https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/29/david-morgan-obituary
“David Morgan, who has died aged 83, was an investment banker who rose through the ranks to become chairman of M&G Group. But he was also a man with a spiritual side, and had a long association with Transcendental Meditation as practised by the Indian teacher Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.”
An interesting & relevant article on US military using Transcendental Meditation to help ex-service men & women recover from the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Vets Are Using Transcendental Meditation to Treat PTSD—With the Pentagon’s Support
Even when angry, Perry’s words are often delivered with a measured, Zen-like calm, something she ascribes partly to a new maturity (“I left my 20s, I’ve embraced and surrendered to my 30s, and I love it. I wouldn’t go back at all”) and partly to her passion for transcendental meditation. “TM changed my life,” she says. “I studied it five years ago in India during my wedding [to Brand], and it was an incredible thing that I received from that time. Some people get very nervous about the spiritual connotations of things, but TM is very medical and scientific. This [she prods at her mobile] is the new form of sugar. It’s the new dopamine, the new stimulant, and everybody has 20 minutes once a day to turn it off and meditate. When I do it, I can feel the cobwebs lifting and can feel this halo. I think that TM is a beautiful way to find real stillness. You should do it.”
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/11/katy-perry-interview-witness-album-glastonbury
Inspired Life
Harvard neuroscientist: Meditation not only reduces stress, here’s how it changes your brain
http://fortune.com/2017/05/03/sleep-meditation-productivity/
Some corners of corporate America have long had a culture that wears its long and grueling hours like a badge of honor.
Now a group of executives is trying to change that by opening up about how they each found balance in their own lives and by making wellness a priority at their companies.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-meditation-anxiety-mice-20170220-story.html
Los Angeles Times Discoveries from the world of science and medicine Science Science Now
Can a mouse meditate? Why these researchers want to find out
Mice can’t sit with their legs crossed, staring at a sunset. But they can get some of the benefits of meditation, a new study shows.
Birds good for your mental health?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/25/watching-garden-birds-good-mental-health-research-shows/
Watching garden birds is good for your mental health, research shows
Being able to see birds, shrubs and trees can help mental health, even if people are not in a rural area, academics found CREDIT: JEFF J
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38584975
The effect of constant stress on a deep-lying region of the brain explains the increased risk of heart attack, a study in The Lancet suggests.
Can in-school meditation help curb youth violence?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-classroom-meditation-disadvantaged-students-met-20161231-story.html
“Morales, the Gage Park teacher, said, “As a teacher, I’ve seen a transformation of how we, how I, handle conflict in the classroom.”
Morales, 57, initially was skeptical of the meditation program, doubting that such a practice would make much difference at a school such as Gage Park. Morales said he thought program and school officials were “naive” to believe the program would resonate with students, and he said he expressed his reservations.
But slowly, Morales began to see the upside with students, and himself.”
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