What do you make of the ADHD debate? Perhaps you know someone who is struggling with the disorder; that’s not unlikely, given that roughly 11% of American children have been diagnosed with it. We are all entitled to our own views on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and they vary widely, from those who recognize that […]
Optimal Learning Meditation has the incredible ability to improve a lot of different mental functions. Learning enhancement is a major improvement that people associate with a regular practice. For people who want to enhance their learning ability further, though, there is a special track from Lifeflow called Optimal Learning. This track uses Alpha waves […]
Pema Chödrön Shows Us the Way through Our Fear Julie Jordan Avritt We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. A Buddhist nun was once asked by the inveterate Bill Moyers, “What is a bodhisattva […]
Meditation and Stress By Dr. Graham Dixon If you’ve flown in the US in the past ten years, you’ll have plenty of reasons to resent the Transport Security Administration. I have found the experience of being interrogated and prodded by these people to be a humiliating imposition amidst the generally happy experience of getting out […]
Meditation and Depression By Dr. Graham Dixon What would be your first reaction if someone told you they were depressed? Today, there is general public acceptance that depression is a real problem which is incredibly damaging to the sufferer’s life, work and relationships, but for centuries, such people were told simply to ‘pull themselves together’ […]