The findings come from the Shamatha Project, a comprehensive long-term, control-group study of the effects of meditation training on mind and body. Focusing on the present rather than letting the mind ...

FARGO - The Spirit Room, 111 Broadway, will host a meditation retreat day from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Dawn Morgan, executive director of the Spirit Room, will lead the retreat. Attendees will ...

We will be practicing Shamatha meditation, or breath awareness, which is appropriate for all levels; from those who have been practicing a lifetime to those who are new to spiritual practice. The ...

The John Templeton Foundation has awarded a grant of $2.3 million over three years to continue and extend the Shamatha Project, the most comprehensive investigation yet conducted into the effects of ...

If ever you thought about meditating, next week's your chance. The Victoria Unitarian Universalist Church will offer free Shamatha meditation instruction to anyone interested in learning on Saturday, ...

Clifford Saron is a research neuroscientist at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis, and director of the Shamatha Project, a study on the impact of sustained meditation ...

Pun Pun Organic Farm, Tilopa House and the New Life Foundation are holding a five-day retreat called "Earth Breathing, Breathing Earth" to provide an opportunity to learn about meditation techniques, ...

Focusing on the present rather than letting the mind drift may help to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggests new research from the Shamatha Project at the University of California, ...