Meditation room opens at PAHCS

Now Paynesville Area Health Care System, now open a private space for spiritual reflection. The Meditation room - located on the south end of the hospital, is the first project for the PAHCS Foundation, founded in 2002, which raised $80,000 for the room.

"We've been looking forward to this meditation room for a long time," said PAHCS CEO Steve Moburg, "and we're so appreciative of the support."

The new meditation room at the Paynesville area Health Care System is the first project for the PAHCS Foundation, which started raising funds four years ago for the room.

The meditation room has seating capacity for eight, a nondenominational altar, and a lectern built by retired physician Ray Lindeman. On the lectern is a copy of Gospel and Acts from the St. John's Bible, also donated by Lindeman and his wife MaryLou, who also worked for PAHCS.

The meditation room, is intended as a private space for reflection for all people of faith: families during traumatic times; residents; and staff.

Meditation at Spirit Festival

There is good news for those who are looking ofr relaxation you need to move for the old library in Harbour Road this weekend where the Spirit of the Whales Festival of Wellbeing is happening.

Begin the day with a quiet, guided meditation at 10:00. There Various healing therapies are offered by Vanessa. Book for reflexology, a hot stone or kahuna massage or an Indian head massage at her treatment room at the library. You can treat yourself to a delicious vegetarian lunch , accompanied by a glass of organic wine, by Stellar wineries.

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The weekend will close with a performance by the very talented musician and “sound therapist”, Christopher Tokalon. His show Don't Tune Me - I'll Tune you! promises to expand the ears and mind.

Call Julie Woodvine on 082 421 5667 to book tickets or for more information.

New Meditation CD

British actress and yoga instructor, Roberta Lemon in collaboration with Californian former guitarist and songwriter Chris Pinnick for Meditation CD taking the listener on a magical, mystical journey to inner peace. It includes a simple and effective anti-stress device called “Autogenics”. This CD is for everyone, accompanied by Pinnick’s dulcet guitar playing.

Idea is Listeners can give the gift of Peace to others by giving MeditationCD and support the Children's Hunger Fund at the same time."Journey to Sabharata" (English) and "Viaje A Sabharata" (Spanish) by Roberta Lemon & Chris Pinnick

Meditation 'good for brain'

According to Scientists, they have found evidence thatMeditation has a biological effect on the body. A small-scale study suggests it could boost parts of the brain and the immune system. It is now catching on worldwide as a means to reduce stress or to help with pain caused by various illnesses.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States enrolled 41 people in a trial of so-called "mindfulness" meditation.

It is a technique developed by an AmericanStress Management specialist - Jon Kabat-Zinn - for helping hospital patients deal with pain and discomfort.

Researchers measured electrical activity in the frontal part of the brain. They say this region was more active on the left side in the individuals who meditated and was associated with lower anxiety and a more positive emotional state.

Participants were also given a flu jab at the start of the study and those who meditated had higher levels of antibody, say the researchers, led by Dr Richard Davidson.


"Although our study is preliminary and more research clearly is warranted we are very encouraged by these results," he said.

New Vipassana Meditation center in Indore

New Vipassana meditation center in Indore

Vipassana Centre, Dhamma Malava, is being constructed at Jambudi Hapsi village, Hatod Road, Opposite Gommatgiri, near Pitru Hill, about 6 kms from Indore airport. The Dhamma hall will be built in the first phase. The estimate for construction of dining halls, kitchen, office and accommodation blocks for 120 students and pagoda is about Rs. 2 crores (20 million).

Donations to the Indore Vipassana Trust are exempted from income tax under Section 80G. Contact: Indore Vipassana Centre, 582, M. G. Road (Web Duniya), Labh Ganga Indore. Tel: 0731-3983373; Mobile: 98937-88909

Seminar on power of Yoga and meditation for healing

The seminar "Harnessing the Power of Yoga Meditation in Health and Healing" would be held in New York City, October 20-21, 2006. The specaker include Dr. Anil Singhal (Neurologist), Dr. Achala Singhal (Cardiologist), along with Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati and Nishit Patel.

