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Cancer Research’s UK home page recently reported:  “One in two people born after 1960 in the UK will be diagnosed with some form of cancer during their lifetime”. I was born in 1959 and at the ripe old age of 55 I have managed to be the positive side of this statistic, thankfully. Let us

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While a place of work may not seem like an obvious place where people stop to meditate, many forward-thinking companies are realising that providing a meditation environment for their staff may actually lead to a happier, more contented workforce and higher productivity, two things that companies are always striving towards. Why meditate? Meditation helps a

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FISU Meditation teaches easy to learn mindfulness techniques that take you on a journey of self-discovery. We believe that everyone deserves to live a life of peace and establish a solid foundation of well-being. We want to share our mindfulness techniques with as many people as possible to show how effortless having a better life

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You would think that everyone knows how to relax? Evidently not. I wasn’t very good at it for one when I was a teenager before I learnt to meditate, and neither are many other people these days – so full of hyper-stress are our lives with work, a social life and family,  that we’ve forgotten

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Meditation techniques are being used at one prison in Scotland to help the inmates quit smoking, with the eight-week course in mindfulness meditation exploring topics such as emotions, thoughts and kindness, while helping those involved handle their tobacco cravings. Official figures show that over 70 per cent of prisoners in Scotland smoke, with the Scottish

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It’s wonderful news to see that the term “How to Meditate” was ranked 4th in the Google Trends UK results for 2014, and it’s the first time the word “meditate” has ever entered these charts. As a prominent, international meditation school we have definitely seen an increase in visitors, enquiries and new students. This is

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Being alone may raise the risk of heart problems and Alzheimer’s in older adults and efforts have been made to reduce this by establishing various communal associations. However these are not always successful. Brain, behaviour and immunity published recent results from research headed by Dr J David Creswell of Carnegie Mellon University, indicating that meditation

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As our lives become more and more technology dependent and the lines between day and night blur with rising 24/7 culture, can help us switch off at night and get a good sleep. Evidence suggests we need at least six hours of sleep to aid brain function and our ability to learn as well as

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Harvard University together with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), have confirmed that meditation rebuilds the brain’s grey matter in just eight weeks. It’s the first study to confirm that meditation actually changes the brain’s grey matter. Meditation is recognised as a tool for creating mental relaxation and a sense of peacefulness and physical relaxation too.

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With 2015 just a matter of weeks away, now is the perfect time to think about what new year’s resolutions you can come up with – and if you’re a smoker, it might be a good time to consider taking meditation courses to help you quit. Meditation has helped many people quit in the past

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