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Meditation Has A Measurable Effect On Alertness

Meditation is often credited with helping people feel more focused and energetic, but are the benefits measurable? When researchers tested the alertness of volunteers, they found that the practice proved more effective than naps, exercise or caffeine.
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Absolute Pitch Power Lesson 2 Update/Improvement

I’ve espoused the virtues of accelerated learning techniques and I’m on record as saying that every other absolute pitch ear training course out there could be drastically improved if they only “got it.”
And while I don’t like to go “off topic” in my blog too much, I felt I had to, given the significance this [...]

Tips From The World’s Greatest Hypnotist

Milton Erickson’s power of influence was legendary. He was considered the greatest innovator of hypnosis and became famous for his unique hypnotic methods. He could put people into a hypnotic trance just by shaking hands.
What Erickson understood was that while speaking to a client at a conscious level, they were also listening at an unconscious [...]

70 Year Old Chinese Monk Stands On 1 Finger

Qigong training involves mastering techniques in meditation, relaxation, and a variety of physical and breathing exercises. Ultimately, the goal of Qigong is to develop awareness of Qi in the body, and guide that Qi with the mind.

Learn How Mind Programming Works

Think of your brain wave in an altered state of consciousness as a piece of chewing gum stretched out. It gets thin and easily breaks apart if hit with new programming. When your brain reorganizes itself, it integrates the new information. In other words, it accepts the new idea. The more it is exposed to [...]

Walking Meditation Resources

An exhaustive resource for walking and standing meditation. Link: Walking Meditation Resources

Meditation Increases Brain Size

People who meditate grow bigger brains than those who don’t. Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the first evidence that meditation can alter the physical structure of our brains. Brain scans they conducted reveal that experienced meditators boasted increased thickness in parts of the brain that deal with attention [...]

I’ve Got A Free Gift For You…

Mac only. Sorry.
My good friend Tripp Lanier created a meditation timer widget. It’s works for more than just meditation too. For example, if you’re a musician and you want to ear train or write music for 30 minutes, your music sessions will begin and end with a nice bell sound. There’s even a [...]