by David McRae | Oct 17, 2014 | Meditation
Stress appears to be one of the epidemics of our age. Okay, I know it is not Ebola or AIDS but it does cause a huge amount of suffering, ill-health and loss of ability to function and be productive. It has appeared on the cover of Time magazine and is prominent in...
by David McRae | Oct 9, 2014 | Meditation
In classes I do spend a little time (very little) outlining “what is meditation”. And likewise, this wonderfully overused term, “mindfulness”. And the subject comes up when I am asked excellent questions like: “when I get really absorbed...
by David McRae | Sep 3, 2014 | Meditation
* WHO practises meditation (among people that are very well known to most of us)? * WHAT companies offer meditation classes to employees? By the first question I mean people often in the news; publicly well known people. I recently had occasion to scan news stories...
by David McRae | Aug 16, 2014 | Meditation
Can meditation be employed to reduce or manage pain? And from another angle: how can you continue meditation if pain intrudes upon your practice? As far back as the 1960s Dr Ainslie Meares in Melbourne described many case histories of great pain reduction using his...
by David McRae | Aug 12, 2014 | Meditation
TELOMERES is the scientific name for a part of the complex molecular structure that make up our chromosomes. We heard a lot about them at the presentation we organized with Dr Ian Gawler, in Coffs Harbour last month. Dr Gawler is known as an author on meditation,...
by David McRae | Jun 1, 2014 | Meditation
Since we are hosting an EVENING PRESENTATION with Dr IAN GAWLER on 15th July here in Coffs – part of his tour of NSW and QLD – here are a few words on Ian, his teaching and work. Dr Gawler is a prolific writer. From soon after his ‘remarkable’...
