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Yoga For Heart Health
October 31, 2008 by Ray Baskerville · 2 Comments
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, US, conducted a recent study on yoga with heart patients. The study consisted of an eight-week regimen of yoga which proved safe for patients with chronic heart failure and helped reduce signs of inflammation. When they measured the effects of an eight-week yoga regimen on 19 heart patients they found the exercise routine reduced markers of inflammation associated with heart failure while also improving exercise tolerance and quality of life.
The study found significant differences in biological markers in the blood between patients who completed the yoga therapy and those who received standard medical therapy. Patients on the yoga therapy completed the regimen without any complications and saw a 26 per cent decrease in symptoms on a standard assessment that measures the quality of life in heart patients, compared to a three per cent decrease of the patients on the medical therapy alone.
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October 31, 2008 by Ray Baskerville · 3 Comments
Is compassion a skill that can be perfected, like playing a musical instrument or competing in sports? A study published this spring suggests: Yes. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin assert that cultivating compassion and kindness through learned meditation practices can make a person more empathetic.
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October 30, 2008 by Ray Baskerville · 3 Comments
I am not of the opinion that the spiritual and the worldly or profane are separate. It is my belief that as we move into the 21st century we will see more and more cohesion and integration of the spiritual in worldly life. Other than those living in remote caves in the high Himalayas, I imagine that the vast majority of the world’s population is aware that next Tuesday America will elect a new president.
America is a melting pot, of races, religions and spiritual paths. When understood and embraced this diversity gives great strength and character to what is still a relatively young nation. Spiritual leaders from different faiths and persuasions have come together as a group to write a letter and endorse Barack Obama as a true leader for these tumultuous times. I fully support their view and their endorsement.
Deepak Chopra, Jack Kornfield, Lama Surya Das. Jean Houston, Jack Kornfield, Reggie Ray, Reb Zalman Shachter-Shalomi, Seane Corn, Cyndi Lee, Jack Canfield, Shiva Rea, Pema Chödrön, Marianne Williamson, Barbara De Angelis, Roshi Joan Halifax, Joan Borysenko, Krishna Das, Sharon Salzberg, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Stephan Rechtschaffen, Judith Ansara Gass, Robert Gass – and more every day!
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October 29, 2008 by Ray Baskerville · Leave a Comment
TKV Desikachar is the son and student of T Krishnamacharya. He studied with his father T Krishnamacharya from 1960 until Krishnamacharya’s death in 1989. For over 45 years, TKV Desikachar has devoted himself to teaching yoga and making it relevant to people from all walks of life and with all kinds of abilities. His teaching method is based on the fundamental principle of Krishnamacharya’s later life, that yoga must always be adapted to an individual’s changing needs in order to derive the maximum therapeutic benefit.
Despite being Krishnamacharya’s son, or maybe because he was, Desikachar began yoga quite late in his life. In his earlier adult life he pursued a career as a civil engineer. Asked in an interview once, why it is that he finally began to study yoga, he said "I started yoga because my father had helped a lady from India who had hardly slept for 30 years and I saw the effect. After that, I thought that I had to learn this from him and then I just started seeing in what ways Yoga really helps people." In his book ‘What We are Seeking’ he writes again about that time when he began to study with his father."When I started learning yoga with my father in 1961, I concentrated all my interest on the physical side and, because of the way I was built, in six months I had mastered all the posture. I thought that I had really made it — three hundred and fifty postures — it was like a status symbol for me. Slowly my teacher brought me to see that there were other aspects. Gradually he helped me to
understand that our progress in yoga is measured by other parameters — in particular the respect and concern we show for others and the spirit in which we act. This sort of evolution comes about on a different time scale — from what is involved for mastering the body. Furthermore, although our health and physical capacities affect our personality and action, it is not simply through an efficient body that we become more caring. No posture makes us more concerned about others. This is worth meditating on."
