Archive for the ‘Meditation’ Category
Guided Meditation – Blissful Deep Relaxation – YouTube
Posted: July 7, 2018 at 9:43 am
This guided meditation will gently ease you into a state of blissfully deep relaxation.
.........................................................................
If you enjoy our work and would like to support the channel, please consider purchasing one of our high-quality albums:The Elven Odyssey: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thehonestguys74The Ultimate Sleep Album: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thehonestguys71The Ultimate Mind Power Collection for a Healthy Lifestyle: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thehonestguys91
Plus many of our MP3 audio tracks are available here: CDBaby: http://ow.ly/ApQYyiTunes: http://ow.ly/ApR4VAmazon: http://tiny.cc/wc5qkxGoogle: http://ow.ly/ApRsq
Alternatively, you can donate here: https://goo.gl/OoIjTI we very much appreciate any and all support.
.........................................................................
Please subscribe to our channel (It's Free). NEW VIDEOS every Tuesday!Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/thehonestguys?...
We write and create high quality Guided Meditations videos that are freely viewable on YouTube. We have been creating these meditations since 2009.
The meditations were begun with one purpose: simply to try and help people. Every meditation is produced with genuine care and love for those people who use them, because we too, have needed the kind of help our meditations are trying to offer others.
Our ethos is to be as all-inclusive and as neutral as possible. We have no religious or other affiliations and try to keep most of our meditations suitable for everyone. We always welcome comments, feedback & suggestions and actively engage with our subscribers via our Facebook page..................................................
Digital Downloads: A few places where you can purchase THG meditations.
CDBaby: http://ow.ly/ApQYyiTunes: http://ow.ly/ApR4VAmazon: http://tiny.cc/wc5qkxGoogle: http://ow.ly/ApRsq
Streaming on Tidal -http://goo.gl/0dMF2h
Streaming on Spotify -http://goo.gl/vlkA5u.................................................
Social media - Interact with us here :
Facebook : Our main THG community focused page. Interact on a daily basis.http://www.facebook.com/THGMEDITATIONS
Twitter : Reference place to keep up to date with THG.http://twitter.com/TheHonestGuys
Instagram: Behind the scenes photos of the THG team.http://instagram.com/thehonestguys
Google+ : Our Google+ profile pagehttps://plus.google.com/+TheHonestGuys
Website : Official website of 'The Honest Guys'http://www.thehonestguys.co.uk..................................................
Check out some of the other videos on this channel (over 240+ and counting!)https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHones...
..................................................
Check out the complete THG playlists here :https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHones...
Samples of some of our playlists :
GUIDED MEDITATIONSFeeling tired or stressed? Sit back, relax and let the gentle guiding voice take you into a profound and deep state of relaxation.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
EPIC POWER-MEDITATIONSEpic power meditations are a new form of meditation/visualizations using the amazing skills of some outstanding composers and musicians. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
MIDDLE EARTH MEDITATIONSEscape the hustle and bustle of everyday life with these guided retreats into Middle Earth. Each story averages around 18 minutes and is designed as a powerful and effective respite for the mind, from the stresses and strains of daily life. Each story is unique, with narration, music and ambient sound effects brought vividly to life within your own mind. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
RELAXATION MUSIC & MEDITATION TOOLSThese videos are designed to be played in the background, to help with study, sleep and relaxation.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list.....................................................
Music by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
Read the rest here:
Online Seven Chakras Class from Alanna Kaivalya
Posted: June 29, 2018 at 5:46 pm
Download a Class with Your Subscription
You have selected a class to download that is covered by your subscription.
You have 0 remaining of 0 downloads. Downloads renew each subscription period.
You have purchased this class before, would you like to download it now?
This special series of classes works both independently and in conjunction with one another to tune up an area that is out of balance, or realign the entire system to achieve a state of perfect, resonant balance within the body. As a practitioner, you can choose to do just one class (each are about 20 minutes long) or do multiple classes depending on your time constraints and needs for a particular day.
Root Chakra: MuladharaThe root chakra encompasses our base and creates the foundation upon which we stand. When we can stand up for ourselves and be grounded in a safe and secure existence, we can walk proudly in our life. This mini-class creates the foundation for the first chakra to be balanced, rooted and grounded through strong standing poses.
Sacral Chakra: SvadisthanaThe sacral chakra is the seat of our emotions, creativity and relationships. By allowing our creativity and passion to have an outlet, this chakra flourishes. This mini-class utilizes the power of hip openers to create the space for abundance and creativity to arise.
Power Chakra: ManipuraThe power chakra illuminates our ego and self-identity. When we learn to use who we are to shine light on the greater good and more fully allow others to be themselves, then our ego has found it's place in the world. This mini-class takes us through twisting postures to wring out the ego and give us the internal space to become comfortable with ourselves.
Heart Chakra: AnahataThe heart chakra is the seat of compassion, kindness and unconditional love. When this chakra is balanced, we are able to create lives that resonate with kindness and friendship toward others; in short, we become fun people to hang out with. Through backbends, we fully open the power embodied in the hearts chakra and emanate the power of love.
Throat Chakra: VishuddhaThe throat chakra is the center of all our communication. In this day and age, when communication happens through voice, email, text message and tweets, it is more important than ever to create clarity and compassion in our messages. Using the powerful benefits of shoulderstand, plow pose and various neck stretches, we help the throat open to it's full potential.
Third Eye Chakra: AjnaThe third eye center is known as the "command center," or seat of our highest self. It is with wisdom and intuition that we are able to perceive the world without boundaries or separateness. When we can find the sameness in all the things around us, then tension and judgement dissolves. This is a wonderfully compassionate way to live, and we cultivate this strength in this mini-class through breath work and some guided meditation.
Crown Chakra: SahasraraThe crown chakra represents our connection to a higher power. When this is stifled, we feel depressed, anxious, bored and alone. By enlivening this energetic center and reconnecting to source, we are infused with power, joy and a feeling that we are an integral part of our world. In this mini-class, we use guided meditation and deep relaxation to open this energetic center and feel rejuvenated.
