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.