| Meditation Is Not Just for Hippies 24 days ago by admin When most people hear talk of meditation, they envision pot-smoking hippies with long dreadlocks, chanting Buddhists with saffron robes, or soul-searching New Agers with muddle-headed notions about reality. Anyone who wishes to promote the therapeutic and scientific benefits of regular meditation se ... Information for life! - kvao.com | | The Relaxation Response, Your Genes and Oxytocin 139 days ago by Susan Kuchinskas New research shows that activities like meditation or prayer that produce a relaxation response in the body actually change the function of our genes. Herbert Benson and his team looked at long-term practitioners of deep breathing, meditation and prayer, and compared the patterns of gene expression ... | |