Kundalini meditation - Tai chi/qi gong - Hatha yoga - Chakra meditations - Shamanistic dance; whirling dervishes

Things are naturally perfect as they are you don't need to change anything

Never work with a meditation teacher if you have any doubts about his or her integrity!

Meditation that focuses on movements

Increased gray matter in the prefrontal cortex and the right anterior insula - as well as the hippocampus (learning and memory) - the cingulate cortex (emotional regulation) - and the temporo-parietal junction (empathy); it is associated with reducti

Processes space and time; may be related to sense of dissolution of boundaries between self and non-self

Improvement in concentration - Enhanced ability to detect light flashes of short duration - Meditators show a pattern of greater initial arousal in response to aversive stimuli but faster recovery - Has been implemented in stress reduction and chro

Meditation accesses deeper levels of awareness and transforms how you perceive the emotions naturally.

Tend to be happier - more optimistic

1. Relief of depression and anxiety and prevention of relapse 2. Reduction of recidivism rates of prisoners 3. Improves attention

Focused repetition of memorized passages from world scripture and the writings of great mystics; reading something like a script from the bible