Category: Meditation

Mend your mind LOS ANGELES – Inside a church community room, beginning meditators close their eyes, straighten their spines in their folding metal chairs and try to rein in, for just 10 minutes, the thoughts that race like wild horses through their minds. A woman in the back row yawns. The woman next to her fidgets. Another student sneaks a peek. “My mind still wanders,” Jeremy Morelock, 33, says of the Buddhist meditation class he has attended for three months in search of stress relief and spiritual growth. “I have these imaginary conversations with people, and then I think, ‘Whoa,

Meditation has surprisingly broad medical uses, science is finding. It takes discipline, though, to reap the benefits. Inside a church community room, beginning meditators close their eyes, straighten their spines in their folding metal chairs and try to rein in, for just 10 minutes, the thoughts that race like wild horses through their minds. A woman in the back row yawns. The woman next to her fidgets. Another student sneaks a peek. “My mind still wanders,” Jeremy Morelock, 33, says of the Buddhist meditation class he has attended for three months in search of stress relief and spiritual growth. “I

On a typical school day, Camilla Danpour rises at 5 a.m., turns on soothing music and perches on the edge of her bed. For five minutes, an eternity to some teens, she sits in a trancelike state, staring dead-ahead at a digital clock. And she does nothing. At least that’s how it appears from the outside. Truth is, there’s a lot bouncing around on the inside. And the Walnut Creek teen runs a mental squeegee over those thoughts, meditating to wipe away life’s pressures. Succeeding at that goal can be a killer. Her mind is wired to race through the

Meditation enjoys newfound popularity for stress-relieving benefits Ommm, my goodness. Meditation is back in the news again. Recently Time magazine declared that the ancient mind- and spirit-enhancing art is becoming hugely popular and gaining medical legitimacy. That hardly surprises former Kansas City Royals shortstop Buddy Biancalana. Ten years back, when he started transcendental meditation, or TM, his major-league playing days were coming to an end. The glory of his Royals 1985 World Series Championship was eight years behind him. He had excruciating back pain, neck pain, depression. His marriage had fallen apart. Then an old friend, a frequent meditator, re-entered

San Antonio Express-News, June 16, 2003 http://news.mysanantonio.com/ By Lisa Harrison Rivas, San Antonio Express-News It’s been more than 30 years since the Beatles went to India to study transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Although transcendental meditation, or “TM,” is not as popular as it became then, it has kept a following and new forms of meditation are blossoming. The topic will be addressed in an upcoming issue of Time magazine, and a recent segment on NBC’s “Today” show focused on TM, while San Antonio has seen the formation of groups that practice Falun Gong, rainbow/crystal meditation and centering prayer

Bad Vibes San Francisco Weekly, Aug. 28, 2002 http://www.sfweekly.com/ BY SANDY BRUNDAGE Karen Long (a pseudonym), in her mid-20s, turned to meditation as a way to feel connected. “I wanted to experience that ‘oneness with the universe,’” she says. At a nondenominational San Francisco temple, she hooked up with a group of women practicing a hodgepodge of relaxation techniques, drawn from books and discussions. Long spent one to two hours a day meditating over the next three years. “Then I began hearing voices,” she says. “I heard profound messages. The other people thought it was a sign of enlightenment. Some