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Monday March 26, 2007

Meditation • Ravi Shankar:

Indian bringing meditation to Utah

Ravi Shankar discovered that many people have so much stress and so many nagging, swirling thoughts that they can’t get into a meditative state. What they needed, he decided, was a class in yogic breathing, pared down to a few, simple exercises.

Thursday July 6, 2006

Meditation:

Meditation: Science adds facts to faith

Wellness/The mind: Those who meditate have long believed in its healing power, and now science is adding facts to faith

Friday September 2, 2005

Meditation:

Spiritual meditation ‘may reduce pain’

Meditation makes people more relaxed and able to withstand pain if it has a spiritual basis, say scientists.

Tuesday June 14, 2005

Meditation:

Meditation ‘brain training’ clues

Meditating monks are giving clues about how the brain's basic responses can be overridden, researchers say.

Monday January 3, 2005

Meditation:

Meditation Gives Brain a Charge, Study Finds

Brain research is beginning to produce concrete evidence for something that Buddhist practitioners of meditation have maintained for centuries: Mental discipline and meditative practice can change the workings of the brain and allow people to achieve different levels of awareness.

Tuesday December 7, 2004

Meditation:

Why chilling out is the new cool

Hollywood celebrities are doing it, and swear by its results. But meditation makes everyone feel better, writes Sal Morgan.

Tuesday October 19, 2004

Meditation:

Meditate and cut crime

Will the citizens of the country ever enjoy a crime-free environment? Will this world ever find peace?

Monday April 5, 2004

Meditation:

A ‘spiritual path’ in our own neighborhood

Many people take up meditation for spiritual enlightenment and to improve their health, both physical and mental

Friday March 12, 2004

Meditation:

Clear the mind, treat the body

Meditation is gaining support for relieving stress and easing symptoms

Wednesday January 28, 2004

Meditation:

Mindful therapy

In the middle of the night, Dale Lechtman wakes up, all kinds of thoughts crowding sleep out of her mind. But Lechtman uses meditation to handle insomnia.

Friday January 2, 2004

Meditation:

Meditation is coming to the medical mainstream

Mend your mind

Wednesday December 17, 2003

Meditation:

Quiet the mind, heal the body

Meditation has surprisingly broad medical uses, science is finding. It takes discipline, though, to reap the benefits.

Tuesday September 23, 2003

Meditation:

Log on and bliss out: It’s virtual meditation

Too busy to breathe? Too frazzled for fun? Meditainment's for you. The strange thing is, writes GAYLE MACDONALD, it actually works