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ENSO Pearl supports A Course in Miracles lessons
Gloria Oelman of South Australia wrote to tell us that she uses her ENSO to support her practice of A Course in Miracles lessons…. “I’ve had a variety of timers over the years and this is by far the best. I use the ENSO for meditation. I also study A Course in Miracles and that has a workbook with affirmations that often require frequent periodic repetitions, so I use it for that too…”
While A Course in Miracles doesn’t suggest daily meditation in the traditional sense of the word, the journey through the 365 daily lessons essentially is a journey into meditation and mindfulness.
As with any other meditation practice, Course students will recognise that while the approach called for in the daily lessons is not of itself complicated, it is a daily challenge to find the dedication needed to undertake the lessons as prescribed. The Course explains that this is our ego in action. It would rather keep us focused in the dramas of our daily lives, rather than support us to ‘return Home’ to ourselves and find true peace.
Over an Hour of Meditation Reduces Pain – source : Deccan Herald
A little over an hour of meditation produces powerful pain-relieving effects in the brain, a new study shows.
“This is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of meditation training can dramatically reduce both the experience of pain and pain-related brain activation,” said Fadel Zeidan, who led the study.
“We found a big effect – about a 40 percent reduction in pain intensity and a 57 percent reduction in pain unpleasantness,” added Zeidan, post-doctoral research fellow at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre.
“Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even morphine or other pain-relieving drugs, which typically reduce pain ratings by about 25 percent,” said Zeidan, reports the Journal of Neuroscience.
For the study, a group of healthy volunteers who had never meditated attended four, 20-minute classes to learn a meditation technique known as focused attention, according to a Wake Forest statement.
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Mobile Phone & Sleep
It seems there is very little a mobile phone can’t do – the days of using phones for just telling the time are long gone. But the question remains – are mobile phones good for us or are they a curse in disguise?
Mobile phones have become, in many cases, another appendage to our body. We can’t go anywhere without them. Teenagers in particular tend to keep their phones with them wherever they go, including to bed. They often leave them under their pillow on ‘vibrate’ in case they miss a call or text from a friend. This has led
to some very concerning studies
around the safety of mobile phones at bedtime. Telephone makers’ own scientists have discovered that bedtime use of mobile phones can lead to headaches, confusion and depression. Read Full Article
Biofeedback can not only help a child use brain waves they don’t usually employ, but it may also help increase blood flow to specific parts of the brain involved with ADHD,” says Lubar. “Used with behavior therapies that incorporate classroom and homework skills, neurofeedback can help these children become less dependent on stimulants like Ritalin.”
More than 700 groups nationwide are using EEG biofeedback for ADD/ADHD, according to the Association for Applied Psychotherapy and Biofeedback, an organization of biofeedback practitioners. The ADHD therapists have reported that patients experienced a 60 to 80 percent significant improvement in symptoms and much less need for medicine.
Dr. J. Alan Cook, a psychiatrist in Mt. Vernon, Washington, uses it for 25 to 35 percent of his patients, treating such problems as depression, addiction, bipolar disorder and ADHD. “Once the training has been completed, patients seem to retain the benefits long term,” he says.
As scientists understand better how the brain works — or fails to work — they are finding more and more ways it can heal itself.
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The benefits of doing our own practice are only revealed when you “get on your mat”. The simple act of contemplating this can often reveal key pieces to help self understanding. This naturally leads to a deeper connection with yourself, the world and other people. Connection is what it is all about really. Connection with yourself is where it all starts.
In this article, I present some ideas that may help you to “get on your mat”.
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Yoga and meditation practitioners around the world are waking up to the joy of the ENSO Pearl clock.
Adaptable as it is sophisticated, it has been designed by practitioners for practitioners who want to maximize the enjoyment and benefits of a yoga or meditation experience in their own home, at the yoga studio – or at the beach if they prefer!
Absolutely not! This clock makes a wonderful desk or alarm clock that can be enjoyed by anyone who’d rather not listen to the shrieking sounds of regular alarm clocks and the usual beeping timers.
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