Meditation is the key to mental peace, particularly, for those leading busy stressful lives. Various meditation techniques and key benefits of meditation are detailed here: Benefits Helps in keeping the heart healthy Meditation helps in controlling various factors leading to heart diseases such as stress, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes. It helps in [...]
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According to researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), yoga may be superior to other forms of exercise, with regard to its positive effect on mood and anxiety. The findings are the first to indicate a link between yoga postures with increased Brain Gamma-Amniobutyric (GABA) levels and decreased anxiety. The researchers compared the GABA [...]
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The human brain is very sophisticated and has powerful potential. However, to make the most of it, the brain has to be kept active through exercise, and be nurtured just as any other part of human body. Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, the foremost and present day authority in utilizing energy (prana) for healing and [...]
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A healthy mind in a healthy body is essential to lead an active life. The brain is the organ that communicates to the rest of the body to perform all major activities. Brain is also in control of healing power, as the vagus nerve, which runs from brain to abdomen, helps the brain in communicating [...]
Here comes more good news for coffee lovers. A new study revealed that middle-aged adults, who regularly drink a cup of coffee, stand a lesser chance of developing dementia later in life. However, it is yet to be ascertained if the credit should go to the coffee itself, as the researchers are yet to find [...]
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It is a proven fact that prayer can help you sail through tough times. Reaching out to God (even if it is via the web) may help you cope with illness. A study conducted on an online breast cancer support group, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found association between how optimistic patients felt and how [...]
At times of sorrow, a gentle hand is more welcome and sufficient to ease the mind and calm the nerves. A group of researchers now, have embarked in search of a similar effect through a complementary therapy known as ‘Healing Touch’ to check if the technique truly works out on patients undergoing minor procedures. ‘Healing [...]
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Depression and anxiety are one of the common mental disorders. Although depression and anxiety disorders are not the same, at the first glance they seem similar, and are often confused. While depression generates emotions of despair, hopelessness and anger, anxiety generates feelings of fear, panic or threatened feeling. While a person suffering from depression feels [...]
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