Continue reading here:
Research on meditation – Wikipedia
Posted: June 25, 2018 at 6:44 pm
For the purpose of this article, research on meditation concerns research into the psychological and physiological effects of meditation using the scientific method. In recent years, these studies have increasingly involved the use of modern scientific techniques and instruments, such as fMRI and EEG which are able to directly observe brain physiology and neural activity in living subjects, either during the act of meditation itself, or before and after a meditation effort, thus allowing linkages to be established between meditative practice and changes in brain structure or function.
Since the 1950s hundreds of studies on meditation have been conducted. Yet, many of the early studies were flawed and thus yielded unreliable results.[1][2] Contemporary studies have attempted to address many of these flaws with the hope of guiding current research into a more fruitful path.[3] In 2013, researchers at Johns Hopkins, publishing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, identified 47 studies that qualify as well-designed and therefore reliable. Based on these studies, they concluded that there is moderate evidence that meditation reduces anxiety, depression, and pain, but there is no evidence that meditation is more effective than active treatment.[4] 2017 commentary was similarly mixed.[5][6]
The process of meditation, as well as its effects, is a growing subfield of neurological research.[7][8] Modern scientific techniques and instruments, such as fMRI and EEG, have been used to study how regular meditation affects individuals by measuring brain and bodily changes.[7][9][10]
Meditation is a broad term which encompasses a number of practices.[vague][citation needed]
In June, 2007 the United States National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) published an independent, peer-reviewed, meta-analysis of the state of meditation research, conducted by researchers at the University of Alberta Evidence-based Practice Center. The report reviewed 813 studies involving five broad categories of meditation: mantra meditation, mindfulness meditation, yoga, T'ai chi, and Qigong, and included all studies on adults through September 2005, with a particular focus on research pertaining to hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and substance abuse. The report concluded, "Scientific research on meditation practices does not appear to have a common theoretical perspective and is characterized by poor methodological quality. Firm conclusions on the effects of meditation practices in healthcare cannot be drawn based on the available evidence. Future research on meditation practices must be more rigorous in the design and execution of studies and in the analysis and reporting of results." (p.6) It noted that there is no theoretical explanation of health effects from meditation common to all meditation techniques.[1]
A version of this report subsequently published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine stated that "Most clinical trials on meditation practices are generally characterized by poor methodological quality with significant threats to validity in every major quality domain assessed". This was the conclusion despite a statistically significant increase in quality of all reviewed meditation research, in general, over time between 1956 and 2005. Of the 400 clinical studies, 10% were found to be good quality. A call was made for rigorous study of meditation.[3] These authors also noted that this finding is not unique to the area of meditation research and that the quality of reporting is a frequent problem in other areas of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) research and related therapy research domains.
Of more than 3,000 scientific studies that were found in a comprehensive search of 17 relevant databases, only about 4% had randomised controlled trials (RCTs), which are designed to exclude the placebo effect.[1]
A 2013 statement from the American Heart Association evaluated the evidence for the effectiveness of TM as a treatment for hypertension as "unknown/unclear/uncertain or not well-established", and stated: "Because of many negative studies or mixed results and a paucity of available trials...other meditation techniques are not recommended in clinical practice to lower BP at this time."[11]
2017 commentary was similarly mixed,[5][6] with concerns including the particular characteristics of individuals who tend to participate in mindfulness and meditation research.[12]
One meta-analysis supported the use of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to alleviate symptoms of a variety of mental and physical disorders.[13] A previous study commissioned by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that meditation interventions reduce multiple negative dimensions of psychological stress.[4] Other systematic reviews and meta-analysis show that mindfulness meditation has several mental health benefits such as bringing about reductions in depression symptoms,[14][15][16] and mindfulness interventions also appear to be a promising intervention for managing depression in youth.[17][18] Mindfulness meditation is useful for managing stress,[15][19][20] anxiety,[14][15][20] and also appears to be effective in treating substance use disorders.[21][22][23] A recent meta analysis by Hilton et al. (2016) including 30 randomized controlled trials found high quality evidence for improvement in depressive symptoms.[24] Other review studies have shown that mindfulness meditation can enhance the psychological functioning of breast cancer survivors,[15] effective for eating disorders,[25][26] and may also be effective in treating psychosis.[27][28][29]
Studies have also shown that rumination and worry contribute to mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety,[30] and mindfulness-based interventions are effective in the reduction of worry.[30][31]
Some studies suggest that mindfulness meditation contributes to a more coherent and healthy sense of self and identity, when considering aspects such as sense of responsibility, authenticity, compassion, self-acceptance and character.[32][33]
In the relatively new field of western psychological mindfulness, researchers attempt to define and measure the results of mindfulness primarily through controlled, randomised studies of mindfulness intervention on various dependent variables. The participants in mindfulness interventions measure many of the outcomes of such interventions subjectively. For this reason, several mindfulness inventories or scales (a set of questions posed to a subject whose answers output the subject's aggregate answers in the form of a rating or category) have arisen. Twelve such methods are mentioned by the Mindfulness Research Guide[34]
In 2011, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) released findings from a study in which magnetic resonance images were taken of the brains of 16 participants 2 weeks before and after the participants joined the mindfulness meditation (MM) program by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Bender Institute of Neuroimaging in Germany, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Researchers concluded that
..these findings may represent an underlying brain mechanism associated with mindfulness-based improvements in mental health.[35]
The analgesic effect of MM involves multiple brain mechanisms including the activation of the anterior cingulate cortex and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.[36] In addition, brief periods of MM training increases the amount of grey matter in the hippocampus and parietal lobe.[37] Other neural changes resulting from MM may increase the efficiency of attentional control.[38]
Participation in MBSR programmes has been found to correlate with decreases in right basolateral amygdala gray matter density,[39] and increases in gray matter concentration within the left hippocampus.[40]
Mindfulness meditation also appears to bring about favorable structural changes in the brain, though more research needs to be done because most of these studies are small and have weak methodology.[41][7][9][10] One recent study found a significant cortical thickness increase in individuals who underwent a brief -8 weeks- MBSR training program and that this increase was coupled with a significant reduction of several psychological indices related to worry, state anxiety, depression.[42] Another study describes how mindfulness based interventions target neurocognitive mechanisms of addiction at the attention-appraisal-emotion interface.[22] A meta-analysis by Fox et al. (2014) using results from 21 brain imaging studies found consistent differences in the region of the prefrontal cortex and other brain regions associated with body awareness. In terms of effect size the mean effect was rated as moderate. (Cohen's d = 0.46) However the results should be interpreted with caution because funnel plots indicate that publication bias is an issue in meditation research.[41] A follow up by Fox et al. (2016) using 78 functional neuro-imaging studies suggests that different meditation styles are reliably associated with different brain activity. Activations in some brain regions are usually accompanied by deactivation in others. This finding suggests that meditation research must put emphasis on comparing practices from the same style of meditation, for example results from studies investigating focused attention methods cannot be compared to results from open monitoring approaches.[43]
Psychological and Buddhist conceptualisations of mindfulness both highlight awareness and attention training as key components, in which levels of mindfulness can be cultivated with practise of mindfulness meditation.[44] Focused attention meditation and open monitoring meditation are distinct types of mindfulness meditation, and the former relates to directing and maintaining attention on a chosen object (e.g. the breath).[45] Open monitoring meditation does not involve focus on a specific object, and instead awareness is grounded in the perceptual features of ones environment.
