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• How Yoga and Meditation Are Changing Your DNA
  By Christina Sarich You got those beautiful brown eyes from your parents, but you also got your ability to cope with stress (or not cope with it so well.) That’s o.k., because relatively new evidence suggests that your yoga and meditation practice are changing your DNA for the better.  Here’s how. A study at the […]
• 5 Ways Yoga and Meditation are Beneficial for Students
    If you are currently in the middle of your nurse practitioner doctorate degree then there is no doubt that you are probably feeling stressed, tired, and overwhelmed with your studies and daily life. This is exactly why more and more students are turning to meditation and Yoga as a means of coping with the […]
• The Mind vs. Brain Debate (What is Consciousness?)
  This article was originally written by Christina Sarich and published at The Cuyamungue Institute The mind vs. brain debate has been going on since before Aristotle. He and Plato argued that the soul housed intelligence or wisdom and that it could not be placed within the physical body. In a well-described version of dualism, Descartes […]
• 4 Profound Zen Teachings on Love
  This article was originally written by Christina Sarich and published on The Mind Unleashed As westerners we often discount the simple wisdom offered by eastern cultures, only because we have been programmed to doubt subtle nuances in human relationship, and the crazy, simple wisdom which informs them. As Menday Wang points out in Eastern vs. […]
• What Happens When You Meditate for the First Time?
  By: Christina Sarich This article was originally featured on the Mind Unleashed There have been numerous studies detailing what happens to the brain in long-term meditators, but what exactly happens to people who meditate for the first time? Sara Lazar, a Harvard researcher, has gained quite some notoriety detailing how the brain actually grows grey matter when people […]
• Yoga Teacher Training Abroad: Picking the Best Place
  So you have decided to do yoga teacher training abroad? There are many great reasons for studying yoga in an intensive program in India or Bali or the many other locations you can find. At this point you have weighed the pros and cons and are ready to commit, but how do you know you […]
• ‘Real’ Meditation Beats ‘Fake’ in Scientific Study
  By: Chrisitna Sarich, Originally published at The Mind Unleashed The benefits of meditation have been touted for decades now, with seemingly a new scientific study coming out as fast as you can say ‘Aum’.  Harvard has proven that meditation rebuilds the grey matter in our brains in as little as 8 weeks, and according to […]
• The Phenomenal Power of Yoga
  By: Yogi Ashwini Editors note: In some parts of India yogis say ‘yog’ to refer to ‘yoga’. The meaning is the same. When we read the ancient Vedic texts like the Puranas etc, we come across human beings with supernatural abilities, exuding phenomenal strength. We hear of women with amazing beauty and radiance, which used […]
• Regrow Your Brain With Meditation
  This article was originally published at Natural Society. Please republish with credit to author, Christina Sarich, and a link back to this site. A team of researchers led by Dr. Lazar, a neurologist and instructor at Harvard medical school, has discovered that meditating for just 8 weeks can fuel grey-matter in the hippocampus and promote brain ‘growth’. […]
• The Healing Power of Sound
  This piece was originally featured at The Mind Unleashed. Please visit this site for more inspiring articles. We can feel it when we turn on the radio and our favorite song happens to be playing, or when we sit quietly and listen to the rain. There is a palpable peace when we are absorbed in […]