Meditation News August 2006

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THURSDAY, 31 AUGUST 2006
	Soldiers Confront Trauma through Meditation
	Vietnam veteran Claude Anshin Thomas teaches his fellow veterans how to confront the trauma they got from their war experiences. What he tries to do is to create a 'safe space' for others who also suffered from the horrors of war like him, he says. He explains that it is through meditation and spiritual practices in general that combat veterans can achieve a state of normalcy. Upon returni Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 30 AUGUST 2006
	Artist Offers Meditative Art
	Artist Dhananjay Sastakar combines art and meditation in his paintings of the elephant-headed god Ganesh. His paintings of Ganesh come with stotras or Hindu prayers which are written in calligraphy. “I want people to be taken in by a kind of holy nostalgia hence the scroll-like touch. I believe that reciting the stotras will give peace of mind. When my work is seen and read, it will be a Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 24 AUGUST 2006
	UK Company to Introduce Meditation to the Elderly
	Dr. Sibani Roy, a Bengal-born businesswoman from North Wales, is setting-up the Swanlake Project, a company that will provide meditation services to the elderly and terminally ill. Dr. Sibani Roy observes that meditation is less common in the UK to help those in the palliative care and the elderly, unlike in the United States, Australia, and parts of Europe. This is the main reason why she Read Full Story
MONDAY, 14 AUGUST 2006
	"World Capital of Peace" May Alter Old Town
	Kansas, USA - Residents of Smith County in Kansas have varied opinions regarding the planned multi-million complex called "World Capital of Peace", the new headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi followers and transcendental meditation practitioners. Recently, local ministers have signed an open letter which stated that the new city is a threat to "the eternal souls of the people." County com Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 10 AUGUST 2006
	TM May Reduce the Brain’s Pain Response
	A new study suggests that transcendental meditation (TM) could reduce the brain's reaction to pain. Researchers at the University of California - Irvine have monitored the brains of 24 healthy Californians who were divided into two groups. One group was composed of long time meditation practitioners while the other group had only attended four days of TM lecture. Through a Functional M Read Full Story