Transcendental Meditation

The Triad Hindu Temple is a community of like-minded Hindu believers seeking to achieve their life in a spiritual manner. The appearance on the outside may not coincide with other Hindu temples as it looks more like a regular building with little decoration on the walls but the interior contains many statues of the different gods and goddesses they worship. In the center of room contains a big altar which are used for offerings and worship and allows a large number of people to come and pray.…

Transitioning to College and University presents individuals with many challenges. Students are often living alone for the first time. They are attempting to adapt to the pressures of post-secondary education in a new environment. This transition is often a time of stress and anxiety. Stress and anxiety can negatively effect their education and well as their overall well-being. Mindfulness was originally a Buddhist construct (David & Hayes, 2011) but has become increasingly popular. It has…

of themselves. When the two disciplines are combined together it brings unity in the body. It benefits harmony of the human body, mind and spirit (Synovitz, 2013). Different styles of yoga are associated with postures, breathing techniques, and meditation (NIH: Yoga for health). Yoga therapy is designed to promote healing of mobility and health concerns. It comes with personalized treatment plans made by a yoga therapist. Some…

I brace myself against a wall and begin to retake control of the SRC. It’s tricking my body into thinking it’s hot and the rest of senses followed, but I am in control. Control, I tell myself, I am in control. I can hear fine, and my sight is fine, and it is not hot. I am not hot. I am cool. I am relaxed. I am in control. The SRC responds how it should and it quickly returns to its normal state. My body slowly starts cooling down and I can relax. That was really weird. That should not have…

Several minutes later, we begin to relax hand muscles. We transfer our full atten- tion to the right arm and imagine it is heavy, very heavy. We focus on our fingers and "summon” them one by one. We summon the index finger and then we move it. Then we do the same with the middle finger, the ring finger, the little finger, and, finally, the thumb. We summon each finger individually and then we move it. After this, we slowly direct our attention upwards, to the hand, the wrist, the forearm,…

West. Zen Buddhism treats zazen meditation and daily practice as essential for attaining Enlightenment and deemphasizes the rigorous study of scripture. On February 24th, I had a chance to go to the Clouds In Water Zen Center on 445, 445 Farrington St, St Paul, MN 55103. I got there around 1:25 pm as my classmates gathering around the greeter. Besides the building is not what I expected; I impressed with the teaching of living in the present, and properly sit meditation. Clouds In Water Zen…

a. Our group used Monroe’s Motivated Sequence and problem-solution pattern as our two main ways of organizing our information and our speech. We used problem-solution because we talked about how yoga can be beneficial for your physical health and your mental health. One of the problems that yoga can reduce is how much stress college students have. By doing yoga, students can become more relaxed and relieve some of the stress that they have because of college. We also talked about how yoga can…

The present machine-kind lifestyle, offers no space for any individual to sit and relax. This is why people go in search for a treatment to make them feel relaxed. In this crucial situation, massage is one such practice which involves the relaxation and well being of the mind, body and soul completely. It also gives relief from pains, and improves the blood circulation and coagulates fatty deposits under the skin. Orlando Massage Therapist is one such popular massage therapy practitioner groups…

A knowledge gap exists in the area of utilizing prayer with patients as a nursing intervention to promote healing. I was only able to find one article that specifically focused on praying with patients as a nursing intervention in the clinical setting (Johnson et al., 2009). From this one study of ten women with recurring ovarian cancer, healing effects of prayer via nursing intervention was reported. In fact, most participants identified prayer as beneficial in promotion of emotional…

The term bodywork is an umbrella term used to describe a massive range of tens, if not hundreds, of alternative medicines and therapies. These range from manipulative therapies (such as massage), to breath work (such as that used in yoga and meditation), through to energy medicine (such as Reiki). Bodywork therapies work with both energy fields and the physical body, and promote a mind-body connection. Bodywork therapies can be broken down into two types: Non-touch bodywork: which includes yoga,…