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Ordering
The 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.
The
Times: Calm down dear by Angela Pertusini
"Claims by the neuroscientist Shanida
Nataraja regarding the benefits of meditation have been backed
up by rigourous scientific research and are explained in her
acclaimed book The Blissful Brain: Neuroscience and Proof
of the Power of Meditation". To read more, please click
here.
Just
this Day event: A Day of Silence and Stillness at St
Martin's in the Field on 23rd of November 2011
Shanida Nataraja will be participating in
this exciting event that aims to explore the power of silience
and stillness in our busy world. For more information, please
click
here or visit the Just
This Day website.
Mindfulness
in the Workplace: Brain based approaches to improving employee
resilience and productivity at Robinson College, Cambridge
on 10 February 2012
Shanida Nataraja will be speaking at this
day event that brings together leading experts in mindfulness
to discuss how it could help organisations improve productivity
& resiliance. Speakers include Professor Mark Williams, Michael
Chaskalson, Ruby Wax, Margaret Chapman, and more (for more
information, please see click
here.
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Chapter
4 – Bridging Science and Spirituality
Chapter 4 is an exploration into the exciting field of neurotheology
that presents current thinking about the different functions
of mind and the neuropsychological basis of mystical experiences,
including the importance of myth and ritual. A growing body
of evidence points towards the importance of the integration
of scientific and spiritual knowledge. Both science and spirituality
are seen as complementary aspects of a greater whole, and
greater understanding stems from dialogue between the two
disciplines. As a result, a new discipline has arisen that
appears to blur the edges between science and spirituality:
neurotheology. Neurotheological research promises to provide
valuable clues about our ability as human beings to have mystical
or transcendental experiences, and to access these higher
states of awareness through meditation.
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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