from Med Hypotheses. 2006;67(3):566-71.
Jerath R, Edry JW, Barnes VA, Jerath V.
Augusta Women’s Center, 2100 Central Avenue, Suite 6 & 7, Augusta, GA 30904, USA. RJ605R@aol.com
Pranayamic breathing, defined as a manipulation of breath movement, has been shown to contribute to a physiologic response characterized by the presence of decreased oxygen consumption, decreased heart rate, and decreased [...]
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from Eur J Appl Physiol. 2005 Sep;95(1):88-95
Cysarz D, Büssing A.
Chair of Medical Theory and Complementary Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, 58313, Herdecke, Germany. d.cysarz@rhythmen.de
The impact of meditation on cardiorespiratory synchronization with respect to breathing oscillations and the modulations of heart rate induced by respiration (respiratory sinus arrhythmia, RSA) was investigated in this study. Four different exercises [...]
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Posted in Tibetan Tradition, Uncategorized on Jul 25th, 2009
from the journal, Psychol Sci. 2009 May;20(5):645-53
Kozhevnikov M, Louchakova O, Josipovic Z, Motes MA.
Psychology Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA. mkozhevn@gmu.edu
This study examined the effects of meditation on mental imagery, evaluating Buddhist monks’ reports concerning their extraordinary imagery skills. Practitioners of Buddhist meditation were divided into two groups according to their preferred meditation [...]
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Recently published in The Journal of Cognitive Processes (Cogn Process. 2009 Jul 2)
Baijal S, Srinivasan N.
Centre of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 211002, India.
Brain oscillatory activity is associated with different cognitive processes and plays a critical role in meditation. In this study, we investigated the temporal dynamics of oscillatory changes during Sahaj [...]
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The Care of the Patient
Francis Peabody, MD
JAMA. 1927;88(12):877-882
“The most common criticism made at present by older practitioners is that young graduates have been taught a great deal about the mechanism of disease, but very little about the practice of medicine—or to put it more bluntly, they are too “scientific” and do not know how to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2009
The administrator has been on a particularly long stretch of hospital ward months and thus unable to regularly post entries. This too shall pass and more postings will be soon to come! Thanks for your understanding.
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Posted in Uncategorized, Zen Tradition on Feb 12th, 2009
“Thanks for listing upaya’s programs. We are doing some very interesting work here, and am grateful that you have included us in your excellent blog. Warmly, Roshi Joan.”
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Posted in Tibetan Tradition, Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2009
Hi,
I just discovered your wonderful blog today. I was struck by how original the idea is, not to mention how needed it is, as well. I passed it on to our sangha, many of whom are involved in health care to some degree. And, one of our nuns runs a prison project here in Maryland.
I’m [...]
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Posted in Tibetan Tradition, Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2009
(Thanks to Dr. J. Shah of the University of Washington’s Department of Internal Medicine for finding this fascinating resource).
Exiled from their home in “the land of snows,” the Tibetan people - under the leadership of the very popular Dalai Lama - have been sharing more and more of their unique culture with the rest of [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2008
This is an interesting monograph out of The Nalanda College of Buddhist Studies in Canada that compares the practice of medicine to the practice of Buddhism. (For the full pdf go to http://www.nalandacollege.ca/PDF/Dscpln.pdf).
“The Discipline that can be said to be the closest analogy to the Discipline of Buddhism is
Medicine. The primary intent, and the raison [...]
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