Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - Vipassana (2009) Untitled. 7 Spaces That Would Make Great Meditation Rooms (PHOTOS) Meditation rooms are becoming all the rage for homeowners these days.
And while many are building detached private oases in their backyards, not all of us have that luxury. But that doesn't mean you can't create a stress-free place to let your mind be zen. If you need a little inspiration, just take a look at the eight spaces below that would make great meditation rooms. There's not one thing in this room we would change. The closer you can be to nature, the better. This one's for all you small-space dwellers. Even though the colors are bright, this space is still soothing.
We absolutely love these cushions and mats. Best Secular Learn-to-Meditate Book. Lena Dunham Diagnosed With OCD at Age 9, Uses Meditation to Stay Calm. Lena Dunham has been meditating for 18 years.
The 27-year-old Girls creator gave an inspirational speech about how meditation has changed her life in helping to manage her obsessive-compulsive disorder at the Paley Center in New York City on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Dunham was one of the speakers taking the stage at the "Women. Meditation. Stress. " panel discussion, hosted by The David Lynch Foundation. PHOTOS: Stars who've battled mental health disorders "I've actually been meditating since I was nine.
"When I was around nine, I was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder," the actress and writer explained. PHOTOS: Fall TV preview Dunham took a break from meditating during her teen years, but quickly realized she was lost without it. "Since my re-initiation into meditation has been even more powerful than my first experience, and it has made it possible for me to weather certain challenges and storms and public moments that I didn't ever imagine would be in my life," Dunham shared.
Meditation Can Be a Near-Death Experience (With Less Drama) Many people are coming forward with incredible tales after near-fatal accidents or life threatening heart attacks, strokes and serious illness.
While doctors and machines are trying to restore body and mind, they are reporting remarkable near-death experiences. Almost universally they find when the mind stops their awareness continues. They are quite surprised to find themselves looking down upon their bodies as their awareness spreads and spreads through walls, buildings, across country into other realms.
They are in wonder with what is happening. The mind is not the source, the beginning and end of existence. Near-death experiences have seemingly no time, no limit until it is understood the person must return. The experience of meditation is very similar to these reports of near-death experience. When we slow down and sit in meditation we cannot help but review our thoughts and feelings. Two questions stand out. Our heart is the living room to explore. Ram Bahadur Bomjon. Ram Bahadur Bomjon He drew thousands of visitors and media attention by spending months in meditation.
Nicknamed the Buddha Boy, he began his meditation on May 16, 2005. He reportedly disappeared from the hollow tree where he had been meditating for months on March 16, 2006, but was found by some followers a week later. He told them he had left his meditation place, where large crowds had been watching him, "because there is no peace". He then went his own way and reappeared elsewhere in Nepal on December 26, 2006, but left again on March 8, 2007. On 10 November 2008, Bomjon reappeared in Ratanapuri and spoke to a group of devotees in the remote jungle. Buddhist background Bomjon is a member of the Tamang community. Bomjon's story gained popularity because it resembled a legend from the Jataka Nidanakatha about Gautama Buddha's enlightenment. His mother's name is Maya Devi Tamang, the same first name as Buddha's mother. Wandering to Bara district Meditating in a pit Claims of inedia See also.
Tapping into the power of mindfulness. As business classes get underway at the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, MBA students open their laptops and professors fire up PowerPoint presentations in many classrooms.
In the Executive Mind class, however, professor Jeremy Hunter pulls out decidedly different tools: a brass singing bowl and leather-wrapped mallet. The chimes from three strikes on the bowl quiet the dozen or so students, who have put away smartphones and other devices. They close their eyes. Hunter leads them through a 15-minute meditation focused on body sensations, gently guiding them to rest their wandering attention on specific spots, such as the tips of their noses.
This might seem like an awfully touchy-feely way to train future corporate executives. That’s not easy in a world of multi-tasking, global supply chains, shorter product cycles and general information overload. “It’s like upgrading human ability,” said Hunter, an assistant professor of practice at Drucker.