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15.03.2008
Publication
date for The Blissful Brain
The Blissful Brain
is published by Gaia Thinking. For more information on how
to order your copy, please click
here.
13.05.2008
The
Blissful Brain, St Mark's Islington, London
This evening event was chaired
by Dr Shanida Nataraja, author of The Blissful Brain.
Shanida was joined by other popular speakers, including Laurence
Freeman OSB, Director of The World Community for Christian
Meditation (WCCM), and Kim Nataraja, author of Dancing
With Your Shadow, a book on the stages of meditation
and the path towards the integration of Self. For more information,
please click
here.
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Resources
A number of resources are available via this
website. Please click on the links below to explore these
resources.
A to Z of The Blissful
Brain
A list of short articles on topics included
in, or related to, The Blissful Brain. It includes information
about artificial intelligence, about the findings of quantum
physics, and our evolving healthcare system in the West.
Canadian
Evidence Report/Technology Assessment
This report is based on research conducted
by the University of Alberta Evidence-based Practice Center
(EPC) under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. Its aim was to review research
on a variety of different types of meditation on physiological
and neuropsychological outcomes.
The
Centre For Mindfulness Research And Practice – Bangor University
The Centre for Mindfulness Research and
Practice is based in the School of Psychology at Bangor University.
Read about their aims and current research activities.
Florida The
Blissful Brain Talk
This talk given by the author in 2005 at
the Jacksonville Baptist Medical Centre provides an introduction
to both the anatomy of the brain and the exciting new research
field of neurotheology. The effects of meditation on the brain
are discussed, as are some of the health benefits arising
from regular practice.
Talks by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Courtesy of YouTube, a number of talks by
Jon Kabat-Zinn are available through this website. Jon Kabat-Zinn
is based at the The
Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Mindfulness,
and has devoted much of his professional career to promoting
the clinical applications of mindfulness.
The Psychological Stages
of Meditation
Information about Dancing With Your Shadow:
Integrating the Ego and the Self on the Spiritual Path,
an invaluable guide to the psychological stages of meditation,
written by Kim Nataraja. This book is a must-read for everyone
interested in learning more about the psychology of meditation
and the common obstacles encountered with regular practice.
An Operational
Definition of Meditation
Information about the work that Roberto Cardoso
and colleagues in Brazil, and Antoine Lutz and colleagues
in the University of Wisconsin, have done to bring us closer
to an operational definition of meditation.
The
Oxford Mindfulness Centre
The Oxford Mindfulness Centre is based in
Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry and collaborates
closely with the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Mental Healthcare
NHS Trust. Read about their aims and current research activities.
Recommended
Books
An online store, powered and secured by Amazon,
containing some of the authors favourite reads.
References
for The Blissful Brain
Full list of references supporting the content
of The Blissful Brain chapters that can be used to
guide more detailed reading into the topics covered in the
book.
Useful Links
Short list of relevant, and interesting,
websites.
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