Brains of Buddhist monks scanned in meditation study

By Matt Danzico BBC News, New York The study peers into brains of monks. In a laboratory tucked away off a noisy New York City street, a soft-spoken neuroscientist has been placing Tibetan Buddhist monks into a car-sized brain scanner to better understand the ancient practice of meditation.

Folsom Prison SLEEP Blues

Of all the awful places to sleep, (ask me about my Girl Scout camping experiences sometime) prison has to be one of the worse- I went to visit my friend in prison today-

Why do we sleep? Who knows? Who cares?

Why do we sleep? Nobody knows! There are many theories, ideas, traditions and explanations. Medicine and Science describe the function of sleep, but not the reason why we sleep, as having to do with resting the body and muscles that we used through out the day. Or there are theories about memory consolidation, addressing psychological [...]

January 3rd is Festival of Sleep Day!

Origin of Festival of Sleep Day (appeared first in Associated Content from yahoo): January 3rd is Festival of Sleep Day. This obscure holiday is becoming better known with each passing year. Little is known of its origins or when it was first celebrated. It’s assumed that this unofficial Holiday was created for people seeking rest and relaxation [...]

JUICE & ESSSENCE “TURDUCKEN” — Happy Healthy Holidays!!

I walked into the kitchen area at work last week and was pleasantly surprised to see 4 covered dishes–the latest in Dr Ken and Carol Magglio’s meal creations.  In anticipation of upcoming Holidays and Thanksgiving, they prepared TURDUCKEN, something I had never heard of, let alone tasted! This is a de-boned chicken stuffed into a [...]

Ramana Maharshi on sleep

The enthusiasm conducive for encouraging you to experience the true self, arises in awakened state only and You need to start those related efforts in a awakened state. For experiencing the stability which you have in sleep, the thoughts are the only obstruction. For attaining that stable state, if you can control at least a [...]

HIGH TECH Beds for Cozy Naps in LUXURY’s Lap!

                                  This post appears first on Bornrich.org It’s been over a year since we introduced you to our picks for the Top 10 high-tech luxury beds, and since then so many luxury sleep systems have been launched. Recently, renowned designer Karim Rashid created three new beds for luxury bedding company, Hollandia International. The same [...]

The Haunted Mind

by Nathaniel Hawthorne   Collected in Twice-Told Tales, 1837. What a singular moment is the first one, when you have hardly begun to recollect yourself, after starting from midnight slumber! By unclosing your eyes so suddenly you seem to have surprised the personages of your dream in full convocation round your bed, and catch one [...]

Duke University Study finds Mindfulness is helpful for Insomnia

MBSR Training Improves Sleep Quality & Lessens Need for Sleep Medicines This article appeares first at DukeHealth.org June 25, 2009  By Duke Medicine News and Communications   Stressed-out people sleep better and take sleep medication less often when they learn to let go of intrusive thoughts, according to researchers at Duke Integrative Medicine. Their data shows [...]

Sleep songs–can they make you sleep?

Sleep songs–can songs make you sleep? OR is it the other way around -does sleep inspire songs????? The National Sleep Foundation has posted a list of the Top 100 Sleep Songs….most of these songs deal with the needing of sleep, sleep as a waste of time and/or problems with sleep–that is the negative side of sleep. Still [...]

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