Focused attention meditation is typically practiced first to increase the ability to enhance attentional stability, and awareness of mental states with the goal being to transition to open monitoring meditation practise that emphasizes the ability to monitor moment-by-moment changes in experience, without a focus of attention to maintain. Mindfulness meditation may lead to greater cognitive flexibility [46]
Sustained attention Tasks of sustained attention relate to vigilance and the preparedness that aids completing a particular task goal. Psychological research into the relationship between mindfulness meditation and the sustained attention network have revealed the following:
Selective attention
Executive control attention Executive control attention include functions of inhibiting the conscious processing of distracting information. In the context of mindful meditation, distracting information would relate to attention grabbing mental events such as thoughts related to the future or past.[45]
Reductions in rumination have been found following Mindfulness meditation practise.[57][58]
Emotional reactivity can be measured and reflected in brain regions related to the production of emotions.[59] It can also be reflected in tests of attentional performance, indexed in poorer performance in attention related tasks. The regulation of emotional reactivity as initiated by attentional control capacities can be taxing to performance, as attentional resources are limited [60]
It is debated as to whether top-down executive control regions such as the Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC),[70] are required [68] or not [61] to inhibit reactivity of the amygdala activation related to the production of evoked emotional responses. Arguably an initial increase in activation of executive control regions developed during mindfulness training may lessen with increasing mindfulness expertise [71]
An 8 week mindfulness course given to students was found to reduce the number subsequently needing treatment for mental illness by 60%, although the study was not of large size and commented that the effect could be due to 'non-specific effects', as the control group had received no attention at all, rather than an alternative intervention.[72][73]
A large part of mindfulness research is dependent on technology. As new technology continues to be developed, new imaging techniques will become useful in this field. It would be interesting to use real-time fMRI to help give immediate feedback and guide participants through the programs. It could also be used to more easily train and evaluate mental states during meditation itself.[74] The new technology in the upcoming years offers many exciting potentials for the continued research.
Vipassana meditation is a component of Buddhist philosophy. Phra Taweepong Inwongsakul and Sampath Kumar from the University of Mysore have been studying the effects of this meditation on 120 students by measuring the associated increase of cortical thickness in the brain. The results of this study are inconclusive.[75][76]
Sahaja yoga meditation is regarded as a mental silence meditation, and has been shown to correlate with particular brain[77][78] and brain wave[79][80][81] characteristics. One study has led to suggestions that Sahaja meditation involves 'switching off' irrelevant brain networks for the maintenance of focused internalized attention and inhibition of inappropriate information.[82] Sahaja meditators appear to benefit from lower depression[83] and scored above control group for emotional well-being and mental health measures on SF-36 ratings.[84][85][86]
A study comparing practitioners of Sahaja Yoga meditation with a group of non meditators doing a simple relaxation exercise, measured a drop in skin temperature in the meditators compared to a rise in skin temperature in the non meditators as they relaxed. The researchers noted that all other meditation studies that have observed skin temperature have recorded increases and none have recorded a decrease in skin temperature. This suggests that Sahaja Yoga meditation, being a mental silence approach, may differ both experientially and physiologically from simple relaxation.[81]
Kundalini Yoga has proved to increase the prevention of cognitive decline and evaluate the response of biomarkers to treatment, thereby shedding light on the underlying mechanisms of the link between Kundalini Yoga and cognitive impairment. For the study, 81 participants aged 55 and older who had subjective memory complaints and met criteria for mild cognitive impairment, indicated by a total score of 0.5 on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale. The results showed that at 12 weeks, both the yoga group showed significant improvements in recall memory and visual memory and showed significant sustained improvement in memory up to the 24-week follow-up, the yoga group showed significant improvement in verbal fluency and sustained significant improvements in executive functioning at week 24. In addition, the yoga cohort showed significant improvement in depressive symptoms, apathy, and resilience from emotional stress. This research was provided by Helen Lavretsky, M.D. and colleagues.[87] In another study, Kundalini Yoga did not show significant effectiveness in treating obsessive-compulsive disorders compared with Relaxation/Meditation.[88]
The first Transcendental Meditation (TM) research studies were conducted at UCLA and Harvard University and published in Science and the American Journal of Physiology in 1970 and 1971.[89] However, much research has been of poor quality,[1][88][90] including a high risk for bias due to the connection of researchers to the TM organization and the selection of subjects with a favorable opinion of TM.[91][92][93] Independent systematic reviews have not found health benefits for TM exceeding those of relaxation and health education.[1][88][92] A 2013 statement from the American Heart Association described the evidence supporting TM as a treatment for hypertension as Level IIB, meaning that TM "may be considered in clinical practice" but that its effectiveness is "unknown/unclear/uncertain or not well-established".[This quote needs a citation] In another study, TM proved comparable with other kinds of relaxation therapies in reducing anxiety.[88]
The medial prefrontal and posterior cingulate cortices have been found to be relatively deactivated during meditation (experienced meditators using concentration, lovingkindness and choiceless awareness meditation). In addition experienced meditators were found to have stronger coupling between the posterior cingulate, dorsal anterior cingulate, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices both when meditating and when not meditating.[94]
A meta analysis found meditation gave some benefits, but no evidence that it was better than other treatments, for mental illness.[4]
Meditation has been shown to change grey matter concentrations and the precuneus.[95][40][96][41][39]
An eight-week MBSR course induced changes in gray matter concentrations.[40] Exploratory whole brain analyses identified significant increases in gray matter concentration in the PCC, TPJ, and the cerebellum. These results suggest that participation in MBSR is associated with changes in gray matter concentration in brain regions involved in learning and memory processes, emotion regulation, self-referential processing, and perspective taking.
