Meditation increases the performance of the mind and
reduces stress

A team of researchers from the University of
Dalian (China) and Oregon (United States) have experimentally
highlighted the beneficial effect of meditation on the performance of
the mind in stressful situations.
There is little doubt that meditation and relaxation should encourage
intellectual performance. But a team of scientists wanted to verify
experimentally. Forty volunteers were randomly selected from among
students preparing for a university thesis, and a control group. While
the experimental group received five days of meditation training using a
technique called integrative body-mind training (IBMT), the control
group received only five days of relaxation training. Various tests
based on mental effort and thought have been carried out following a
protocol identical for both groups
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This post was written by admin on May 3, 2009
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Shyness
& Mindfulness Meditation
Shyness can be a mental handicap as the most severe of physical
handicaps.
-Philip
Settembrino
Shyness may affect many areas of life. It limits social activity,
employment opportunities, and one’s ability to enjoy a full life.
Symptoms of shyness include:
Physical: sweating, trembling, accelerated heart rate, blushing, stomach
cramps, and dry mouth.
Cognitive: obsessive thoughts about past social performance and their
future consequences, and preoccupation and worry.
Emotional: anxiety, fear, distress, and embarrassment.
Behavioral: difficulty speaking in public, inhibition, avoidance of
social activities, and nervous behaviors during social interactions.
If you suffer from several of these symptoms, the practice of
Mindfulness Meditation can help you reduce them. Current research
indicates that the practice of Mindfulness Meditation helps reduce
stress and anxiety, as well as disturbing thoughts about the past and
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Meditation
This post was written by admin on April 27, 2009
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