Archive | July, 2012

How Did You First Start Meditating? Jessica Graham Interviewed by Altara Michelle of Gobble Green

In this local Silverlake interview, Altara Michelle of Gobble Green interviews Jessica Graham about her meditation practice and how it has impacted her health. The interview centers on healthy living, as fits with Gobble Green’s gourmet vegan delivery service business.

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Mindfulness Meditation Can Help Reduce Loneliness, Risk of Alzheimer’s and Cardiovascular Disease

According to experts meditation is a quick and efficient way to lower stress, but new research discovers mindfulness meditation may also reduce loneliness in older adults. In a study conducted at Carnegie Mellon University experts found mindfulness meditation, which a 2,500-year-old practice deriving from Buddha, may reduce loneliness in adults, as well as lower inflammation [...]

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Meditation Could Protect You From The Flu

By Amanda L. Chan for Huffington Post Who knew meditation could be so handy during cold and flu season? A small new study finds that mindfulness meditation and moderate exercise seem to have protective effects against cold and flu, with people who engage in the practices having less severe, shorter and fewer symptoms of acute [...]

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Yearning

By Jessica Graham There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you? -Rumi A few times a year I experience a special kind of suffering. It’s the “What should I do with my life? / Will I [...]

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