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Listen To Harry Styles Meditation On Calm App & Sleep Tonight
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Listen To Harry Styles Meditation On Calm App & Sleep Tonight

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Calm app releases new sleep meditations with Harry Styles. Do you ever wish you could have Harry Styles in bed with you, whispering sweet nothing in your ear while helping you to unwind? If so, have I got good news for you. While taking Harry to bed with you might not be on the horizon, you can listen to Harry Styles’ meditation on Calm app to help you get to sleep. [READ: Mantras for Sleep] Relaxing bedtime stories are all-the-rage in 2020, as insomnia levels escalate due to stress, and many apps have been released to help, like Calm Kids…

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You Will Not Be Punished For Your Anger… Meaning

You Will Not Be Punished For Your Anger… Meaning

“You will not be punished for your anger. You will be punished by your anger”—Buddha (maybe…) Have you heard this quote before? It is usually attributed to the Buddha, although in actual fact it is a false translation. The quote was first found in 1996’s “Treasury Of Spiritual Wisdom” by Andy Zubko’s, in which he lists the following as a Buddha quote: “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger….Let a man overcome anger by love.” Although this is not actually a Buddha quote, it does contain a lot of truth: The idea…

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Hammer Museum Mindfulness Meditation Classes Move Online  
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Hammer Museum Mindfulness Meditation Classes Move Online  

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Los Angeles—Hamer Museum’s weekly mindfulness meditation lessons move online to help people deal with stress while staying safe Take a look at our list of free online meditation & yoga lessons and you’ll note that a lot of teachers are now giving free online lessons. One such institution is Hammer Museum, who have moved their mindfulness meditation series online, in partnership with the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. Hammer Museum mindfulness lessons are now available on Zoom. Usually, Hammer Museum Mindfulness lessons take place at the museum’s auditorium at 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles. But Claudia Bestor [director of public…

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Dalai Lama Teaches the Eight Verses for Training the Mind

Dalai Lama Teaches the Eight Verses for Training the Mind

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India—Dalai Lama shares his teaching on the ‘Eight Verses for Mind Training by Geshé Langri Tangpa. As meditators, we are ultimately interested in learning how to train the mind. Whether it’s to be strong, to find happiness, to lose weight, to attract what you desire, or to be positive, mind training is what we here at THE DAILY MEDITATION are most interested in. Today, the Dalai Lama has shared his invaluable insights on how to train the mind. As the Dalai Lama celebrated his birthday (born July 6th 1935), he shared teachings to mark the occasion. Greeting a group from…

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New Anxiety-Tech Device Uses Guided Breathing To Reduce Stress
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New Anxiety-Tech Device Uses Guided Breathing To Reduce Stress

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Melo, a new piece of anxiety-tech, uses guided breathing exercises to help reduce anxiety. Over the past few years we’ve seen the release of all sorts of meditation devices, things like the Muse Brain-sensing Headband and meditation pods. Now, a new and cute little piece of technology offers to help us to reduce stress by giving meditation breathing exercises. Stress and anxiety are the two most common mental health problems in the world , especially since the craziness that has been 2020. Melo, a new form of anxiety-tech has been designed to help reduce stress and anxiety by getting us…

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Imperial War Museum Holds Yoga Classes Next To Bombed Cars & Spitfires

Imperial War Museum Holds Yoga Classes Next To Bombed Cars & Spitfires

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July 1st, U.K—The Imperial War Museum (IWM) is holding yoga classes in a room decorated with bombed out cars, missiles, and Spitfire planes used in World War II. Despite protests, the Imperial War Museum is defending its right to hold the yoga lessons. Normally, yoga and war do not go together. In the Bhagavad Gita, Prince Arjuna is taught to perform his warrior duty by performing yoga and meditation. This is the historical beginnings of yoga: as a “warrior duty”. However, the Gita explains that the Warrior Duty is about slaying the enemies of the mind, as opposed to literal…

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Buddhist, Hindu Leaders Disgusted By Music Group’s Disrespect

Buddhist, Hindu Leaders Disgusted By Music Group’s Disrespect

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Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Jewish religious leaders are disgusted at what they see as a lack of respect from a night-club operator regarding its handling of religious statues. Night-Club operator Live Nation is being demanded to remove Buddhist, Hindu and other religious statues that they have placed inside night-clubs. Religious leaders are demanding a public apology for the desecration of sacred statues. The statues are featured in night clubs in eight major US cities in the Foundation Room night-clubs in House of Blues. The Foundation Room clubs are part of a group of night clubs called the “House of…