Desikachar is considered one of the world’s foremost teachers of yoga and a renowned authority on the therapeutic uses of yoga. In 1976 he founded the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandir (KYM) and continues to oversee it’s work.Today the KYM is a multi-departmental institution with a faculty of over thirty dedicated teachers from varied backgrounds. Desikachar’s wife Menaka Desikachar, one of its founding members, is a senior yoga educator and therapy consultant. Their sons, daughter and daughter-in-law are also a part of KYM. The activities of KYM include Yoga Studies, Yoga Therapy, Research on Yoga and Publications. Vedavani, a separate unit of KYM, is solely dedicated to the teaching and transmitting of Vedic chanting and research into its many aspects. KYM’s MITRA division carries out its philanthropy.
TVK Desikachar is unusual among the major names in contemporary yoga in that the teaching he continues as his fathers work does not have a name. It was briefly termed ‘vini’ yoga but Desikachar abandoned the term, preferring a more anonymous and brand-free approach to his father’s yoga teachings. When asked about this he has said
"The focus should not be to sell a product. The focus is to serve society. For example, I have sent some of my students to my uncle [B.K.S. Iyengar] to study because I thought my uncle would be the right person to help these students. So they went there and learned and received benefits, but they still have connection with me. So I am more interested in how we can help somebody. The moment we use a label, we are more involved with labels….. In India, we don’t refer to “style.” We always call it yoga. Whatever technique works is fine for us. The sad thing today is that the style has become more important than service. Until I breathe my last breath, I am going to fight against that.”
In January 2006 TKV Desikachar along with his student and son Kausthub Desikachar, founded the Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation (KHYF). It’s objectives among other things are: Creation of an umbrella organization that will link all certified teachers and students worldwide who study and teach in the holistic teaching tradition of T Krishnamacharya; Development of a common curriculum of the highest standards that will form the basis of all KHYF Yoga educational and training programs, thus aiding in cross-cultural recognition and exchange of resources; Promotion and support of a highly skilled and interactive network of certified teachers and therapists committed to sharing Yoga with the public as an alternate healing methodology; Collaboration with healing professionals from other fields, as well as development and implementation of new paradigms for enhancing human health and well being.
Acording to their own website, "at the present time, the KHYF program is the only Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist Training Program of its kind in the world. What makes the KHYF Training Program even more unique is that it is supported by the educational, clinical, and research resources of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram – the only Yoga Therapy Center of its kind in the world. The KYM has been providing Yoga Therapy services to the local and international communities for thirty years, and physicians frequently refer patients to the KYM for help managing their ailments. The center is noted for teaching healing techniques to people with epilepsy, gynecological problems, high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, and other mental and physical ailments. The KYM’s client-base also includes people seeking to improve their general health and athletic performance."
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Learn About Pranayama
October 28, 2008 by Alison Miller · 5 Comments
Dr. Andrew Weil once said, “If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly.” Why is oxygen so vital? Often times the importance of something is more clearly defined in it’s absence. Though we can do without food for weeks and possibly water for days, without adequate oxygen supply, we will die within in a few minutes. We can see this in acute cases such as a heart attack or a stroke. The blockage of oxygen delivery causes, many times, irreversible damage. So what is happening in our bodies daily when we are breathing quickly and shallowly? While the result is not as extreme as a heart attack or a stroke there are still a significant series of “little deaths” occurring in the body. We may experience these as feelings of mental sluggishness, lack of energy, decreased creativity and heightened states of negativity. It is no wonder that the practice of yoga, steeped in ancient tradition, dedicates a whole limb to teach individuals how to breathe. The yoga practice broadly accepts and directs it’s practitioners to focus on breath control. The entire 4th limb of yoga, called Pranayama, is dedicated to managing, directing and controlling breath.
Pranayama is the combination of observing and controlling the breath to create a desired response in the body. Prana – refers to a life force energy and exists in all living matter. Yama – is the active process of observation. Have you ever noticed when you are standing next to the ocean how the air feels alive. Or the elated feeling you receive from being near a friend or family member you love. Breathing in and out we draw in energy particles as well as oxygen. Vinyasa yoga is based upon the premise that moving the body in conjunction with the breath causes a deeper merging of the energy bodies and the physical body. Literally, a marriage of physiology and pranic exchange occurs with intentful body and breath alignment.
