Topic: meditation
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The power of concentration
Saturday, December 15, 2012 · Topics: meditation, mindfulness, personal-mastery
From NY Times: Meditation and mindfulness: the words conjure images of yoga retreats and Buddhist monks. But perhaps they should evoke a very different picture: a man in a deerstalker, puffing away at a curved pipe, Mr. Sherlock Holmes himself. The world’s greatest fictional detective is someone who knows the value of concentration, of “throwing his brain out of action,” as Dr. Watson puts it. He is the quintessential unitasker in a multitasking world. · Go to The power of concentration →
Free meditations from Mindfulness
Friday, March 16, 2012 · Topics: emotional-intelligence, meditation, mindfulness
Find peace in a frantic world with these five meditations, including The Chocolate Meditation. Connecting with your senses is one of the core benefits of Mindfulness meditation. Many traditions use nuts or fruit as the focus for a meditation on the senses of taste, smell and touch. But you can use any food at all so we developed a meditation based on chocolate. · Go to Free meditations from Mindfulness →
Brain fitness: Definition, priorities and links to neuroleadership and human capital
Thursday, March 15, 2012 · Topics: biofeedback, brain-fitness, breathing, meditation, neuroscience
From SharpBrains: Notes from a fun session on brain fitness during the Neuroleadership Summit in San Francisco, exploring opportunities to enhance performance and health of leaders and workforces by deploying both old tools (like breathing and meditation) and new ones (such as biofeedback and database-driven personalized brain training solutions). · Go to Brain fitness: Definition, priorities and links to neuroleadership and human capital →
Mindfulness meditation for adults & teens with ADHD
Monday, December 12, 2011 · Topics: attention-deficit-disorder, meditation, mindfulness, neuroscience
From SharpBrains: Dr. David Rabiner shares an excellent review of a new study that analyzes the benefits of mindfulness for adolescents and adults with attention deficits. He writes that “although this is clearly a preliminary study, the results are both interesting and encouraging.” · Go to Mindfulness meditation for adults & teens with ADHD →
Meditation bibliography
Friday, October 14, 2011 · Topics: meditation
From Institute of Noetic Sciences: With more than 6000 citations and growing, the IONS Meditation Bibliography is the largest and most comprehensive known catalogue of published scientific studies of meditation in the world. IONS maintains this database and updates it quarterly. · Go to Meditation bibliography →
Oprah’s lesson 7: Be still, wait and listen
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 · Topics: lessons-learned, listening, meditation, mindfulness, silence, spirituality
I wait and listen for the guidance that’s greater than my meager mind. Paul’s response: Revelations in the stillness. · Read more →
Tara Brach
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 · Topics: buddhist, meditation, mindfulness, trauma-healing
a leading western teacher of Buddhist meditation, emotional healing and spiritual awakening. She has practiced and taught meditation for over 35 years, with an emphasis on vipassana (mindfulness or insight) meditation. · Go to Tara Brach →
The Tree of Contemplative Practices
Monday, June 6, 2011 · Topics: meditation, mindfulness, spiritual-practice
illustrates some of the contemplative practices that have been developed over the past few thousand years · Go to The Tree of Contemplative Practices →