Studies have shown that meditation has both short-term and long-term effects on various perceptual faculties. In 1984 a study showed that meditators have a significantly lower detection threshold for light stimuli of short duration.[97] In 2000 a study of the perception of visual illusions by zen masters, novice meditators, and non-meditators showed statistically significant effects found for the Poggendorff Illusion but not for the Mller-Lyer Illusion. The zen masters experienced a statistically significant reduction in initial illusion (measured as error in millimeters) and a lower decrement in illusion for subsequent trials.[98] Tloczynski has described the theory of mechanism behind the changes in perception that accompany mindfulness meditation thus: "A person who meditates consequently perceives objects more as directly experienced stimuli and less as concepts With the removal or minimization of cognitive stimuli and generally increasing awareness, meditation can therefore influence both the quality (accuracy) and quantity (detection) of perception."[98] Brown also points to this as a possible explanation of the phenomenon: "[the higher rate of detection of single light flashes] involves quieting some of the higher mental processes which normally obstruct the perception of subtle events."[This quote needs a citation] In other words, the practice may temporarily or permanently alter some of the top-down processing involved in filtering subtle events usually deemed noise by the perceptual filters.[citation needed]
Herbert Benson, founder of the Mind-Body Medical Institute, which is affiliated with Harvard University and several Boston hospitals, reports that meditation induces a host of biochemical and physical changes in the body collectively referred to as the "relaxation response".[99] The relaxation response includes changes in metabolism, heart rate, respiration, blood pressure and brain chemistry. Benson and his team have also done clinical studies at Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayan Mountains.[100] Benson wrote The Relaxation Response to document the benefits of meditation, which in 1975 were not yet widely known.[101]
According to an article in Psychological Bulletin, EEG activity slows as a result of meditation.[102] The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has written, "It is thought that some types of meditation might work by reducing activity in the sympathetic nervous system and increasing activity in the parasympathetic nervous system,"[This quote needs a citation] or equivalently, that meditation produces a reduction in arousal and increase in relaxation.[citation needed]
Aging is a process accompanied by a decrease in brain weight and volume. This phenomenon can be explained by structural changes in the brain, namely, a loss of grey matter. Some studies over the last decade have implicated meditation as a protective factor against normal age-related brain atrophy.[103] The first direct evidence for this link emerged from a study investigating changes in the cortical thickness of meditators. Interestingly, the researchers found that regular meditation practice was able to reduce age-related thinning of the frontal cortex, albeit, these findings were restricted to particular regions of the brain.[104] A similar study looked to further expand on this finding by including a behavioural component. Consistent with the previous study, meditators did not show the expected negative correlation between grey matter volume and age. In addition, the results for meditators on the behavioural test, measuring attentional performance, were comparable across all age groups.[105] This implies that meditation can potentially protect against age-related grey matter loss and age-related cognitive decline. Since then, more research has supported the notion that meditation serves as a neuroprotective factor that slows age-related brain atrophy.[103][106] Still, all studies have been cross sectional in design. Furthermore, these results merely describe associations and do not make causal inferences.[107] Further work using longitudinal and experimental designs may help solidify the causal link between meditation and grey matter loss. Since few studies have investigated this direct link, however insightful they may be, there is not sufficient evidence for a conclusive answer.
Research has also been conducted on the malleable determinants of cellular aging in an effort to understand human longevity. Researchers have stated, "We have reviewed data linking stress arousal and oxidative stress to telomere shortness. Meditative practices appear to improve the endocrine balance toward positive arousal (high DHEA, lower cortisol) and decrease oxidative stress. Thus, meditation practices may promote mitotic cell longevity both through decreasing stress hormones and oxidative stress and increasing hormones that may protect the telomere."[108][109]
Studies have shown meditators to have higher happiness than control groups, although this may be due to non-specific factors such as meditators having better general self-care.[110][111][84][112]
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche has said that neuro scientists have found that with meditation, an individual's happiness baseline can change.[113]
Positive relationships have been found between the volume of gray matter in the right precuneus area of the brain and both meditation and the subject's subjective happiness score.[114][95][40][96][41][39]
The following is an official statement from the US government-run National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health:
"Meditation is considered to be safe for healthy people. There have been rare reports that meditation could cause or worsen symptoms in people who have certain psychiatric problems, but this question has not been fully researched. People with physical limitations may not be able to participate in certain meditative practices involving physical movement. Individuals with existing mental or physical health conditions should speak with their health care providers prior to starting a meditative practice and make their meditation instructor aware of their condition."[115]
Adverse effects have been reported,[116][117] and may, in some cases, be the result of "improper use of meditation".[118] The NIH advises prospective meditators to "ask about the training and experience of the meditation instructor [they] are considering."[115]
As with any practice, meditation may also be used to avoid facing ongoing problems or emerging crises in the meditator's life. In such situations, it may instead be helpful to apply mindful attitudes acquired in meditation while actively engaging with current problems.[119][120] According to the NIH, meditation should not be used as a replacement for conventional health care or as a reason to postpone seeing a doctor.[115]
Meditation reduces pain perception.[121]
Although we can now scan the bran, inferring value from blood movements in a human brain remains debateable.
Numerous studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of a variety of meditation practices. It has been unclear to what extent these practices share neural correlates. Interestingly, a recent study compared electroencephalogram activity during a focused-attention and open monitoring meditation practice from practitioners of two Buddhist traditions (17). The researchers found that the differences between the two meditation traditions were more pronounced than the differences between the two types of meditation. These data are consistent with our findings that theoretical orientation of how a practice is taught strongly influences neural activity during these practices. However, the study used long-term practitioners from different cultures, which may have confounded the results.[122]
More:
Everywhere-Nowhere: Music for LAX
Posted: June 13, 2018 at 1:45 pm
Find My Music > All Music
Browse through thousands of albums and tracks that you can download for yoga, relaxation, and wellness. Also choose from music playlists from top instructors from around the world.
