The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective and safe non-pharmaceutical aid for treating ADHD, according to a promising new study published this month in the peer-reviewed online journal Current Issues in Education. People who are dissatisfied with medication start exploring meditation for ADHD treatment and for other conditions. The pilot study followed a group [...]
Meditation and Stress A team of researchers from China and the University of Oregon have developed an approach for neuroscientists to study how meditation might provide improvements in a person’s attention and response to stress. The study, done in China, randomly assigned college undergraduate students to 40-person experimental or control groups. The experimental group received [...]
Everyone is aware of the benefits of meditation. Yet most people do NOT have a regular meditation practice. Lisa Hepner, author/speaker and meditation facilitator, says that %26quot;one of the biggest obstacles to developing a regular meditation practice is TIME. People say they don’t have enough time to meditate!%26quot; So Hepner has come up with a [...]
The death of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has raised many people’s interest toward Transcendental Meditation. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was the founder of the Transcendental Meditation program. What is Transcendental Meditation Program The following information is taken from Maharishi Vedic Education Development Corporation The Transcendental Meditation program of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is the single most effective meditation [...]
Meditation can affect certain brain regions and make people more compassionate, kind, and loving. A study by University of Wisconsin-Madison proved that meditation makes people more sensitive towards other people. Scientists examined 16 Tibetan monks who had at least 10000 hours of meditation, and 16 volunteers with no meditation experience. They used functional magnetic resonance [...]