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Guided Body Scan Meditation Script From Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Guided Body Scan Meditation Script From Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche has uploaded a wonderful guided body scan meditation script that will help you to relax today and to feel a sense of balance. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a Tibetan teacher and master of Karma Kagyu and Nyingma. He is also the author of two bestselling meditation books and the overseer of the Tergar Meditation Community. I’ve shared both the video and the script below, so you can follow along with Yongyey or perform the meditation on your own by reading the script. Guided Body Scan Meditation Script & Video httpv://youtu.be/5GSeWdjyr1c Script I’m very happy to share with…

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Tai Chi For Immune System & COVID-19: Research Reveals Benefits

Tai Chi For Immune System & COVID-19: Research Reveals Benefits

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June 30th—New research highlights significant benefits of Qigong and tai chi for immune system functioning and prevention and survival from COVID-19. Qigong and tai chi help immune system functioning Qigong and tai chi do not reduce inflammation Qigong and tai chi could potentially help in preventing COVID-19 The events of 2020 have left health officials searching for ways to advise individuals to improve their health and well-being without requiring professional aid. Numerous studies in the past have suggested that there may be benefits of qigong and tai chi for immune system functioning and for the reduction of inflammation. Plus, as…

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Dispositional Mindfulness Guide—Develop The Trait Of Awareness

Dispositional Mindfulness Guide—Develop The Trait Of Awareness

What’s better between mindfulness and mindfulness? Trick question. The two types of mindfulness (dispositional mindfulness or “trait” mindfulness, and state mindfulness) are both excellent for our health. However, it’s important to understand the difference between the two, and we meditators really should practise both of them. If you want to get the most out of your meditation and mindfulness practice, you need to understand how to do both these methods, and the benefits of each. Let’s take a look at trait mindfulness vs state mindfulness, and then discuss ways to improve both. Dispositional (Trait) Mindfulness VS State Mindfulness Before we look…

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Overcome Childhood Emotional Neglect With Mindfulness

Overcome Childhood Emotional Neglect With Mindfulness

New scientific research shows that mindfulness can help us to overcome childhood emotional neglect and the effects of being brought up in a negative environment. Research reveals that growing up in a household where our emotions are invalidated or ignored is detrimental to our health. You might have suffered from emotional invalidation is your parents constantly said to you: Stop being such a baby Quit making such a big deal out of it Man up You shouldn’t feel that way Get over it I know what you’re going through I’m not discussing that with you You’re too sensitive Emotional validation…

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She’s Teaching Sign Language Meditation & Yoga For The Deaf

She’s Teaching Sign Language Meditation & Yoga For The Deaf

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In an effort to make yoga more all-inclusive, yoga instructor and qualified British Sign Language (BSL) Bethaney Mouzer has started teaching sign-language yoga for the deaf. Trying to learn yoga when deaf is obviously a challenge. If you learn via a Youtube channel, you’re constantly turning your head to look at the video because you can’t hear what the instructor is saying. If you’re learning at a studio it’s even harder because your view of the teacher is often obstructed by other yogis. And learning via a book is always challenging because turning pages during Downward Dog is just awkward.…

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Sharon Salzberg’s New Meditation Book & Real-World Mindfulness

Sharon Salzberg’s New Meditation Book & Real-World Mindfulness

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New meditation book by Sharon Salzberg, Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World, will be released in September. Sharon Salzberg is, without a doubt, one of the best meditation teachers in the world. The New York Times bestselling author and Buddhist meditation teacher, Salzberg has been one of the leading voices in bringing meditation to the West (and personal inspiration to me, inspiring me to become a meditation teacher Sharon began learning about meditation after taking an Asian philosophy course. She went to India to study meditation as a junior in college. One of her big motivations was…

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Benefits of Dispositional (Trait) Mindfulness For Health

Benefits of Dispositional (Trait) Mindfulness For Health

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Ohio, U.S. –New research has revealed significant benefits of trait, or dispositional, mindfulness for health, sleep, and other aspects of wellbeing. Mindfulness is the state of being consciously aware in the present moment. There are two forms of mindfulness. The first is the traditional Buddhist meditation called mindfulness, which is a technical form of meditation. This method is also called “State mindfulness”. Dispositional mindfulness, or “trait” mindfulness, is the general quality of being consciously aware and without judgment. It is not a specific exercise but rather the mental characteristic of mindfulness. To compare dispositional mindfulness VS state mindfulness, we can…

