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Breast Cancer Survivors Benefit From Practicing Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
Women recently diagnosed with breast cancer have higher survival rates than those diagnosed in previous decades, according to the American Cancer Society. However, survivors continue to face health challenges after their treatments end. Previous research...
Is Meditation an Exercise Regime for the Brain?
Two years ago, researchers at UCLA found that specific regions in the brains of long-term meditators were larger and had more gray matter than the brains of individuals in a control group. This suggested that meditation may indeed be good for all of us...
International Women’s Day Commemorated By Dhyan Foundation Volunteers
Volunteers from Dhyan Foundation, a spiritual and charitable organization dedicated to spreading the message of true Yog and charity in society, commemorated International Women’s Day by demonstrating Yogic asanas that are beneficial for women. How...
Meditation Beats Dance for Harmonizing Body And Mind
The body is a dancer’s instrument, but is it attuned to the mind? A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that professional ballet and modern dancers are not as emotionally in sync with their bodies as are people who regularly...
President of Togo Promises to Repatriate First Leader’s Remains for Reburial
The Togolese head of state Faure Gnassingbe has announced in his New Year message that the remains of President Sylvanus Olympio, Togo’s first president assassinated on 13 January 1963, will be repatriated to the country for reburial. “The government,...
Temporary Export Bar Placed on Welsh Landscape with Two Women Knitting, a Painting By William Dyce
U.K. Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by William Dyce, Welsh landscape with two women knitting. The Minister’s ruling follows a recommendation by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art...
