very likely refer you to the internet to "Google" it. On the internet, you'll find thousands of web pages defining Read on »

Mind-Body Healing--Meditation and Blood Pressure by Dr. Bruce F. Healthy Living Professional

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 Read on »

Meditation - Healing for the Mind and Body by David L. Patient Expert

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 Read on »

Moving Meditation: Pilates and Other Great Mind-Body Exercise Methods by Aliesa George Patient Expert

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 Read on »

Mind Body Healing: Meditation Beats Medication for Depression by Dr. Bruce F. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Tue 09 Dec 2008 9:15pm than the medication group. The meditation treatment consisted of a series of Buddhist meditation techniques in which participants focused more on the present than the past Read on »