Benefits of Meditation
For 40 years, Shambhala and Shambhala Mountain Center have been explaining the value and place of meditation in everyday life, and during this period the topic of meditation has been noted in the media from time to time. Recently, two articles of significance appeared in major national media about meditation; one in the NY Times focused on the medical and behavioral effects of meditation documented through controlled studies and experiment. The other article, by the Associated Press, explains how a meditation program in an Alabama prison has reduced violence and has had an impact on inmates. Of course, this is no surprise to those of us who have incorporated meditation into our daily life, but it is gratifying to read articles in the mass media that point out how deeply meditation can affect us. You can find out more by reading these articles:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/how-meditation-may-change-the-brain/?hpw
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/02/02/national/a012558S13.DTL