Can Meditation Affect Your Genes? By Marc Lallanilla, Assistant Editor | December 10, 2013 03:32pm ET There’s a large and growing body of evidence that psychological stress — the kind experienced by war orphans, caretakers of people with dementia, and men and women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) — can cause genetic damage. But if… Continue reading Can Meditation Affect Your Genes?
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Good News: Most Influential Adult at the High School? The Janitor…
Top 10 Good News Stories of the Week We’re Starting to Think Homeless Men Are the Most Honest Anywhere Joel Hartman was digging through a dumpster, hoping to find someone’s leftover food. Instead, he found a French woman’s wallet. Not only did he not keep the contents, he searched four hotels in order to find… Continue reading Good News: Most Influential Adult at the High School? The Janitor…
Fiddleheads Forest School, A Parent’s Perspective by Karah Pino
“Wanna Touch the Sap with Me?” Posted to the UW Botanic Gardens Blog November 18th, 2013 by Sarah Heller, Community Programs Coordinator & Fiddleheads Forest School Director “Wanna touch the sap with me?” This is the question posed by my 3-year-old every Tuesday and Thursday morning when he gets to Fiddleheads Forest School in the Washington Park… Continue reading Fiddleheads Forest School, A Parent’s Perspective by Karah Pino
12yo Inventor Will Blow Your Mind And May Save Your City; Plus, Top 10 Good News Stories of the Week!
Top 10 Good News Stories of the Week Incredible 12yo Inventor Peyton Robertson Will Blow Your Mind Peyton’s parents taught him that whenever he saw a problem, he could invent a solution to fix it. Recently the twelve-year-old Florida boy was named America’s Top Young Scientist for 2013. Among his impressive inventions is one created… Continue reading 12yo Inventor Will Blow Your Mind And May Save Your City; Plus, Top 10 Good News Stories of the Week!
Origami Self Portraits by 14-Year-Old Photographer
Incredible Self Portraits by 14-Year-Old Photographer by IEVA on May 28, 2013 • 3:28 pm573 Comments 14-year-old Zev from Natick, Massachusetts, has taken the photography world by storm with his surreal photo manipulations. Better known by the nickname of ‘fiddle oak’, Zev presents a highly imaginative portfolio of surreal self-portraits, which he created together with his sister Nellie (aged 17).… Continue reading Origami Self Portraits by 14-Year-Old Photographer
A Storm Haiku for November
Ground covered by leaves blended by storm winds and rain now softly dripping
OCD Expert Who Recommends Meditation as Therapy Is the Focus of New eBook
OCD Expert Who Recommends Meditation as Therapy Is the Focus of New eBook by Alejandro Rojas Editor at Open Minds Magazine Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz applies Buddhist teachings to his work with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and bucks the mainstream belief that the brain is a static organ that dictates our actions. So it is no wonder… Continue reading OCD Expert Who Recommends Meditation as Therapy Is the Focus of New eBook
Characteristics of Mantra by Ananda Marga Founder Shrii Shrii Anandamurtijii
Characteristics of Mantra: Ananda Marga Founder Shrii Shrii Anandamurtijii The third characteristic of a mantra is that it is rhythmic. What this means on the practical level is that it has to be able to align itself with our breathing and hence all mantras for meditation consist of two syllables. Our breathing exerts a great influence over… Continue reading Characteristics of Mantra by Ananda Marga Founder Shrii Shrii Anandamurtijii
Technique incorporating meditation and yoga lowers high blood pressure
Technique incorporating meditation and yoga lowers high blood pressure Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 17:58 Washington: A new study has revealed that technique incorporating meditation and yoga can benefit patients with high blood pressure or `prehypertension`. The study by Joel W. Hughes , PhD, of Kent State (Ohio) University included 56 women and men… Continue reading Technique incorporating meditation and yoga lowers high blood pressure
FALLING INWARD ~ An Autumn Yoga and Meditation Retreat ~ Doe Bay Resort, Orcus Island, Nov 1-3, 2013
Take a quick retreat from your daily rhythms and connect with your Creative Spirit!! This three day journey ~ Falling Inward ~ will bring you into strong alignment with the Fall season Seasonal change is happening. Autumn is visible in our outer world and resonates equally in our own inner landscape. The shift in temperature,… Continue reading FALLING INWARD ~ An Autumn Yoga and Meditation Retreat ~ Doe Bay Resort, Orcus Island, Nov 1-3, 2013