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Blaise Pascal : “All of man’s misfortune comes from one thing, which is not knowing how to sit quietly in a room”

Maybe most of you has already know meditation.
But is meditation really benefits us ?

Here is the list of benefits by doing meditation daily in our life
 Increases happiness. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin reported that people newly trained in meditation have shown an increase in electrical activity in the left frontal part of the brain, an area associated with positive emotion and happiness.

 Boosts the immune system. In the same study, meditators also showed a significant increase in immunity to the flu.

 Enhances memory and attention. A study at Massachusetts General Hospital found that parts of the brain’s cerebral cortex were thicker in people who had practiced meditation daily for just 40 minutes for several years. The cerebral cortex is the part of the brain that deals with attention and processing sensory input and tends to thin with age.

 Reduces the physical pain, anxiety, and stress of fibromyalgia. A study published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics showed sustained benefits over a three year period in a group of women who had taken an eight-week course in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.

 Lowers blood pressure. A 2004 study published in the American Journal of Cardiology showed meditation can lower blood pressure and mortality rates in older people with hypertension.

 Helps alleviate mild to moderate anxiety and depression. Researchers at the University of Louisville found that mindfulness meditation alleviates depression in women with fibromyalgia.

 Increases alertness. University of Kentucky researchers found that sleepy people who meditated for 40 minutes did better on a test of mental quickness than people who had taken a 40-minute nap.

 Helps control binge eating. A study at Indiana State University found that obese women who practiced mindfulness meditation had an average of four fewer binge-eating episodes a week than before they took up the practice. Mindfulness can help bingers recognize when they want to overeat and lower the odds that they will.

 Helps lower blood sugar: Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles showed that patients were able to lower their blood pressure, blood sugar and insulin by practicing transcendental meditation.
For more information about meditation, please visit http://www.wildmind.org



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Keluarga Mahasiswa Buddhis Dhammañano
INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG
Akan mengadakan

MEDITATION WORKSHOP
15 November 2008 : 09.00-selesai
16 November 2008 : 11.00-selesai
bertempat di
Gd. BSC-A
Kampus ITB
Jln. Ganesha 10 Bandung..

Akan ada talkshow serta praktik meditasi
Acara terbuka untuk umum dan gratis !!!