Tag: meditation

  • Transcendental Meditation for Depression

    PsychCentral has news about two studies showing that Transcendental Meditation (TM) helps reduce depression…at least for African-Americans and Hawaiians over 55. Participants in both studies who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant reductions in depressive symptoms compared to health education controls. The largest decreases were found in those participants who had indications of clinically…

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  • Meditation Bliss-Ninnies

    On theme:  Marcia Lucas, PhD blogs a response at Psychology Today re meditation as zoning out. Here’s the polite version of a question I received recently about my support of mindfulness meditation as a practice for well-being in relationships: Why are you encouraging people to zone out? Sitting around pretending they’re above it all, and avoiding…

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  • Mindfulness MP3 Collection

    Imported from Live Mindfully, here’s a collection of links to mindfulness MP3s from around the web.  Something for every occasion–thinking, breathing, sitting, hearing, worrying, exercising… Try ’em out. ACT: Acceptance of Anxiety ACT: Acceptance of Thoughts ACT: Watching Thoughts Go By ACT: Leaves on the Stream RMIT: Mindfulness of Thinking IHP: Mindful Breathing IHP: Mindful…

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