Transcendental Meditation

Have you ever read the song “Praying” by Kesha and wondering what the connotation could be? When you are looking at the denotation do you ever try to figure out the figurative language, then you are beginning to understand what the author it's trying to convey. The format of the song helps us understand the tone shift and the songs meaning. The song “Praying” by Kesha is about a girl confessing her love about a guy and getting hurt. The first stanza talks about her thanking him because he…

Victoria Andrews Oct 17, 2015 MW 1:00 vandrews@uwm.edu Yoga Philosophy Paper Before taking this class, I had no idea about yoga. While in this class I have learned so much about the art and science of yoga, as well as my self. Something I learned is that yoga has eight limbs. I focus on practicing asanas in this class. I also am learning about the second limb, which is niyama’s. These are personal guidelines in yoga that I follow when I practice the art. There are five different niyama’s…

Spiritual Needs Assessment and Analysis Working in the healthcare field we are confronted with many patients who have different believes and practices, which are important to include in the patients care. “It is increasingly realized that spirituality plays an important role in fostering health, and wellness” (Implicit Spiritual Assessment, 2013). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of assessment, interviewee’s background, and description of assessment time. Development of…

Mindfulness Mindfulness and meditation are an ancient practice that has been present through centuries in most if not all cultures and faiths to help to achieve peace and happiness. Although this diversity in origins and applications has enriched this field, it also resulted in intersections and differences that ended in a lot of confusion and misconceptions. Furthermore, it was used by some practitioners in a mysterious questionable ways, taking the truthfulness and purity of the practice and…

focus was to resist bad temptations that are out there. From witnessing meditation for the first time, I realized how important it is to this religion to do this consistently. This meditation is the key to developing your mind, which helps with concentration and helps them maintain good conduct. In this setting, visitors and participates are more drawn to attend services. This is because of the informal feel of the meditation classes. The class tends to be structured with 30 minutes of…

What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is focused on awareness or being able to realize an object or event. The practice is to help calm and make ourselves happy. Practicing mindfulness is listening quietly to the birds chirping, listening to the wind blowing, and picturing finding yourself flying with the bird. Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese monk that prolongs his focus on Buddhism. He reflects on his personal experience and philosophy from meditating with the practice of mindfulness and concentrating…

TIME-OUT FOR RADICAL SELF-CARE By Silvia Mordini Yoga is time where we get back in touch with caring about ourselves. Self-care is essential to a productive, peaceful life. It is a deeply spiritual practice. Developing an attitude of self-care means seeing yourself as the author and expert on your life story. Authoring one's own life assumes some measure of authority and requires appreciating yourself. Sadly deep down a lot of us don't approve of ourselves. Or we don't think we are worth the…

in everyday life as it allows one to partake in daily activities such as conversations, work, or study. This age old concept began in Buddhism and is essential to meditation practices. In Buddhism, mindfulness can be thought of as alertness of mind, or being completely engrossed in an experience. Mindfulness is a key part of the meditation experience. Furthermore, mindfulness has been thought to reduce stress, increase emotional well-being, as well as increase self-awareness. Mindfulness is an…

The three stress prevention, management and treatment I picked and can relate to are Massage Accupressure, Exercise and Relaxation Exercise Yoga. Massage Accupressure is a great way to relieve stress with not only your body, but your mind. My husband and I would go in to get foot massage acupressure once in a while and each and everytime we leave of that place we feel relax. Not only relax within ourselves, but our bodies. How foot acupressure works is they soak your feet on warmed tea water,…

Prayer. It is the basis of all religion. It is a somber plea for help or an expression of gratitude address to God. The belief in God and the power of prayer was and is always the answer to life’s difficulties. If a loved one needed a surgical procedure performed, a church congregation would pray to God so that he may touch the hands of the surgeon for a safe procedure. If there is a natural disaster somewhere in the world, pray so that God will provide food and shelter to the afflicted. God and…