Inside Yoga 120 (5/11/14) Back in the 1980s the Dalai Lama began working with cognitive scientists who were studying mindfulness meditation and Buddhist insights, and he welcomed this with open arms, but he probably did not imagine businesses and even the US military would one day want to harness some of those insights. Last week, the Dalai Lama attended a […]
more >Inside Yoga 119 (28/10/14) Scientists have discovered that the body has a pair of daily “rush hours” which affects the way tissues throughout the body work. The animal study, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, monitored the function of cells, in 12 tissues, through the day. It found large shifts in activity just before dawn and dusk. According […]
more >Inside Yoga 118 (20/10/14) Meditation can look like a very difficult technique to learn, it can feel elusive, distant or awkward; in many ways the practice can be difficult in terms of staying still for a long period of time, but the technique itself can be straightforward. Meditation does not have to feel complicated and esoteric; here is a simple […]
more >Inside Yoga 117 (29/9/14) “I’ve always wanted to be happy,” said Neil Baldwin to Lou Macari, in the BBC drama shown last week, “So I decided to be,” explained Neil. This conversation is just one part of a true story, shown last week, about Neil Baldwin, now in his 60s, a man with learning difficulties who did what he said […]
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