Here’s why Meditation Is so amazing for Your Mental Health

“Impressive Results”

“A study done on this specific type of meditation showed that it was able to alleviate stress-related disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, because of the way it affects the parasympathetic nervous system (responsible for moderating heart rate and hormone release), and curbs the body’s stress response.”

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Yogic Breathing: What are the Benefits?

"Not only aims to remove day-to-day stresses, but also target negative emotions you may not know are still affecting you"

A specific kind of yoga called Sudarshan Kriya is in the limelight. Focused on breathing, this form has been shown to provide relief from depression and has even shown promise in reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans, according to a recent study in the Journal of Traumatic Stress.

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Editor's Picks: The seven most powerful people in India

"Emphasizes meditation as a way to relieve stress ... cuts across religious lines, and offers practitioners a tool to deal with Urban Angst"

Art of Living Founder Sri Sri Ravishankar is in Forbes’ list of India’s seven most powerful people “(The) Art of Living program, which emphasizes meditation as a way to relieve stress and prevent violence, commands an enormous following both in India and around the world, cuts across religious lines, and offers practitioners a tool to deal with urban against.

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Breathing Is the New Yoga! 9 Shortcuts to Calming Anxiety

"Sudarshan kriya’s engagement of the parasympathetic nervous system can rebalance brain Chemistry."

In scientific terms, a controlled breathing practice cuts into stress hormones, dances with our nervous system, and regulates the oxygen, CO2, and pH levels in our blood. It has therapy potential against depression, anxiety, and PTSD. In sidewalk terms, breathing lets us get a grip.

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Why students at Elite Colleges are turning to Meditation

“It makes you realize that you have a choice of how you feel and that you can control your own environment rather than it controlling you.”

“The practice makes it easier for them to connect with people,” Annalies Richmond, director of training for the Art of Living Foundation, told HuffPost. “It expands their capacity as a leader and makes them realize how big their potential is or how powerful they are. Somehow, one can feel very transformed in those five days.”

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How Meditation transformed this entrepreneur’s approach to work and Life

“It changed my life literally overnight.” ~Louis Gagnon, CEO of MyBrainSolutions

Louis Gagnon, CEO of MyBrainSolutions and former executive at Audible Inc., ... shared his view that we can only reach our highest potential as individuals and leaders if we find peace of mind.

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Seeking Bliss among the Honks and Hisses

"Rejuvenating participants physically, mentally and emotionally" - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in the NYT

“People who have a lot to do in life, they have a greater need to meditate. When you live in the middle of this hustle-bustle, and you have a lot of responsibilities and demands on you, you naturally have a greater longing for it.” – Sri Sri Ravishankar, New York Times

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Desktop Yoga and Doga

“It (Yoga) is not aerobics. It’s something that transforms your attitude towards people and yourself—a technology.”

Indian Spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravishankar teaches New Yorkers Desktop Yoga and shares the virtues of this centuries-old practice at the City’s first International Yoga Day celebrations.

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Stanford scholar helps veterans recover from War Trauma

"The first randomized controlled study on a form of meditation or yoga for veterans with PTSD that has shown such long-term, lasting effects"

Newly published research by Stanford scholar and author of The Happiness Track, Emma Seppala, shows how meditation and breathing exercises can help military veterans recover from post-traumatic stress disorder. One year after the study, the participants' PTSD scores still remained low, suggesting that there had been long-lasting improvement.

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Art of Living on CNN Project Life

“Life changing”

“Meditation is like a mental workout. The more you exercise these parts of the brain, the healthier and happier your mindset will be.”

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Emperor of Air

"Art of Living may be the fastest growing spiritual practice on the planet"

If you try to understand things through experience, the proof is in the pudding. You do the practice and the stress leaves you and you feel better. It promises a very satisfying and immediate thing. You can feel better without relying on someone else to explain it rationally and without relying on the promise of heaven later.

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Quest for Spirituality

"A modern spiritual movement that symbolizes our desire for inner peace"

“Breathing exercises, meditation and prayer. they all help us open our minds, take stock of who we are, and put life back into perspective. and let's face it - most of us could do with a little of that.”

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Breathing Lessons

"A yoga-based technique that targets healing and stress is gaining favor"

Students of the Art of Living program say the breathing technique can bring greater awareness, a fuller and happier life, less stress, greater mental focus, and a bevy of other health benefits. – Los Angeles Times

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