Pranayama includes four parts: 1. Inhale 2. Exhale 3. Space at the top of the inhale 4. Space at the bottom of the exhale. In regular daily breathing patterns we, typically, do not focus on the space between the inhale and exhale, which are the key parts which distinguish a Pranayama practice from regular daily breathing.
One of the best ways to breathe, to cause long term health, is to breathe “baby normal”, originating the breath from the bottom of the belly. Many times, due to habit, we breathe from our chest and miss the opportunity to provide adequate oxygen supply to the rest of the body because of our shallow breathing. Try this now. Place your hands on your belly. As you inhale let your belly expand like a balloon. At the top of your inhale and the beginning of your exhale let the belly begin to deflate. As the belly deflates actively pull the navel towards the back side of the spine. Do this ten times with the hands on the belly. After you have completed your tenth time remove your hands and now focus on steadying the breath so the length of the inhale matches the exhale. It has been said that the mind follows on the coat tails of the breath. Steady breath equals a steady mind. Practice is the true teacher. Let your own experience guide you. I recommend starting a breathing practice with the initial aim to breathe from the belly and then focus on aligning the breathe to an even pace. Start this exercise, practicing 5 minutes a day- working up to 15 minutes a day. Listed below are more detailed exercises.
Breathing Practice:
The 3:3:3-(or Relaxing Breath) Exercise
This exercise is utterly simple, takes almost no time, requires no equipment and can be done anywhere. Although you can do the exercise in any position, sit with your back straight while learning the exercise. You will be inhaling and exhaling through your nose.
• Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to a mental count of three.
• Hold your breath for a count of three.
• Exhale completely through nose for count of three.
• Repeat cycle
This exercise is a natural sedative for the nervous system. Though the exercise is subtle and will not hit you like a sedative, it gains in power with repetition and practice. Practice two times a day for five minutes. Create a daily habit with this practice.
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October 27, 2008 by Ray Baskerville · 3 Comments
Some like it hot, Bikram Choudhury, the founder of Bikram or hot yoga believes at least 105°F ( 40.5°C) and humidity of 40% the ideal conditions to practice yoga asana in. This is not the only way that the Bikram school of yoga differs from the other major schools of yoga. Unlike Iyengar yoga, Ashtanga yoga and the nameless school of Desikachar, Bikram yoga is not based on the yoga sutras of Patanjali, and the eight limbs of yoga. Instead it is based on the Hatha Yoga Pradipika which does not impose yamas and niyamas (limbs one and two of the eight limbs of yoga), and consists of a series of 26 postures with pranayama. Each Yoga Pose is usually performed twice and held for a certain period of time. Yoga Sessions start from Standing Postures, then the Backbends, Forward Bends, and Twists. The poses are accompanied by Kapalabhati Breath or the "cleansing breath".
The reasons why the room is kept at this high temperature – quoting the official Bikram website:
Keeping the body from overheating (contrary to popular misconception)
Protecting the muscles to allow for deeper stretching
Detoxing the body (open pores to let toxins out)
Thinning the blood to clear the circulatory system
Increasing heart rate for better cardiovascular workout
Improving strength by putting muscle tissue in optimal state for reorganization
Reorganize the lipids (fat) in the muscular structure
Bikram was born in Calcutta, India in 1946, began Yoga at the age of four with Bishnu Ghosh, the younger brother of Paramahansa Yogananda (Author of the popular book, The Autobiography of a Yogi, and founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles). Bikram was trained at Ghosh’s College of Physical Education, (est. 1924) in Calcutta, India. In the late 1960′s he was sent to Japan to establish a school and teach their method of yoga. In the mid-1970′s, he established a school in San Francisco, then settled in Los Angeles and founded the Yoga College of India in Beverly Hills in 1974.
Since 1974 Bikram has become a very wealthy man, a self-styled yoga teacher to stars. in 2002 he created great controversy when he copyrighted his name and style of yoga. He then began to aggressively enforced claims of copyright and trademark protection, threatening many with lawsuits at $150,000 per infringement. As a result no one may teach Bikram Yoga classes unless he/she is a certified and licensed Bikram Yoga teacher. No one may teach or certify others to become Bikram Yoga teachers other than Bikram Choudhury. No one may offer obvious, thinly disguised copies of Bikram Yoga and represent to the public that it is "their" yoga. Bikram asserts "it is for the protection of Bikram Yoga, Bikram Yoga practitioners everywhere and the true spirit of yoga that these imposters must and will be stopped." Bikram yoga is now effectively a franchise operation with licensed studios all over the world.