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Plum Village Virtual Meditation Retreat Taking Bookings Now

Plum Village Virtual Meditation Retreat Taking Bookings Now

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Plum Village, the Buddhist monastery created by Thich Nhat Hanh and Chan Khong in 1982, has started taking booking for its online meditation retreat. Thich Nhat Hanh [Vitenamese Thien Buddhist monk and peace activist and one of the best meditation teachers ever] once dreamt of creating an online monastery, and now it is happening. The Plum Village virtual weekend retreats will be streaming live from France. Brother Phap Xa will be leading a deep listening dharma sharing circle. At this time of year, the Plum Village monastery would be receiving visitors from all around the world for its usual annual…

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Mindfulness Meditation for Schizophrenia Disorders

Mindfulness Meditation for Schizophrenia Disorders

Berlin, Germany—New research from the University of Berlin reveals benefits of mindfulness meditation for schizophrenia disorder. New research conducted by the University of Berlin and the Centre for Mental Health at the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, shows mindfulness meditation can help with schizophrenia disorder. Researchers created an interview guide to help people with schizophrenia to self-assess their symptoms before and after a mindfulness intervention. Twenty-seven interviews were conducted between September 2017 and October 2018. Participants were asked to rate themselves on symptoms such as “detachment and rumination”, “presence and getting lost”, “non-judgment and judgment”, and effects with…

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Free Meditations From J Balvin, Deepak Chopra, UCSD, & Tara Brach

Free Meditations From J Balvin, Deepak Chopra, UCSD, & Tara Brach

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  This week, we have many new live stream yoga & meditation classes, including ones from J. Balvin, Deepak Chopra, the University of California: San Diego, and American Buddhist author and meditation teacher Tara Brach. As mindfulness and meditation continue to become ever more popular, more and more teachers are producing free classes. Here’s what you can look forward to this week. J. Balvin & Deepak Chopra 21 Day Free Meditation Balvin [Columbian singer] and Deepak Chopra [author and spiritual guru] team up to produce a free 21-day meditation available in English and Spanish. It’s called “Renew Yourself: Body, Mind…

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Chinese Man, 27, Dies From 54 Day Water Fast Prescribed By Qigong Master

Chinese Man, 27, Dies From 54 Day Water Fast Prescribed By Qigong Master

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China—27 year-old man Li dies after 54 day water fast prescribed by Qigong Master at a rehabilitation center Liu Shanglin. Shangling recommended that Li drink only water for 70 days.   Qigong is a traditional Chinese meditative movement exercise that is more than 5000 years old. It is often used as part of traditional Chinese medicine and scientific research reveals that there are indeed significant benefits of Qigong.   Qigong is often called meditation [READ: To Tai Chi & Qigong Meditation Tutorial]. It is a traditional part of Taoist meditation. Dr. Roger Jahnke [The Healing Promise of Qi] explains that…

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Virtual Mindfulness Community Helps Depression, Anxiety [Research]

Virtual Mindfulness Community Helps Depression, Anxiety [Research]

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  Over the past few years, we’ve seen the rise of many mindfulness communities around the world, with notable mindful communities in Toronto, Houston, New Orleans and other cities, and some specialising in communities for blacks and women. New scientific research reveals big benefits of mindfulness community intervention for stress, anxiety, and depression, and especially for university students. It’s no surprise, but we are currently in the midst of a mental health crisis, made worse by the current pandemic. This has led to a rise in stress, anxiety and depression. And many of the sources of help that people turn…

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Listen To GatherNYC “Mindful Minutes” Morning Meditation Music

Listen To GatherNYC “Mindful Minutes” Morning Meditation Music

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New York—GatherNYC, a weekly concert series in New Work, launched “Mindful Minutes”, a series of meditation music live-streams to help us all relax. GatherNYC is a “revolutionary weekly concert experience” that is usually held in downtown Manhattan and seeks to “evoke the community and spiritual nourishment of a religious service—but here is the religion is music.” The live spring concert season in New York has been postponed due to the pandemic, but the team has moved the concerts online so that even if you’re on the other side of the world you can still enjoy the meditation music. Due to…

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