Wellness and Health
What Is Mindfulness It can be difficult to pinpoint a holistic definition of mindfulness as there are differences in its teachings. One school of thought teaches mindfulness as a self-regulating attention to the present moment with curiosity, openness, and acceptance. Others may say that it needs five components: non-reactivity, acting with awareness, observing, describing, and …
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Can Meditation Help with Quiting Smoking? The results of 13 studies of mindfulness-based interventions for stopping smoking had promising results regarding craving, smoking cessation, and relapse prevention, a 2015 research review found. However, the studies had many limitations. Findings from a 2013 review suggest that meditation-based therapies may help people quit smoking; however, the small …
Disclaimer: Information in this article was sourced from the NIH. These health approaches were studied for the cold and may not work against the flu. Each year, Americans get more than 1 billion colds, and between 5 and 20 percent of Americans get the flu. The two diseases have some symptoms in common, and both …
Meditation practitioners, that use Mantras, use an utterance of a sound, word, or group of words to elicit a mental state, psychological or spiritual power. The most common mantra is Aum or “OM” which in some cultures is believed to contain every vibration of the universe. It is said that the vibration moves through the …
Qigong meditation is a centuries-old meditation practice of movement and breathing used for martial-arts, health and spirituality. Qigong (Pronounced chi gong) is defined as “life energy.” However, Studies remain inconclusive as to its effectiveness in certain areas. Qigong History Qigong got its start in Daoism and Buddhism as a meditation practice, and in Confucianism to …
Meditation has been correlated to with a number of phenomenological benefits. One phenomenon not covered yet is that of meditation and the brain. A study and a medical review, done by the laboratory of Imaging in UCLA, attempted to correlate meditation to reduced age-related brain degeneration and increased gyrification. (Gyrification relates to folds on the …
A 2012 study by the University of Wisconsin attempted to resolve whether mindful meditation was more effective than exercising and non exercising control groups. For this, adults 50 years and older were assigned to 1 of 3 groups and given either an 8-week course in mindfulness meditation by Jon Kabat, 8-weeks of exercise, or observational …
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Transcendental Meditation(TM)generally refers to the meditation movement created by the yogi Maharishi Mahesh. The program makes claims to calmness, enhanced brain function, improved cardiovascular health, and reduced depression As of 2020 the program costs* ranges from $380 to $500. *Some exceptions apply Techniques Practitioners attempt to achieve a state of tranquility with the aid of …
Soft Focus Meditation, which is also known as “open monitoring”, “open attention” or “mindful awareness”: is practiced by allowing your sense inputs (sounds, sensations, smells, emotions and thoughts) to appear naturally and disappear naturally, without giving the ideas into judgement. Soft Focus Vs Hard Focus The “Hard Focus” can be said to be your mental …
Can meditation be bad for you? It depends on who you ask!
