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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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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.
Abridged
The Blissful Brain presentation
This
shorten version of the authors 2011 talk gives an overview
of the research into what happens in the brain during meditation
and what the health benefits of meditation are.
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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