Tag: meditation
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The health risks of burning incense.
I love the smell of incense. Cedarwood, Agarwood, Sandalwood. From the expensive slow-burning Japanese sticks to boxes of the cheap but evocative Nag Champa littering the shelves of most ‘hippy dippy’ and wellness shops. My morning routine would include the ritual of lighting a stick of incense before I sit to meditate. The aroma filling…
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Meditation is good shit.
This study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) examined the long-term effects of a regular mediation practice on the gut microbiome structure. The authors performed gene sequencing on fecal samples of 37 Tibetan Buddhist monks comparing them with those of 19 non-meditating local residents. The gut microbiota can influence the brain and profoundly impacts…
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Living an Examined Life.
Im not usually a fan of the self-improvement genre of books. For a while, I subscribed to a service that took bestseller non-fiction books and then distilled them down to bullet point summaries so you could get the gist of the author’s content without reading the whole thing.When it came to the deconstruction of self-improvement…
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Physiological benefits of slow breathing.
It is no coincidence that most of the world’s spiritual and contemplative disciplines involve some form of breathing focused practice. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the scientific literature concerning the beneficial effects of slow breathing on our physiological systems. Link to full article (pdf): The physiological effects of slow breathing in the healthy…
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