http://sleepcompass.com "Sleep, Rock Thy Brain" And Discover The Gift of Sleep! Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:30:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://sleepcompass.com/2011/10/jon-kabat-zinn-healing-power-of-mindfulness-on-breast-cancer-and-life/ http://sleepcompass.com/2011/10/jon-kabat-zinn-healing-power-of-mindfulness-on-breast-cancer-and-life/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:46:11 +0000 scc http://sleepcompass.com/?p=2529   This interview was conducted by Monty Mckeever and appears on TRICYCLE Buddhist Review Editor’s Blog on October 5, 2010 (On October 6th at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, renowned scientist, writer, and meditation teacher Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn  gave a talk titled  “Letting Everything Become Your Teacher: The Healing Power of Mindfulness,” as part of [...]

]]> http://sleepcompass.com/2011/10/jon-kabat-zinn-healing-power-of-mindfulness-on-breast-cancer-and-life/feed/ 0 http://sleepcompass.com/2011/09/tm-meditation-leads-to-decrease-in-medical-costs/ http://sleepcompass.com/2011/09/tm-meditation-leads-to-decrease-in-medical-costs/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:08:28 +0000 scc http://sleepcompass.com/?p=3310  13 Sep 2011  According to a study published this week in the September/October 2011 issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion (Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 56-60), people with consistently high health care costs experienced a 28 percent cumulative decrease in physician fees after an average of five years practicing the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation [...]

]]> http://sleepcompass.com/2011/09/tm-meditation-leads-to-decrease-in-medical-costs/feed/ 0 http://sleepcompass.com/2011/08/soothe-back-to-school-anxiety-teach-kids-to-relax/ http://sleepcompass.com/2011/08/soothe-back-to-school-anxiety-teach-kids-to-relax/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:38:51 +0000 scc http://sleepcompass.com/?p=2388         SUNDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) — Children who are nervous about the new school year can relax by practicing “mindfulness” during anxious moments, researchers say. Experts at Duke University, in Durham, N.C., recommend mindfulness, which is a technique borrowed from meditation, to help children transition into the new school year and [...]

]]> http://sleepcompass.com/2011/08/soothe-back-to-school-anxiety-teach-kids-to-relax/feed/ 0 http://sleepcompass.com/2011/07/integrative-oncology-mindfulness-meditation/ http://sleepcompass.com/2011/07/integrative-oncology-mindfulness-meditation/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:23:20 +0000 scc http://sleepcompass.com/?p=3275 By Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, FAAN Associate Professor Neil Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University Atlanta, Georgia Guest Editors: Debra Barton, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, FAAN ONCOLOGY Nurse Edition. Vol. 24 No. 10| October 19, 2010 Mindfulness meditation and other mindfulness-based practices are gaining popularity due to a burgeoning evidence [...]

]]> http://sleepcompass.com/2011/07/integrative-oncology-mindfulness-meditation/feed/ 0 http://sleepcompass.com/2011/06/meditation-fit-for-a-marine/ http://sleepcompass.com/2011/06/meditation-fit-for-a-marine/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:17:50 +0000 scc http://sleepcompass.com/?p=3234 New experiments with the military affirm the benefits of mindfulness. by Vanessa Gregory This article originally appeared in the November 2010 issue of Men’s Journal Two summers ago at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia, a group of reservists prepared for a tour of duty in Iraq. Twelve-hour days were jammed with rifle qualifications, [...]

]]> http://sleepcompass.com/2011/06/meditation-fit-for-a-marine/feed/ 0 http://sleepcompass.com/2011/06/meditation-may-help-women-cope-with-hot-flashes/ http://sleepcompass.com/2011/06/meditation-may-help-women-cope-with-hot-flashes/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:40:21 +0000 scc http://sleepcompass.com/?p=3213 Mindfulness training reduces bother, not intensity, of menopause symptoms   FRIDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) — An easy-to-learn meditation technique can help ease the hot flashes, night sweats and insomnia of menopause, a new study says. The University of Massachusetts research showed that mindfulness training, based on a Buddhist meditation concept, reduced the distress associated [...]

]]> http://sleepcompass.com/2011/06/meditation-may-help-women-cope-with-hot-flashes/feed/ 0 http://sleepcompass.com/2011/06/meditate-your-way-to-a-more-creative-mind/ http://sleepcompass.com/2011/06/meditate-your-way-to-a-more-creative-mind/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:23:38 +0000 scc http://sleepcompass.com/?p=3190             This Post originally appeared on FAST COMPANY ONLINE May 18, 2011  By: Anya Kamenetz                               Want to ignite your creative brain? Slow down!     THIRTY YEARS AGO, the Walt Disney Co. was at a creative crossroads. With the opening of Epcot, Disney’s original theme park vision was complete. Where could the company go [...]

]]> http://sleepcompass.com/2011/06/meditate-your-way-to-a-more-creative-mind/feed/ 0 http://sleepcompass.com/2011/05/functional-mri-shows-how-mindfulness-meditation-changes-decision-making-process/ http://sleepcompass.com/2011/05/functional-mri-shows-how-mindfulness-meditation-changes-decision-making-process/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 05:26:29 +0000 scc http://sleepcompass.com/?p=3170 ScienceDaily (Apr. 21, 2011) — New research shows that Buddhist meditators use different areas of the brain than other people when confronted with unfair choices, enabling them to make decisions rationally rather than emotionally. If a friend or relative won $100 and then offered you a few dollars, would you accept this windfall? The logical [...]

]]> http://sleepcompass.com/2011/05/functional-mri-shows-how-mindfulness-meditation-changes-decision-making-process/feed/ 0 http://sleepcompass.com/2011/05/daniel-golemanresilience-for-the-rest-of-us/ http://sleepcompass.com/2011/05/daniel-golemanresilience-for-the-rest-of-us/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 05:29:11 +0000 scc http://sleepcompass.com/?p=3154   this post first appeared on the Harvard Business Review Blog April 2, 2011     There are two ways to become more resilient: one by talking to yourself, the other by retraining your brain. If you’ve suffered a major failure, take the sage advice given by psychologist Martin Seligman in the HBR article “Building [...]

]]> http://sleepcompass.com/2011/05/daniel-golemanresilience-for-the-rest-of-us/feed/ 0 http://sleepcompass.com/2011/05/meditation-may-help-the-brain-turn-down-the-volume-on-distractions-2/ http://sleepcompass.com/2011/05/meditation-may-help-the-brain-turn-down-the-volume-on-distractions-2/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 05:30:20 +0000 scc http://sleepcompass.com/?p=3129 Enhanced control of alpha rhythms may underlie some effects of mindfulness meditation BOSTON — The positive effects of mindfulness meditation on pain and working memory may result from an improved ability to regulate a crucial brain wave called the alpha rhythm. This rhythm is thought to “turn down the volume” on distracting information, which suggests [...]

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