The website www.11thstepmeditation.org just announced the continuation of their monthly online 11th Step Meditation meeting. The meeting is held on the 3rd Sunday of the month at 5:OO P.M. (Pacific time). You are invited to attend! Please connect to the link below to register:http://www.11thstepmeditation.org/welcome.php 11th Step Meditation now has two CD’s available. The SpiritStep One CD…
January 28, 2011, 10:29 AMThe New York TimesHealth How Meditation May Change the BrainBy Sindya N. Bhanoo Over the December holidays, my husband went on a 10-day silent meditation retreat. Not my idea of fun, but he came back rejuvenated and energetic. He said the experience was so transformational that he has committed to meditating…
by Kelly O’Rourke Johns I drive through the quaint St. Paul, Minn., neighborhood withhardly a glance at the stately old homes that line the street or the moss-covered buildings of Macalester College. I can feel my chest constrict with stress and my neck stiffen as my thoughts race through several heavy worries—an ill friend, a diabetic uncle, fin- ancial…
Mindfulness meditation training in awareness of present moment experience, such as body and breath sensations, prevents depression and reduces distress in chronic pain. In a new paper, Brown University scientists propose a neurophysiological framework to explain these clinical benefits. A matter of sensory cortical alpha rhythms. Repeated local sensory focus — on a hand, say…
by George DuWors,MSW, LICSW, BCD At least three books (Alexander, 1997) (Ash, 1993) (Griffin, 2004) document the integration of Buddhism and 12-step recovery. Another (Fields, 2008) refers to the compatibility of mindfulness and 12-step recovery. The AA Big Book (Anonymous, 2008) and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (Anonymous, 1981), on the other hand, urge…
A Book Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussatwww.spiritualityandpractice.com/books NaikanGratitude, Grace, and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflectionby Gregg Krech Gregg Krech is Director of the ToDo Institute, an education and retreat center near Middlebury, Vermont. He is a practitioner of a method of self-reflection, attention, gratitude, connections, kindness, and compassion developed in Japan during the…
The Tree illustrates some of the contemplative practices currently in use in secular organizational and academic settings. This is not intended to be a comprehensive list. Below the Tree you will find links to descriptions of many of these practices as well as a more in-depth description of the Tree and image files for downloading.Some…
Marc Galanter MDa*, Zoran Josipovic PhDb, Helen Dermatis PhDa, Jochen Weberc & Mary Alice Millarda The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Encompassing All Addictive Disorders ABSTRACTBackground: Many individuals with alcohol-use disorders who had experienced alcohol craving before joining Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) report little or no craving after becoming long-term members. Their use of…
These prayers from around the world were read by audience members during the opening ceremony of the First International Congress of the World Fellowship of Faiths in 1936. Buddhist:All praise be to the Lord, the Holy One, per-fect in wisdom. I go to the Enlightened One for refuge. I goto the Law for refuge. I go…
By Ryan BeitlerMarch 5, 2017NAADAC Addiction & Recovery eNewsMarch 17,2017 Devan Thrash has been off meth for the past 16 months, and credited meditation with helping her maintain her sobriety. “Before I went into recovery, I hated myself,” she said. “I felt broken. I went to a spiritual healing program and the first thing we…