Timelessly Free is Danny Cudd's first solo album and a world music classic. The combination of hang based music blended with a myriad variety of ethic instrumentation has resulted in an album that will take the listener on a magical journey far away from the hussle and bussle of the mind. The album features sublime hang melodies and rhythm and world instruments such as bansuri, the India bamboo flute, Shennai, the snake charmers instrument, amazing percussion and much more.
$ 9.99
The latest release from Hang Music presents a serious upgrade in the offerings of hang playing duo Hang Massive. Two years after their debut album Beats for your feet was recorded, As It Is demonstrates a new solidity in playing style, an increased sensitivity of touch and a truly awesome audio recording of the hang, a rare handmade instrument from Switzerland. This album will inspire, evoke, awaken and empower.
$ 9.99
Sanskrit mantras provide us with the power to ascend from the ordinary to the higher states of consciousness. Channing Grivas' angelic voice will connect you with the divine and leave you feeling blissed out through this beautiful collection of a capella sacred mantras!
$ 15.00
Graceful, ethereal, uplifting music from world-renowned hang musician, Storia. Dreamlike on a Fading Road is a contemporary fusion, featuring hypnotic hang melodies and sublime mystical vocals accompanied by world instruments such as Santoor, Harp and Tabla, as well as ambient electronics. The perfect relaxing song-based soundtrack for yoga classes and dance/movement workshops.
$ 10.00
No reviews yet.
An original score by Yuval Ron from the site-specific performance created by choreographer Sarah Elgart for LAX, Los Angeles International Airport. Innovative, breathtaking music beyond borders and definitions.
$ 8.99
No reviews yet.
Live at the World Festival of Sacred Music, the Yuval Ron Ensemble brings you the sacred music of the Middle East and Qawwali music.
$ 8.99
"Everything So Beautiful" is the result of hundreds of live music yoga classes that KENK and Justin Kaliszewski - Co-founder of OUTLAW Yoga - have shared with thousands of yogis over the past three years. Over time many of the songs were incorporated into classes, and and grew to be an all-original, rocking live music yoga class.
Many of the songs were written 15 to 20 years ago, however the messages still resonate with people, and it came to fruition in the yoga studio.
This is an interesting collection of songs. Some have been around for a while, even recorded before. Others have been uncovered, brushed off and polished up. Still others are just as rough as they were the first time I sang them. KenK.
BUT DONT THINK THIS IS YOUR TYPICAL YOGA MUSIC! It is the gritty rock and roll, foot tappin, sing-along songs you would expect from KENK. Songs that make you smile. It doesnt matter if youre doing yoga or sitting in a chair, riding in a car or running on a treadmill, drinking beers and jamming out or laying on a beach in the warm sunlight. Its all good. Plug it in. Turn it up.
The new KENK album Everything So Beautiful, released on Feb 15, 2015, contains ten original songs and features musicians Kenny Passarelli, Clay Kirkland, Phil Jenson, and Marco DiFerreira, as well as KENKs two sons Justin and Kyle. The album was produced and engineered by Grammy winner, Clark Hagan. It was mixed by Tim Stroh at Madhouse Recorders in Leadville, CO and mastered at Masterfonic in Nashville. Fun stuff!
$ 10.00
No reviews yet.
Bhakti Without Borders blends melodies from the East Indian Bhakti tradition with the folk, bluegrass and country elements of traditional American and Irish music. The result is a sound that is both fresh and familiar. 100% of proceeds from this album will be donated to Food for Life, a non-profit organzation that aims to provide education for girls in Vrindavan, India.
$ 0.99
$ 0.99
$ 0.99
$ 0.99
$ 0.99
$ 0.99
$ 0.99
$ 0.99
$ 0.99
$ 0.99
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
This CD is a musical odyssey to accompany a yoga practice, meditation, or just an escape from a hectic day. Tibetan bowls are the center around which the rest of the instruments have been woven. Incredible relaxing music for yoga, relaxation, meditation, and healing.
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
These sanskrit mantras bubble with a groove and atmosphere that takes tradition to heaven and back. donna's voice resonates with ether and earth, beauty that asks you to join in, become one with the sound of deep celebration.
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
Free music!! For a limited download the track "Beautiful Day" absolutely free! Enjoy!!
Elements for Yoga and Body Mind vol 6 Free Expressions is a journey inspired by the modern yoga teacher's playlist with a mix of different styles and expressions all coming together to create an inspiring and uplifting yoga session. It's been made to suit the upbeat classes like Power yoga or Vinyasa flow. As with the other albums in the Elements for Yoga and Body Mind series, it's been perfected with an integrated playlist without interruptions.
Full album total playtime: 1 hour 10 minutes
$ 8.99
No reviews yet.
The relaxing effects of the gong are unquestioned. The ancient civilizations of the world understood the rhythmic principles designed to relax the mind and the body. The gong creates these meditation enhancing rhythms. Harijiwan is one of the few talented masters of the gong who allows the voice of this spiritual instrument to be released. Resound features a digitally mastered series of meditation sessions the student and teacher can utilize to take their experience to the next level.
Produced by Grady Johnson and Rainer G. Wickel
Sound Recorded by Walt Thompson
Brought to you by Karma Train Productions
2004 Karma Train Productions
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
Full Moon Magic (Deluxe Version)
Spiritual New Age Music in the magical voice of David Ananda
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
Jalawater. Its most of what we are and moving within us like the currents of the primordial oceanpowerful, creative, constantly renewing. Jala, the rhythmic world and electronic music soundtrack from Shiva Reas Fluid Power yoga DVD, offers musical hydration for the flow of your inner and outer worlds, yoga, and creative living.
In her worldwide retreats, thousands of flow yoga and trance-dance practictioners rave about Shiva Reas inspiring music mixes. Shiva Rea now invites you on a dynamic and meditative sonic journey crossing genres and cultures. Like a winding river with organic, changing rhythms, Jala flows from sublime invocations, Asian electronica, high-energy percussion, and passionate vocals into soothing sitar and chant.