New York City
Friday, October 20, 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Saturday, October 21, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Seminar Topics Include:

Claiming Your Birthright to Joy: Integrating Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Health;

Meditation as Medication: The Inner Yoga Psychology of Transforming Emotions

Merging the Three Hearts: Yoga and Meditation Therapy for Healthy Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Hearts

Living with Chronic Disease and Perennial Joy: Dynamic Neurophysiological Reconditioning and Daily Life
Putting Theory into Practice through Purposeful Action: Karma Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Diet, and Ayurveda

Cultivating the Twin Sisters of Passion and Purity: Nine Suggestions on Health from Swami Rama; Swami Jnaneshvara
Removing the Obstacles to Wholeness: Healthy Mind and the Yoga Sutras; Swami Jnaneshvara

For more information contac:Nishit Patel 718-233-3456

Meditation may chase away hot flashes

Now you may Keep yourself cool during menopause . According to a study by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School shows that menopausal women who participated in a stress-reduction program that included Meditation experienced a decrease in the frequency and intensity of hot flashes. The study is considered encouraging as more women seek alternatives to hormone replacement therapy, which can raise the risk of heart disease and breast cancer.

Physician to speak on Meditation

Now physician are also using meditation to help people. A program on meditation will be held at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Congregation Degel Israel, 1120 Columbia Ave.

Dr. Robert Edelman, professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, will present a program that will explore how a physician's study of Buddhist meditation and a discovery of meditation's use to prepare oneself for prayer.

For reservations, call 397-0183.

Meditation session to jail inmates

The prisoners at Gwalior Jail recently had a day long session in spiritualism,
for Stress Management and how to shun violent tendencies by a team of volunteers from New York.

The session was for six hours on spiritualism to develop and realise their inner selves. It was organised by the Krishna Bhavnamat Sangh, the New York based voluntary organisation.

The nearly six hour long session was attended by almost all of the 2,800 prisoners. About 200 jail staff was also present during the programme.

The initiative was taken to make them learn how they can rehabilitate themselves in society after being released. The idea was to motivate the participant in spiritual meets to overcome emotional stress and sense of guilt.

"We have conducted these spiritual meets in the jail at Agra and many prisoners have been able to change this lifestyle and outlook. Some prisoners were creating nuisance in the jail but it was spiritual interactions with us that changed their attitude. Those prisoners have started Meditation for about eight hours a day," added Jankiram, Campaign Secretary of Krishna Bhavnamat Sangh.

Following this experimental spiritual programme, the prisoners serving jail terms beyond five years or serving life terms felt an urge to transform their lives.

It was hoped that the programme would help the inmates shun criminal tendencies and focus their attitude and outlook in a positive way.

Jail officials also think that such programmes coud be very helpful for the prisoners to think positive and reshape their lives.

Meditation school wants to buy golf course

Maharishi transcendentalMeditation school wants to buy the Rackham Golf Course for $6.25 million with plans to keep it intact but turn it into an organic course, in addition to offering educational programs on golf and agriculture.

It's one of three offers that Detroit has received for the 120-acre course in Huntington Woods since it opened bids this summer for the land.

The offer was submitted by the Massachusetts-based Maharishi Vedic Education Corp., a transcendental mediation school, and the Global Country of World Peace, a non-profit group that advocates world peace and is based in Iowa.

The golf course was given to the city by the Rackham family in the 1920s under the stipulation that it remain a golf course or revert to the heirs. Lawyers for some Rackham heirs indicated they have reached a deal with Premium Golf to waive the deed restriction.

Mindfullness, meditation to relieve college stress

NDSU is offering a mindfulness workshop for the first time.The workshop, offered by the NDSU Counseling Center, 212 Ceres Hall, is an eight-week experience that will address the different facets of mindfulness.

Focus is on Meditationpractices, discussion and handouts that will help students, faculty and staff through the course.

Ronni Arensberg, who holds a doctor of pyschology degree, will be instructing the workshop. She describes mindfulness with a three-part definition.

According to her, awareness is the first part, of present experience is the second part and with acceptance is the third part.

The awareness aspect is significant because it has to do with involving oneself in the present moment and the third part, acceptance, is very important because with mindfulness, as one becomes more aware, one starts to notice automatic judgments that go on in the mind, Arensberg said.

“ The goal of the workshop will be to plant seeds from which participants can grow their own mindfulness practice and start to apply mindfulness in their daily lives,” Arensberg said.

Mindfulness and meditation help deal withStress and keeping your mind in the present moment.

“ Life doesn’t change, stressful things still occur, but you respond differently to those things,” Arensberg said.

Arensberg wants to give the participants a flavor of what it is like so they can come to understand mindfulness for themselves.

“ In bringing your mind back to the present moment you feel more invested, more alive in what you are doing,“ Arensberg said.

The meditation is geared for all different levels, from beginners to experienced. The mediation group is free of cost and is open to all students, faculty and staff.