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Meditation 101
What is meditation you might ask. We’re sharing our beliefs on meditation and how it can be beneficial to your life.
- Meditation is not “not thinking”
- Meditation is not supposed to be easy but it is the paramita of “joyful effort.”
- Meditation is not a panacea – may not be for everyone and should not replace therapy.
- Meditation can be on the spot (out and about in life) as well as seated/standing/lying down.
- We don’t meditate to be good meditators, we meditate to be discerning enough to make choices that are more helpful than harmful.
“I will choose a mundane activity (like washing dishes, filling up my water pitcher) with present awareness and breathing.”
— Hanna Moon on meditating on the spot
Benefits of Meditation
*Meditation does not replace medication or therapy.
- Cultivates calm & improves the “relaxation response”
- Enhances creativity
- Improves sleep
- Enhances emotional regulation (Source)
- Increases attention span and concentration
- Improves memory (Study)
- Increases “gamma brain waves,” connections & “ah-ha moments”
- Less activity in the mind-wandering & self-referencial part of the brain default mode network (DMN)
- Aids in addiction recovery (Source)
- Reduces anxiety / social anxiety
- Reduces depression
- Reduces irritable bowel syndrome
- Reduces fibromyalgia
- Reduces psoriasis
- Reduces post-traumatic stress disorder
Benefits of Meditation
*Meditation does not replace medication or therapy.
- Cultivates calm & improves the “relaxation response”
- Enhances creativity
- Improves sleep
- Enhances emotional regulation (Source)
- Increases attention span and concentration
- Improves memory (Study)
- Increases “gamma brain waves,” connections & “ah-ha moments”
- Less activity in the mind-wandering & self-referencial part of the brain default mode network (DMN)
- Aids in addiction recovery (Source)
- Reduces anxiety / social anxiety
- Reduces depression
- Reduces irritable bowel syndrome
- Reduces fibromyalgia
- Reduces psoriasis
- Reduces post-traumatic stress disorder
RESOURCES
Videos
Here are some suggested talks, and films on mindfulness and meditation.
- Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud – TED Talk
- Jeffrey Sachs – World Consciousness and Sustainable Development – Talk
Ellen Langer: Mindfulness over matter – Talk - May I be Happy – Documentary on how a mindfulness practice transforms the lives of young people.
- RESILIENCE: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope
– Film Screening and Discussion
Books
Below is a list of books we encourage everyone to read.
Buddhism 101: How to walk easily over rough ground
The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, Thich Nhat Hahn
Love and Rage, Lama Rod Owens
The Way of Tenderness, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Mindful of Race, Ruth King
Buddhism: One Teacher Many Traditions, His Holiness The Dalai Lama & Thubten Chodron
Retreats
Below you’ll find a vetted list of organizations that offer meditation retreats.