Many people, with good cause, have questioned how good this is for yoga, and that it is in the true spirit of yoga. Personally speaking and I don’t think that somebody who speaks like this while teaching yoga really knows too much about its true spirit. These are all quotes from a yoga class taught by Bikram in 2005." I’m feeling sleepy, because I haven’t gone shopping for a long time…. I haven’t bought a car for two years—no, I bought a car last month, the fancy new Chrysler. Okay, move your right leg. Now your left leg." "What is the number-one reason people get divorced in America? Why do men leave? Because they don’t get according to their expectations…. Men have an imbalance of hormones. But yoga helps men maintain [sex drive]. Shit! Shit!"
Bikram also wants yoga to become an Olympic sport. He and his wife Rajashree are both past winners of the National India Yoga Championship (whatever that is). Below is a short clip from the film about Bikram and the rise of McYoga ‘Yoga Inc.’ made in 2006 by John Philip.
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Meditation As Practice
October 26, 2008 by Ray Baskerville · 4 Comments
Meditation is a practice. I invite you not to say I meditate. instead say I practice meditation.
That word, practice is important. It removes whether we are doing it or not doing it, doing it right or wrong, we are simply practicing. It implies an acceptance that we are always learning and that we are always beginning.
We are practicing; how to live, how to be present, how to accept, to witness, how to open, how to be love, and there is the acceptance that we aren’t, and will continue to forget how. So practicing is a commitment to ourselves, to our ongoing liberation, every time we sit (to practice) it is a new moment, and in it we begin again, always beginning in each new moment. In time our practice continues beyond the time of meditation and more and more becomes how we are and live.
Even in living, we are still practicing and will be until complete Liberation. Within the practice lies freedom, when we are able to stay present with ourselves more and more, and choose love.
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October 25, 2008 by Ray Baskerville · Leave a Comment
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Walking
there is only one step
between sadness
and joy,
of both
I am convinced
each it’s own comfort
in kind.
Not holding
I step,
sadness
joy
the same.
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Who Was Krishnamacharya?
October 24, 2008 by Ray Baskerville · 6 Comments
Krishnamacharya is known today in the world of yoga, because he was the teacher of B.K.S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and TKV Desikachar, three of the great teachers of contemporary yoga. As such he has been called by some the father of modern yoga. Shri Krishnamacharya’s lineage can be traced to the Yogi Nathamuni, a ninth century South Indian saint who was renowned for his great works in Sanskrit and Yoga – the Nyayatattva and Yoga Rahasya.
Krishnamacharya was born on November 18, 1888, at Muchukundapuram in the Chitradurga district in the State of Karnataka. His parents, Shri Tirumalai Srinivasa Tatacharya and Smt. Ranganayakamma were of distinguished ancestry and lived their lives according to the shastras. Krishnamacharya was the eldest of three brothers and three sisters.
Krishnamacharya had his initial education under his father who taught him the Vedas, yoga sutras of Patanjali and the other religious texts in the traditional gurukula (pupil in the house of the guru) manner. The seeds of yoga were also sown in young Krishnamacharya by his father. He would be woken at two in the morning and made to chant the Vedas and perform asanas. His father who was his first guru planted the seeds of knowledge in him, encouraged and guided him in his quest for learning. He lost this precious guidance at the age of ten when his father died.
At the age of 16, the entire family then moved to Mysore to join his great grandfather who was the head of the Parakala Math. It is here that he studied Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Vedanta and Tarka (logic) under the religious Guru to the Maharaja of Mysore. His thirst for knowledge increased and at the age of 16 he took the examination in Purva Mimamsa and the different shastras at the Maharaja Sanskrit College in Mysore. In his early adult life he studied with the pundits in Benares (Varanasi), and further studies on the Vedanta and advance Sanskrit grammar in Mysore before returning to Benares.