With 12 richly layered soundscapes, Jala is an energizing plunge into the universal flow. Features the talents of sitar virtuoso Uwe Neumann; multi-instrumentalist Benjy Wertheimer; Canadian Grammy nominee Adham Shaikh; Desert Dwellers; Niraj Chag; Daphne Tse with Matt Pszonak; and Burning-man favoriteAlcyone. Enhanced CD includes bonus Fluid Power DVD footage available nowhere else.
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
Shakti. The creative pulse of life moving through all things. The space where physics and yoga meet. At the cutting edge of todays growing flow yoga phenomenon, Shiva Rea is renowned for creating original music compilations that cross genres to evoke the flow of yoga and life. Shakti Rhythms melts the boundaries between ancient and modern music, offering a tantalizing blend of ecstatic chant and evocative rhythms perfect for dance, yoga, and creative living.
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
Grounded in the warm ambiance of Bossa Nova and Brazilian instruments like the Berimbau, Surdo and the repiqu drum, paying hommage to the huge yoga nation of Brazil weve created an album for Vinyasa inspired classes like Ashtanga and Power Yoga. Elements for Yoga and Body Mind vol. 5 Vinyasa Flow is an album that enlivens and sparks new life into your practice.
Full album playtime: - 1:00 h
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
This top selling New Age/World beat CD is smooth, silky, calming and peaceful. Featuring Deva Premal's transcendant voice, ambient grooves, keyboard and hand percussion, THE ESSENCE invokes the heart healing power of ancient chants and mantras. The Gayatri Mantra, the oldest known to mankind, is the centerpiece of this truly meditative CD. Ideal for yoga, healing work, meditation and dancing.
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
Naturescapes is a musical journey over mountains and under oceans. Featuring a variety of world instruments and ethereal pads, this enticing collection invites the listener to close their eyes and dream of far away places...
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
Nataraja: the Lord of Dance, source of creativity and all movement within the cosmos. To enliven you with this regenerative spirit, Shiva Rea offers Nataraja, a pulsating collection of world-influenced electronica from the evocative soundtrack to her Yoga Trance Dance DVD.
At the cutting edge of todays exploding flow yoga phenomenon, Shiva Rea is renowned for creating original music compilations that cross genres to evoke the flow of yoga and life. On Nataraja, Benjy Wertheimer, DJ Cheb i Sabbah, Dum Dum Project, Kaya Project, and other favorites are joined by Shamans Dream, KDZ, John De Kadt, Clan Travelers with Byron Metcalf, Sivakumar, and more to lift you on an upward spiral and align you with the moving rhythms of creation.
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
ere, an eclectic collection of cutting edge mixologists including Karsh Kale, Sean Dinsmore (The Dum Dum Project), Joi and Dharma Dogz (of Waterbone) shed new light on Joshuas signature sound, translating his East-West alchemies into stunning dub, chill and dance floor masterworks.
Prem Joshua has come a long way from the 18-year-old German rocker, mind blown by a Ravi Shankar performance, answering a mysterious call from a faraway place. While spending the better part of 20 years in India (where he has sold well over 50,000 records), Joshua has developed a unique musical style employing sitar, Indian flutes, saxophone, electronica and tarana-style singing that artfullyand skillfullybridges the gap between traditional Eastern sounds and Western jazz forms, prompting the Times of India to dub him the new guru of East-West fusion music.
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
Elements for Yoga and Body Mind vol. 4 "Chakra" is music inspired by the chakras. The album takes you on a journey starting from the root, with heavier instrumentation and as we approach the crown the sounds surrounds you and lifts your spirit to new dimensions. Get inspired and stimulated from within with this one.
Full album total playtime - 1:07 h
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
QUIET FIRE marks the first meeting of three remarkable artists, each distinguished for shaping (and reshaping) the face of contemporary world music. The woodwinds of master flautist Gary Stroutsos; William Eatons handcrafted stringed instruments; pan-global percussion by Will Clipmandisparate elements fused together in a meditative celebration of newfound common ground.
More than an exchange between musical minds, however, QUIET FIRE represents a new nexus of sound. Koto-harp guitar, Chinese bamboo Xiao flute, water drums, udu and other exotic instruments dont just mingle; they merge. The result: earfuls of open sky and whispering willows, a natural sound to unwind the mind and pacify the soul.
Attuned to the soothing hum of well-being, QUIET FIRE is a musical journey impelled by an innate sensitivity. To luxuriate in its depth is to gaze into the reflecting pool of the heart. The view will ignite your imagination and restore your spirit.
$ 9.99
No reviews yet.
This two-disc set is divided according to its usefulness to the listener. Disc one is the choice for the yoga part and is perhaps a slightly active version of peace. The booklet even shows a number of hatha yoga poses to try while singing along to a selection of chants that invoke various divinities by repeating their names over and again. Jai Uttal sings to the young cowherd deity Lord Krishna on his fusion-laced "Gopala" and Bhagavan Das praises Ram with a melodic groove, while Dave Stringer offers a quiet prayer to Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed boy who removes obstacles. Both tracks from Krishna Das honor Lord Shiva, one being a previously unreleased, rhythm-based "prayer" to his fierce Rudra incarnation. Two lesser-known artists also make fine contributions -- Wah! and Diana Rogers, both of whom have sung as part of the Krishna Das Kirtan Posse over the years. So you've got all that energy out and now you are ready to meditate or be passively peaceful? Pop in disc two and chill on out. The aural landscape painted by Drala is a bit on the new age side, but calming nonetheless. Benjy Wertheimer and his esraj (a classical Indian string instrument) lay down two pieces based on the alap (a classical Indian musical statement), though the specific ragas are not named. The disc closes with the legendary "Emperor of Melody," Ali Akbar Khan. A master of the sarod who has been performing since 1936, Khan offers "Morning Meditatio," which originally appeared on his 1990 release Journey.
$ 19.98
No reviews yet.
Body Mind Elements' third addition to the Elements for Yoga and Body Mind series is all about calming the senses and the element of air. We worked with the theme of Spa and Yoga combined, coming up with this wonderful mix of East-asian inspired harmonies toghether with a cool laid back attitude in the rhythm sections.. This is music highly suitable for Yoga, Spa or other relaxing moments in life. Stay on the ground or allow yourself to get lifted.
