Blissful Brain

The Blissful Brain is published by Gaia Thinking. For more information on how to order your copy, please click here.

Guardian G2: Mind over matter by Andy Darling

"Neuroscientist Shanida Nataraja has proven meditation does more than clear your head, it can put both halves of your brain to work, improving your concentration, memory, and decision-making...". To read more, please click here.

Upcoming talk: Yoga Ananda, Reigate, Surrey on Friday the 4th of June

Shanida Nataraja will be speaking at a seminar on The Blissful Brain on Friday, 04th June 2010 at 19:30 at Yoga Ananda Ltd. 46 Albert Road North, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9EL. For more information, please click here.

Chapter 1 – Meditation: what is it and why do we need it?

Chapter 1 is an introduction to different types of meditation, such as meditation, Tai Chi, Chi Gung, and yoga (Eastern philosophy) and meditation, contemplative prayer, and lectio divina (Western philosophy). Recently, in the West, we have seen a growing interest in practices, such as meditation, Tai Chi, Chi Gung, and yoga. These disciplines appear to go someway towards offering an antidote to the stress of modern life. Chapter 1 therefore partially demystifies some of the popular types of meditation, giving readers an overview of their underlying philosophy and how they may fit into our modern healthcare system.

Please click here to read the summary for the next chapter.

Chapter 1: Meditation: what is it and why do we need it?
Chapter 2: Peering beneath the skull: how the brain works?
Chapter 3: Meditation and mystical experiences
Chapter 4: Bridging science and spirituality
Chapter 5: Hard-wired: a high performance mind
Chapter 6: Meditation and health
Chapter 7: Meditation and our everyday lives

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