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Larger whole brain grey matter associated with long-term Sahaja Yoga Meditation: A detailed area by area comparison 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Hernández, S. E., Dorta, R., Suero, J., Barros-Loscertales, A., González-Mora, J. L., & Rubia, K
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Public Library of Science
  • 출판년도2020
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기PLoS One
  • 발행사항15(12), e0237552.
  • ISBN/ISSN1932-6203
  • 소개/요약Meditation is a general term that includes a large variety of practices that mainly focus on the inner observation of the body and the mind. The western goal of most meditation techniques is to achieve an improved control of attention and emotions in order to live a more balanced, stress-free and healthier life. On the other hand, yoga includes many different techniques among which meditation (dhayana in classical yoga) has a main role. If we travel back to the origins of yoga, the first known treaty “The yoga sutras of Patanjali” mentions that “Yoga is the suppression of the modifications of the mind” [1, 2]. In ancient yoga, a higher state of consciousness called Nirvichara Samadhi was described, in today’s words Nirvichara could be translated as “mental silence” or “thoughtless awareness”. In this state, the mind has none thoughts and there is inner calm in a state of inner pure joy and the attention is focused on each present Meditation is a general term that includes a large variety of practices that mainly focus on the inner observation of the body and the mind. The western goal of most meditation techniques is to achieve an improved control of attention and emotions in order to live a more balanced, stress-free and healthier life. On the other hand, yoga includes many different techniques among which meditation (dhayana in classical yoga) has a main role. If we travel back to the origins of yoga, the first known treaty “The yoga sutras of Patanjali” mentions that “Yoga is the suppression of the modifications of the mind” [1, 2]. In ancient yoga, a higher state of consciousness called Nirvichara Samadhi was described, in today’s words Nirvichara could be translated as “mental silence” or “thoughtless awareness”. In this state, the mind has none thoughts and there is inner calm in a state of inner pure joy and the attention is focused on each present moment. Sahaja Yoga Meditation (SYM) shares the goals of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras to achieve the state of Nirvichara or mental silence.