Full album total playtime - 1:04 h
$ 9.99
See the original post:
Aura Cleansing Sleep Meditation: 7 Chakras cleansing …
Posted: May 31, 2018 at 9:45 pm
Aura Cleansing Meditation: this is a meditation that you can do whenever you go to sleep. Each frequency in this meditation corresponds to a different chakra. The goal of this meditation is to clear your aura, balance and heal the seven chakras using sound as a healing tool. If youre living a balanced lifestyle, this should happen naturally. When youre sleep deprived, and overworked, your energetic field may become unbalanced.
Meditation Instructions:
Lay down on a comfortable position. Start focusing on your breath and let your inner chatter go away. Imagine yourself surrounded by a brilliant light as you close your eyes.Bring your awareness to your spirit guides and ask them to protect you as you fall into deep sleep. Ask them to walk this light thru your chakras as the music changes from a frequency to another, removing all the negative energies, balancing these centers and clearing your Aura.
When you wake up the next morning, sit on your bed and take several deep breaths. Then drink a glass of water before eating your breakfast.
The number of times a week you should do this meditation depends on how you feel about your energy. You may use this meditation when you're feeling low on energy or. By cleansing your aura daily you rid yourself of negative energies that youve picked up from other people and the environment so you may use it as a prevention to keep you on a high vibration
NuMeditationMusic youtube channel is devoted to create a new collection of LONG MEDITATION MUSIC videos for you to relax and enjoy in your daily meditation. In our channel you will find MUSIC playlists dedicated to BINAURAL BEATS, CHAKRA MEDITATION, BUDDHIST MEDITATION and SHAMANIC MEDITATION. Our goal is to enhance your experience of MEDITATION, ASTRAL PROJECTION, LUCID DREAMING and DEEP SLEEP. Check out our selection of PLAYLISTS:
CHAKRA MEDITATIONS
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...
A collection of chakra meditations for balancing & healing all the chakras (Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat,Third Eye and Crown chakra). This playlist also includes Healing meditations.
MONK CHANTS & MEDITATION BACKGROUNDS
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...
A collection of Buddhist Meditation Music for Positive Energy. These mixes are very peaceful and include monk chants of buddhist monks. We also use Tibetan Singing Bowls and these mixes are influenced by Zen Meditation Music.
ASTRAL PROJECTION & SPACE MUSIC
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...
A great resource for Lucid Dreaming and Astral Projection. The influences of this playlist come from relaxing ambient music, space music and binaural beats. This is also a sleep music playlist.
BINAURAL BEATS & MEDITATION MUSIC
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...
We use binaural beats several times for this kind of sleep meditations. Our music is also written with the Sacred Solfeggio Frequencies like the powerful 528 Hz. These frequencies will induce deep states of relaxation and the binaural beats will stimulate deep meditation states.
SHAMANIC MEDITATION MUSIC
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...
We love shamanic music, specially Tuvan Throat Singing and Native American Shamanic Music. These healing meditation tracks will definitely take you on a spiritual journey.
20 MINUTES MEDITATIONS
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...
These are simple meditations for beginners or when you don't have much time to meditate. We include Mindfulness, Zazen and Awareness meditations in these mixes.
====================
SUBSCRIBE! NEW VIDEOS COMING SOONhttp://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...
NUMEDITATIONMUSIC youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/user/numedita...
LET'S CONNECT!Nu Meditation Music--https://plus.google.com/+numeditation...--https://www.facebook.com/numeditation...--https://twitter.com/NuMeditationMus
====================
"Our mission is to write music that can impact you in a positive way because we believe music can change people's lives! We hope you enjoy, and we hope to connect with you again in the near future!"
See the original post here:
Meditation | Definition of Meditation by Merriam-Webster
Posted: May 22, 2018 at 9:43 am
Wanderlust 108 eschews swimming and cycling and consists of a 5K run/walk, yoga with a DJ and guided meditation.
His coughing distracted everybody during meditation, so he was sent back to the infirmarian.
Far more cool, calm, and collected is Tejas Muthusamy of Glen Allen, Virginia, who hit upon meditation as a way to stay relaxed in the midst of the scrum of the Bee.
However, as with cancer screenings, yearly physicals and corporate wellness programs, Ehrenreich writes that large studies have shown that meditation is no more effective for stress than muscle relaxation, medication or psychotherapy.
Takemitsus musical meditation received the most sympathetic interpretation of the concert.
In the four-minute clip, Gambino goes from dance meditations to murder in the blink of an eye -- and that's the point.
In the four-minute clip, Gambino goes from dance meditations to murder in the blink of an eye -- and that's the point.
Students wear all white, and the focus of the class is a release of energy said to be coiled at the base of the spine through breath, chanting, and meditation.
Read more:
Brahma Kumaris – How to Meditate
Posted: May 16, 2018 at 6:45 am
Meditating is easy. Raja Yoga even has the name Easy Raja Yoga'. But sometimes getting started needs a little explanation. Here is a simple five-step process to follow. Soon you'll arrive at the quiet still place with just a single stride - a single thought - and you won't even need to take five steps.
Relaxation is about letting go of tension and stress and bringing the mind and body into a state of calm and peace ...
Concentration allows me to use my time productively, once I have relaxed: I focus on the thoughts I choose to have ...
Contemplation is reflecting deeply on myself, my inner world and my values
Realisation is when my understanding and feelings combine and I experience a more profound, more meaningful reality within
Meditation is focusing on a thought and remembering my eternal identity, and re-awakening a wonderful state of well-being
Learn more about Raja Yoga meditation - what it is, why, how, where and when to do it, and the kind of people who are using it in their lives here
For more meditation experiences here on this site, step across into Experience
Ever thought about going on a Meditation Retreat?
Do you feel you don't time to meditate?
Meditating for just one minute can make a difference. Find out how: just-a-minute
View original post here:
Meditation Workshop
Posted: May 3, 2018 at 10:47 am
Meditation is the art of looking inside and discovering ones own inner being. Meditation leads us not only to totally new inner experiences, but helps us also to transform our day-to-day life into a better, more meaningful and more fulfilling existence.
Meditation is something we experience ourself. Reading about meditation is not sufficient, we need to practise and learn the art of meditation. This site offers a few simple meditation and concentration exercises.
There is increasing interest in the various benefits of meditation. Many studies have shown regular meditation can help alleviate symptoms of stress and aid physical health. Meditation can also give many other benefits.
