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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.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 2

Peering beneath the skull: how the brain works
Picturing the human brain
A map of human intellect
Forging connections
More than the sum of its parts
The quantum brain

Chapter 3

Meditation and mystical experiences
The brain’s involvement in mystical experiences
The process of meditation
Important neurobiological features of meditation
Brain wave states during meditation and mystical experiences
The relaxation response

Chapter 4

Bridging science and spirituality
Shifts in perspective and belief
Neurotheology: reconciling science and spirituality
Depths and breadths of the human mind
The neuropsychology of mystical experience
The importance of myth-making
Thwarted attempts to prove or disprove the existence of God

Chapter 5

Hard-wired: a high-performance mind
Tripping into altered states of consciousness
Biofeedback: shifting the threshold of conscious behaviour
Neurofeedback and the high-performance mind

Chapter 6

Meditation and health
Health benefits of meditation
Possible unpleasant side effects of meditation
Studying the impact of meditation on health
Integrating meditation into healthcare
Summary

Chapter 7
Meditation in our everyday lives
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)
Mantra meditation

Final thoughts

References
Further reading
Index