Fascinating programme on sleep and darkness

Excellent programme on relationship between sleep, darkness, circadian rhythms – indirectly helps explain beneficial effects of meditation :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03g94qw

Monday 04 November 2013
We might want to drown it out in light, but, as Aleks Krotoski discovers, darkness can be good for us.

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Comment left on New Statesman website in response to their article on TM

“David Lynch’s article provides an excellent overview of practising Transcendental Meditation ( TM ). NS readers who followed this up by viewing Mr. Lynch’s website at davidlynchfoundation.org.uk will have noticed links to the website maharishifoundation.org.uk which suggests that the only means of learning TM in the UK is through the Maharishi Foundation.
Anyone considering learning TM should do as I did and look at Transcendental Meditation Independent UK on the following websites :
www.tm-meditation.co.uk
There is an alternative avenue open to would be TMers : look at the websites and make your own mind up – I did, like many others, and we didn’t regret it.”
Tony ~ Wakefield, Yorkshire

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Growing body of research shows meditation per se has a lot to offer the modern world.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/health/neuroscience-pushes-meditation-into-the-mainstream/article_a75c4062-938a-573b-9498-a7a8ccfc1690.html

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A pretty reasonable article on Transcendental Meditation from the Daily Mail,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2447216/Meditation-changed-life-says-MARIANNE-POWER.html

Sitting with my eyes closed for 40 minutes a day has changed my life
www.dailymail.co.uk
Every day, Justine Poole (right) arrives at work 20 minutes early. Once there, she doesn’t get ahead with emails or enjoy a coffee – in fact, she doesn’t leave her car.

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What do sleep & meditation have in common = deep rest.

A couple of interesting articles on research into sleep, fascinating as they indirectly explain why Transcendental Meditation is so beneficial.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24444634

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24162508

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Meditation helps create a state of mental & physical equilibrium, no surprise that many people find TM a crucial part of the solution to dealing with anxiety.

Living with anxiety: Britain’s silent epidemic
Up to a third of the population will suffer from an anxiety disorder or panic attacks at some point in their life. But what are we all so afraid of?

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/15/anxiety-epidemic-gripping-britain

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Fascinating study links meditation to improved health

Another interesting study linking meditation to improved health, but of all the “health kicks” mentioned, meditation has got to be the easiest, most pleasurable to add to your everyday life :

Health kick ‘reverses cell ageing’

Going on a health kick reverses ageing at the cellular level, researchers say.

The University of California team says it has found the first evidence a strict regime of exercise, diet and meditation can have such an effect.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24111357

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The crazy thing about Transcendental Meditation!!!

The crazy thing about Transcendental Meditation is that it is so simple that there is a subtlety too it that is hard to put into words, here’s another article that tries!!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/transcendental-meditation_n_3894167.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living

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