Some Questions and Answers about Meditation. Including tips on how to silence the mind and overcome common difficulties.
Some of the practical guidelines for learning meditation and making it part of your daily practise. Also information about Sri Chinmoy Centres who offer free meditation classes in different parts of the world.
Some articles and tips on meditation.
There are many different paths of meditation. The goal of meditation is the same, but, there are different ways to realise the goal of meditation. These are a small selection of the many Spiritual teachers who have taught methods of meditation:
Follow this link:
Mindfulness meditation may ease anxiety, mental stress – Harvard Health …
Posted: April 9, 2018 at 6:42 pm
My mom began meditating decades ago, long before the mind-calming practice had entered the wider public consciousness. Today, at age 81, she still goes to a weekly meditation group and quotes Thich Nhat Hanh, a Zen Buddhist monk known for his practice of mindful meditation, or present-focused awareness.
Although meditation still isnt exactly mainstream, many people practice it, hoping to stave off stress and stress-related health problems. Mindfulness meditation, in particular, has become more popular in recent years. The practice involves sitting comfortably, focusing on your breathing, and then bringing your minds attention to the present without drifting into concerns about the past or future. (Or, as my mom would say, Dont rehearse tragedies. Dont borrow trouble.)
But, as is true for a number of other alternative therapies, much of the evidence to support meditations effectiveness in promoting mental or physical health isnt quite up to snuff. Why? First, many studies dont include a good control treatment to compare with mindful meditation. Second, the people most likely to volunteer for a meditation study are often already sold on meditations benefits and so are more likely to report positive effects.
But when researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD sifted through nearly 19,000 meditation studies, they found 47 trials that addressed those issues and met their criteria for well-designed studies. Their findings, published inJAMA Internal Medicine, suggest that mindful meditation can help ease psychological stresses like anxiety, depression, and pain.
Dr. Elizabeth Hoge, a psychiatrist at the Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, says that mindfulness meditation makes perfect sense for treating anxiety. People with anxiety have a problem dealing with distracting thoughts that have too much power, she explains. They cant distinguish between a problem-solving thought and a nagging worry that has no benefit.
If you have unproductive worries, says Dr. Hoge, you can train yourself to experience those thoughts completely differently. You might think Im late, I might lose my job if I dont get there on time, and it will be a disaster! Mindfulness teaches you to recognize, Oh, theres that thought again. Ive been here before. But its just thata thought, and not a part of my core self,' says Dr. Hoge.
One of her recent studies (which was included in the JAMA Internal Medicine review) found that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program helped quell anxiety symptoms in people with generalized anxiety disorder, a condition marked by hard-to-control worries, poor sleep, and irritability. People in the control groupwho also improved, but not as much as those in the meditation groupwere taught general stress management techniques. All the participants received similar amounts of time, attention, and group interaction.
To get a sense of mindfulness meditation, you can try one of the guided recordings by Dr. Ronald Siegel, an assistant clinical professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. They are available for free at http://www.mindfulness-solution.com.
Some people find that learning mindfulness techniques and practicing them with a group is especially helpful, says Dr. Hoge. Mindfulness-based stress reduction training, developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA, is now widely available in cities throughout the United States.
My mom would point you to Thich Nhat Hahn, who offers this short mindful meditation in his book Being Peace: Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is a wonderful moment.
Link:
Mindfulness meditation may ease anxiety, mental stress - Harvard Health ...
Sally Kempton – Online Yoga Class Instructor Profile
Posted: March 16, 2018 at 2:42 pm
Sally Kempton
One evening in the early 1970s, while sitting in her Manhattan living room, Sally Kempton was overcome by a feeling of all-encompassing, unconditional love that seemed to come out of nowhere. She had never known that love like this was possible. The experience lasted for 24 hours, and turned her life around.
At the time, Kempton had a flourishing career as a New York journalist, writing on popular culture, the arts, and feminist issues for Esquire, the New York Times, New York magazine, and The Village Voice. An early voice in the second- wave feminist movement, spirituality was the last thing on her agenda. But her experience that night affected her so powerfully that within a year she had given up her career to immerse herself fully as a student and teacher of spiritual awareness.
Two years later, she encountered her Guru, the enlightened Siddha master, Swami Muktananda, and became his full time student.
An enlightened master in the Indian yoga tradition, Muktananda (1908-1982) was known for his ability to ignite the latent meditation energy (kundalini) in others through a look or a touch. When Kempton met him, he was traveling in the United States, where he awakened thousands of people to their spiritual potential.
Kempton studied and traveled with Muktananda from 1974 until his passing in 1982. She edited many of his books, received intensive training in the texts of Vedanta, yoga and the north Indian tantric tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, and taught courses around the world. In 1982, Muktananda initiated her into the traditional Saraswati order of Indian swamis, or monks, and gave her the name Swami Durgananda. For the next twenty years, she served as a teacher in the Siddha Yoga meditation community. She created and taught workshops, courses and trainings in meditation and spiritual wisdom, served for a time as editor of the spiritual magazine Darshan, and wrote extensively on all aspects of spiritual life.
In 2002, Sally was inspired to put aside her monastic identity to create a teaching path that could help students deal directly with the challenges of 21st century life. Her current work interprets the wisdom of the tantras for mature contemporary aspirants, drawing on depth psychology and neuroscience as well as the insights of Integral philosopher Ken Wilber. From her home base in California, she travels extensively, and offers monthly telecourses as well as workshops and retreats that integrate meditation, yoga philosophy, and spiritual life-skills.
Though Sally offers many courses for beginning meditation students, she is also regarded as a teachers teacher, whose approach inspires long-time practitioners to free themselves from routine meditation practice, and move deeper.
She teaches meditation as a process of inner exploration, in which we learn to integrate heart, mind and body in order to experience our natural state of wisdom and love. Sally also offers a wide variety of classes on yogic wisdom texts, as well as hands-on, contemplative practices for moving through psychological obstructions, understanding the intricacies of inner life, and how to apply spiritual principles to relationships, work, and life in our time. Students say that her classes create an atmosphere of support and joy that allows deep exploration. Sallys classes are deeply transformative, a student says. Her guidance is gentle and loving, yet challenging in all the right ways. She brings yogic teachings out of the books, and into real life in a way that makes it totally practical.
View post: