Forever young: Meditation might slow the age-related loss of gray matter in the brain

Not TM & a tiny study, but significant !
Building on their earlier work that suggested people who meditate have less age-related atrophy in the brain’s white matter, a new study found that meditation…
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150205142951.htm

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Interesting video on US military using TM to help PTSD

The David Lynch Foundation is doing some really good work in the States for war veterans who have suffered from the trauma of war.
Real PTSD Relief for our Veterans
http://davidlynchfoundation.org/

“The first 15 years I was in the army, really a nice place to be, but I didn’t have no idea that it was gonna turn…

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Arnold Schwarzenegger says a year of practicing Transcendental Meditation in the ’70s changed his life

“I did 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes at night, and I would say within 14 days or three weeks, I got to the point where I could really disconnect my mind … and learn how to focus more and calm down,” Schwarzenegger says.

http://www.businessinsider.in/Arnold-Schwarzenegger-says-a-year-of-practicing-Transcendental-Meditation-in-the-70s-changed-his-life/articleshow/46125489.cms

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Nicole Kidman uses meditation app

March 2014 issue of InStyle magazine,
On chilling out: “I like to meditate, Transcendental Meditation usually. I took it up in my early 20s and I learned the benefits. I try to do it every day. A typical session is 20 to 30 minutes. I even use a meditation app on my phone that has a timer and also shows you on a map all the people that have logged in that are meditating at that very moment.”

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The power of napping = Meditation

Not just for babies! Regular naps are ‘key to learning’

www.bbc.co.uk
Regular and lengthy naps are the key to memory and learning in early life, say scientists.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30776745

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New Year’s resolutions worth making & guess what the 1st one is ?

Yes meditation, TM isn’t mentioned, but ………………..

Oliver Burkeman: New Year’s resolutions worth making

You want resolutions? Here – based largely on the most persuasive studies and books I read last year – are three things to do immediately.
‘Don’t waste time convincing yourself they don’t apply to you. Just do them’
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/02/oliver-burkeman-new-years-resolutions-worth-making

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San Francisco Schools Transformed by the Power of Meditation

Impressive stuff :

Silence isn’t something people usually associate with middle school, but twice a day the halls of Visitacion Valley School in San Francisco fall quiet as the sixth, seventh and eighth grade students meditate for fifteen minutes.

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/san-francisco-schools-transformed-power-meditation-n276301

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Although unintentional, this is very relevant to why meditation works

Science Proves That Yes, You Dream For A Reason
Why do we dream? Well, it’s not just to pass the time while you’re sleeping. In fact, the latest research suggests that the most important part of your day might be the hours you spend doing… nothing. In this new series of her groundbreaking…

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/23/future-starts-here-s2-e1-dreams_n_6032972.html?ncid=taboola_exchange

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Tim Burgess on TM in todays Guardian

He is considerably more bright-eyed than the father of an 18-month-old has any right to be.

Perhaps it’s all down to the rejuvenating powers of transcendental meditation, of which Burgess has been a devotee for several years. “It’s kind of revitalised me. It’s definitely had an effect on my day-to-day enthusiasm for things. It just gives you consistency more than anything, consistency and like … maybe a fire.” Not that his loud advocacy for the practice has had much impact on his bandmates. “I have a couple of beers,” nods Collins, gruffly. “That seems to have the same effect.”

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/04/tim-burgess-charlatans-twitter-new-album

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