Interesting. Just sent to me, an article from yesterdays Daily Telegraph.

To be 100% clear, the below study is interesting, just that.

It is absolutely not a suggestion that TM (Transcendental Meditation) can cure or prevent cancer, sadly I know many long term practitioners of meditation (TM) who have died of cancer. Life is not that simple.

Nevertheless studies like this are most definitely of interest

Meditating can reduce spread of cancer

By Joe Pinkstone

Cancer patients should meditate every morning and evening to make the disease less likely to spread scientists say.

Twice daily attempts to reduce stress could help prevent cancer cells becoming more robust, harder to treat and more likely to spread, a study has found.

Levels of cortisol the chemical produced when a person is stressed, fluctuate throughout the day. However, in cancer patients they remain persistently high. Research presented at the American  Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual conference in Phoenix, found that cancer cells exposed to cortisol undergo changes to their genes and behave differently. As a result the researchers say that patients should reduce stress “as much as they can”

Suggested methods of lowering stress include, “exercise, get outside in nature, engage in mindfulness practices like journaling, meditation or deep breathing, eat a healthy diet, give back to others, get enough sleep.”

Dr Kimberley Bussey, a cancer specialist at Midwestern University, who worked on the research said : “as for time of day there are arguments to be made for starting and ending the day with practices that reduce stress and promote quality sleep.

“In the morning those practices can support a resiliant mental state that helps us manage daily stress better.

“At night those same types of practices can help us relax and facilitate getting quality sleep.” The research found that cortisol permanently increases the “stemness” of cancer cells, which is a measure of how adaptable they are to change” Data also shows that cortisol makes cancer cells better able to spread to different tissues and survive treatment with some chemotherapy drugs

Part of a Google Review – To see more click here : https://g.co/kgs/Q5gqGSH

“Still remember my first one on one with Chris in Jesmond. Driving back home to Washington across the Tyne Bridge, I realised the lack of noise/internal dialogue and how relaxed I was. Even today 20+ years later, my wife knows when I’ve done a meditation. It gives me space and allows me to function better.”

Eddie ~ Southport, Merseyside (Learnt TM February 2001)

Having taught TM (Transcendental Meditation) for 49 years this month I couldn’t agree more. TM is what everyone is looking for, I know that sounds incredibly arrogant, but its true. A simple way to properly relax on a regular basis and help keep some balance in ones life. Below part of a Google Review, to see more use this link : https://g.co/kgs/Q5gqGSH

Google Review

“I learnt (Transcendental Meditation) TM with Chris online over 4 years ago. Its so easy to learn you question whether you are doing it correctly. Chris is always a phone call away with any questions, even 4 years later! In our fast paced life I feel I need my my TM more then ever and am so grateful for the practice. I feel calmer and more focused and definitely notice a difference if I miss one. I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t benefit from TM.”

Kate ~ Chesterfield, Derbyshire

“People are often surprised to hear that meditation should be effortless, that no striving or concentration is needed. I know I was. When I first became interested in meditation, I was repeatedly told that it took great mental discipline and many years of practice. Indian teachers had likened the mind to a wagonload of restless monkeys that needed to be tied down and kept quiet.

My experience seemed to confirm it, my mind was full of thoughts and try as I might I couldn’t keep them at bay. Like many others I naturally assumed that I was not trying hard enough; I needed greater mental discipline, not less.

Then I chanced upon Transcendental Meditation, its teacher the Maharishi of Beatles fame challenged the whole notion of trying to control the mind. The monkeys, he pointed out were wanting something- more, bananas perhaps. Give them what they want and they will settle down of their own accord.

The same, he suggested is true of the mind; it is restless because we are seeking something. What is it we are seeking? In the final analysis we all want to feel better, to be happier, more at peace, at ease and content. He argued that if we give the mind a taste of the inner contentment it is looking for, it will be attracted to it and begin to settle down by itself.

This made more sense to me then what I’d come across so far,. So I learned his practice. And it worked. I found my mind becoming quiet without any effort. Indeed as soon as I started trying to control the process, in the hope that I could somehow help my meditation along, it did not work so well.

I’m not suggesting this applies to every type of meditation, but when it comes to the basic skill of relaxing into a quieter state of conciousness, effort generally turns out to be counter broductive.”

From a post by Peter Russell ~ Author & Independent Teacher of TM (Transcendental Meditation)