Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a very serious mental illness, and depression is one of the major symptoms, along with stress and anxiety. PTSD typically affects people who have gone through a physically and/or emotionally traumatic experience, especially soldiers. As surprising as it may seem, more soldiers die from suicide than combat these days. Depression […]
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Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Blog, Healthcare and Meditation, Positive Thoughts
Meditation, which is the practice of training one’s mind, has been gaining a lot of steam lately thanks to an abundance of new scientific research showing the practice has real benefits. As you probably already know, meditation is a helpful tool for relieving stress, so it should come as no surprise that meditation can benefit […]
Reduce Loneliness and Improve Your Immune System with Meditation
Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Blog, Healthcare and Meditation, Meditation and Emotions
New research shows that meditation can actually reduce your feelings of loneliness while simultaneously boosting your immune system. The study was conducted at the University of California Los Angeles. Researchers had elderly participants take part in an eight-week meditation program, and then they compared blood samples they took from each of them before the program […]
Meditation and Cancer
Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Blog, Healthcare and Meditation, Meditation and Sleep, Pain Management
The “C” word is enough to make your heart skip a beat. Cancer. No one wants it. Some people get it and chances are, you will know someone who has had it. More than 12 million new cancer cases were recorded worldwide in 2008, and the number continues to grow. By the year 2030, it […]
Meditation for Schizophrenia and Mental Illness- Veteran
Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Healthcare and Meditation
Calling someone crazy is generally meant in jest, but real mental disorders and illnesses are no laughing matter. One in four American adults experience a mental health disorder in a given year. About 2.4 million Americans, or 1.1 percent of the adult population, lives with schizophrenia. Living and functioning in day to day life with […]
Meditation and HIV Therapy
Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Blog, Healthcare and Meditation, Positive Thoughts
Our immune systems work overtime to keep us healthy and healed. Science shows that meditation benefits the immune systems and helps keeps it in tip-top shape. But what about an immune system that has been greatly debilitated, like an HIV patient? (more…)
Meditation for Insomniacs and Sleep
Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Healthcare and Meditation, Meditation and Sleep
Surely this has happened to you before: you are so tired, you lay down to sleep and your mind won’t quiet. You run over to-do lists, worries about work or relationships, bills and the noise won’t stop. You look at the clock and an hour has passed, and you’re still tired but can’t sleep. Considering […]
Meditation for Blood Pressure and Heart Health
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Meditation has often been thought of as a practice for monks, or even hippies, but chances are, it can benefit you, too. Many Americans suffer from high blood pressure and heart disease. With rising healthcare costs and limited options for effective and inexpensive treatments, meditation to improve blood pressure and the heart is proving an […]
Long-Term Meditation and the Brain
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Beginning a meditation practice can yield an array of benefits including lower stress, better sleep and a more relaxed disposition in life. These results can be seen in a matter of weeks, but why stop there? Research is showing enhanced brain development, altered brain wave patterns and increased attentiveness over time in life-long meditators. (more…)
Meditation for Chronic Pain
Categories: Healthcare and Meditation, Pain Management
Chronic pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined. Imagine an affordable way to manage chronic pain and decrease the anxiety and depression that comes with it. Seems expensive and maybe impossible. But it’s not. It’s a rather simple answer: meditation. (more…)