Once while he was practising asanas as taught by his father in Banaras, a saint saw him and advised him to study yoga under Shri Jha who had the title of Yogacharya. Yogacharya Jha advised Krishnamacharya that if he was seriously interested in Yoga, then he must travel beyond Nepal to Tibet, where Rama Mohana Brahmachari lived. He also recommended a book called Yoga Kurunta in the Gurkha language, which gave practical information on Yoga and health. this knowledge secured Krishnamacharya the permission he needed to leave the country when he was unable to improve the health of the Indian viceroy who was ill with diabetes. The viceroy was so pleased, that he made the necessary arrangements, provided clothing and even sent to aides with him.
After a long trek across the Himalayas, Krishnamacharya reached the sacred lake Mansarovar near Mount Kailash. There he searched for Rama Mohana Brahmachari and on finding him Krishnamacharya prostrated and requested him to accept him as his disciple. Krishnamacharya became a part of Rama Mohana Brahmachari’s family and lived there for seven and a half years. For the first three years he memorised the entire texts including the Yoga Kurunta. The following three years he practiced yogabhyasa (Study of Yoga)and the next one and a half years he studied sikshana (teaching) and chikitsa krama (yoga therapy). His Guru then asked him to return to society, lead a married life and spread the message of yoga.
After these 7 years of study, he came back to South India and studied Ayurveda, the traditional Indian system of medicine. His fame as a great scholar led to an invitation from the Mahraja of Mysore Krishnamacharya accepted the offer and lived the remainder of his life devoted to the spread and teaching of yoga. In accordance with his Guru’s wishes that he should live a life of a householder – he married Namagiriammal in 1925.
After Indian independence and the close of the Maharaja’s yogashala, Krishnamacharya and his family left Mysore for Madras. as he aged Krishnamacharya’s teaching style changed. Iyengar said of him "in the early days, he was like a militant. He was a fierce, strong, demanding individual. Pattabhi Jois echoes this saying "if you came one minute early or one minute late you would not be allowed into class. He demanded total discipline and was very tough." His son Desikachar, who did not begin yoga studies with his father until Krishnamacharya was 70 says " Later on, he changed and began to teach people differently. He began to cater to the needs of the individual, rather than to teach everyone the same way. His teaching methodology also involved, which meant that he reduced and adapted it to the needs of individuals, to their culture and mentality. It was not standardization of their "everyone has to do this asana" variety. Although many considered him a Yoga Master he continued to call himself a student because he felt that he was always “studying, exploring and experimenting” with the practice.
T. Krishnamacharya died in 1989, just after his 100th birthday. His work lives on through his son T.K.V. Desikachar who lived and studied with his father for 3 decades. Sri Desikachar still lives in the family home in Chennai and is semi-retired so that he can spend his days translating the library of work that T. Krishnamacharya left for future generations of yogis. So Krishnamacharya will be providing us with yoga teachings for many years to come. He lives on through these teachings and the family that is carefully disseminating them to the world.
T. Krishnamacharya’s work was revolutionary in his time because he believed that yoga was universal to all people, irrespective of age, gender, culture, faith, abilities and interests. He is one of the few masters of m modern times who understood the whole gamut of yoga’s tools and their potentials for health and healing. For him yoga was not merely a form of physical exercise, but one that helped us in our journey towards our authentic selfs.
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Meditation Benefits – Psychological
October 23, 2008 by Ray Baskerville · 20 Comments
As we saw in the article on the physiological and health benefits of meditation, a great deal of research has been done to study meditation in the last 50 years or more. This expansive body of research has also revealed numerous psychological benefits of meditation to which most committed meditators can testify. While it may be a new field of exploration for western science, the connections between the body and the mind are not new to the spiritual sciences. All the physiological benefits of meditation that we discussed quite naturally then have a corresponding benefit at the psychological level.
