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About the Rushing to Yoga Foundation

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Science Behind Integrative Inquiry

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• Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation (Psychosomatic Medicine)
• Benefits of Meditation (study by MIT)
• Brain scans show meditation changes minds, increases attention, University of Wisconsin-Madison News
• Citations and abstracts for research on meditation
• E=mc2 and E=Love - published in Women.Com
• Investigating the impact of mindfulness meditation training
  on working memory: A mathematical modeling approach, (Marieke K. van Vugt & Amishi P. Jha)
• Minding the Mind: The Effects and Potential of a School-Based Programme for Mental Health Promotion, (Advances in School Mental Health Promotion: Volume 2, Issue 1: January 2009)
• Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks, Massachusetts General Hospital
• The Physics of Love
• Search Inside Yourself (course at Google)
• The Science Behind A Curriculum that Teaches Love - published in Women.Com
• Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling, J. David Creswell, Phd, Baldwin M. Way, Phd, Naomi I. Eisenberger, Phd, Aad Matthew D. Lieberman, Phd)
• Neuroscience of Integrative Inquiry
• Relax, You'll Be More Productive, Tony Swartz, published in the New York Times
• The Uncertain Science of Memory, Wan A. Hulaimi, published in New Straits Times
• Mindfulness Starts With the Body: A View from the Brain - TEDxCollegeHill - Catherine Kerr -
• A neural basis for benefits of meditation
• You're Distracted. This Professor Can Help., Marc Parry, published in The Chronicle
• Mindfulness Improves Reading Ability, Working Memory, and Task-Focus -News Release from University of California - Santa Barbara.
  

Integrative Inquiry in Higher Education

• Intro to Integrative Inquiry
• Integrative Inquiry Curriculum
• Testing the Efficacy of the Integrative Education Training Module
• The Value of a Higher Education Degree through Integrative Inquiry
• The Missing Piece that may be Causing the De-Valuing of Higher education
• Webinars from The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
• What do we know about Increasing Student Success?
  

Additional Research Articles of Interest

• Health Benefits of Reduced Stress - We share this article with you because it is a reminder that when our body is not stressed, it has more capacity to engulf bacteria without a fight.

Asana (yoga)

• Is Yoga a Religion? (video)
• Baptiste Power Yoga Institute - http://www.baronbaptiste.com/
• Core Power Yoga in San Diego  - www.corepoweryoga.com)
• Philip Urso’s Salt Pond Yoga Studio and ACIM podcasts  - www.saltpondyoga.com

Meditation

• Citations and abstracts for research on meditation (pdf)
• Guided Meditation - http://www.the-guided-meditation-site.com/
• Guided Mindful Meditation - Video - (Marilee Bresciani)
• Photos for Meditation - 1 2 3 4 5
• Guided Meditations - CALM Website, Computer Assisted Learning for the Mind
• Intro to Meditation - Presentation (Marilee Bresciani)
  
• Stuck in Meditation - An On-line Home for the Skeptic Meditator - Web site
• The Chopra Center's 21 Day Meditation Challenge - Free to Love (Day 1 meditation free to listen or download)
• Primordial Sound Meditation Workshop
• Mindfulness Starts With the Body: A View from the Brain - TEDxCollegeHill - Catherine Kerr -
• A neural basis for benefits of meditation
• What is Meditation and Why Should I Care? - Howard Thurman

Additional Research Articles of Interest

• Health Benefits of Reduced Stress - We share this article with you because it is a reminder that when our body is not stressed, it has more capacity to engulf bacteria without a fight. A new study suggests mindfulness training can help high-stressed U.S. military groups prepare for deployment to Iraq.
• Mindfulness Training Helpful for the Military A new study suggests mindfulness training can help high-stressed U.S. military groups prepare for deployment to Iraq.

Loving Kindness

• Loving Kindness Meditation Exercises from San Diego State University (part 1) (part 2)

Compassion

• Self Compassion: A Healthier Way of Relating to Yourself (website), Dr. Kristen Neff ,University of Texas at Austin
  • Self Compassion Part 1 (video)
  • Self Compassion Part 2 (video)
  • The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion,(Video) Dr. Kristen Neff ,University of Texas at Austin
  • Exercises to Increase Self-Compassion (Word Doc)

Quotes

• Quotations on Meditation, Mindfulness, Compassion, Kindness, & Integrative Self-Inquiry

Books

• A Course in Miracles (ACIM) (www.acim.org)
• Byron Katie’s books (www.thework.com/index.php)
• Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God books (www.nealedonaldwalsch.com)
• Louise Hay’s books (www.louisehay.com)
• Abraham Hicks’s teachings (www.abraham-hicks.com/lawofattractionsource/index.php)
• Marianne Williamson’s books (www.marianne.com)
• Deepak Chopra’s books (www.chopra.com)
• ThichNhatHanh’s books (http://www.plumvillage.org/)
• Dr. Chang Yi Hsiang (http://www.worldmedicineinstitute.com/)