The reduction of stress at the physiological level that meditation brings, produces a reduction in the feelings of anxiety at the psychological level. A systematic review of 144 studies found that meditation was markedly more effective in reducing anxiety than other techniques (Journal of Clinical Psychology) Sometimes anxiety becomes paralyzing and overwhelming in the form of panic attacks. Panic attacks are often treated with drugs, but studies by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester and director of the medical center’s Stress Reduction Clinic, show that if people who are prone to panic attacks begin focused, meditative breathing the instant they feel the first signs of an episode, they are less likely to have a full-blown panic attack.
Meditation has also consistently been found to reduce depression, hostility, and emotional instability, indicating the growth of a more stable, balanced, and resilient personality. In another statistical review of 42 independent research results, meditation was found to be effective in increasing self-actualization-an overall measure of positive mental health and personal development. Further analysis revealed that the technique is exceptionally effective in developing three independent components of this dimension: emotional maturity, a resilient sense of self, and a positive, integrated perspective on ourselves and the world (Journal of Social Behaviour and Personality)
Feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and isolation are hallmarks of depression-the nation’s most prevalent mental health problem. Meditation increases self-confidence and feelings of connection to others. Many studies have shown that depressed people feel much better after eliciting the relaxation response of meditation, and practicing meditation reduces their relapse rate by half. Brain scans show that meditation shifts activity in the prefrontal cortex (behind the forehead) from the right hemisphere to the left. People who have a negative disposition tend to be right-prefrontal oriented; left-prefrontals have more enthusiasms, more interests, relax more, and tend to be happier.
The research on meditation has shown significant improvements in mental health, memory, concentration, and productivity. Researchers tested novice meditators on a button-pressing task requiring speed and concentration. Performance was greater at 40 minutes of meditation than after a 40-minute nap. Meditators notice more, but react more calmly than non-meditators to emotionally arousing stimuli. Those with smoking, alcohol, and eating addictions who have been trained in meditation break their addictions with significantly lower relapse rates than those receiving standard therapies. Middle school children who practice meditation show improved work habits, attendance, and GPA (grade point average).
Brain scans of meditators show increased thickness in regions of the cortex associated with higher functions like memory and decision making. Meditation appears to slow aging. Those meditating five years or more were 12 years younger than their chronological age. Obviously this has both physical and mental benefits. Overall meditation can help most people feel less anxious and more in control. The awareness that meditation brings can also be a source of personal insight and self-understanding.
The research results will continue highlighting specific points of benefit from meditating, and this will only help to broaden the acceptance of meditation in the culture at large. This type of research can analyse in minute detail the subtle chemical changes in the brain and body that practising meditation produces. It can also measure the psychological improvements, all of this data from reductionist science however, doesn’t really help us to understand meditation.
The first thing that leads to these benefits is not the practice of meditation itself but the desire and commitment to do it. Wanting to meditate and being willing to do it indicates the desire for greater self-awareness and well-being. It is a willingness to take time to be with oneself, no matter what. This in itself is an enormous step for many people. Modern culture is completely oriented towards self distraction through an endless barrage of images and information. The focus is completely external and stimulates the perpetuation of desire.
Each of us regardless of a life circumstances carries within us pains and fears from the past. For the vast majority of us, for the vast majority of the time, these feelings, emotions, and their responding beliefs, influence us subconsciously. Meditation creates the opportunity for our attention to turn inwards and for these things to be made conscious. Without this conscious awareness of our inner fears, pains, and limiting beliefs, the habitual tendency is to project them outwards onto other people and the world at large. Through the practice of meditation, as these things reveal themselves within us, we can expand the depth of our self-awareness, self-responsibility, and develop an increasing empathy for others.
For those of you who like lists, the psychological benefits of meditation are…
▪ Increased brain wave coherence.
▪ Greater creativity.
▪ Decreased anxiety.
▪ Decreased depression
▪ Decreased irritability and moodiness
▪ Improved learning ability and memory.
▪ Increased self-actualization.
▪ Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.
▪ Increased happiness.
▪ Increased emotional stability.
• Increased capacity to learn and better learning achievements
• Increased ability to solve problems
• Increase in productivity.
• Increased concentration.
• Stronger feelings of happiness and contentment
• Greater self-acceptance and empathy
• Increased self confidence
• Increased spontaneity.
• Increased emotional stability.
• Increased self-awareness
• Greater Equanimity
