Mindfulness and Acem Meditation In mindfulness, focused attention directed toward the breath and other body sensations is the basic training for reducing stress, mind wandering and n
Personality development But the profound psychological changes it entails are not accomplished without resistance.Incremental changesFundamental personality changes can be ef
Groundbreaking research on meditation and the brain The “resting brain” is not idle. The resting brain simply activates other networks than it does when you concentrate or attend to an external task. Th
Meditation is in Vogue The Independent (October 24, 2004) asks Acem’s founder Dr. Are Holen how to meditate. “All you have to do is let things pass while repeating the [medi
Shall, shall not - Eline's tears, Johan's restlessness For others, it is not like that. Eline and Johan are two of them. They want to, but do not quite manage it.Eline is in her twenties. It is not long si
How do you relate to your spontaneous thoughts? Svend Davanger, MD, PhDProfessor of Neuroscience at the University of OsloMeditation Instructor in AcemPsychologists and brain scientists have recentl
Slimming with yoga? By Erik Ekker Solberg, PhD, cardiologist, specialist in sports medicineAccording to recent studies, yoga and meditation practices may help us to lose
Making the unconscious conscious A typical everyday meditation session is largely spent working through daily residues. In a half-hour meditation, the first twenty minutes or so of sp
How do you use your brain during meditation? Imagine yourself lying in the grass in the forest on a pleasant summer day. You feel the warm wind, the grass tickling your legs, you hear insects buz
A meditator's story From what I know now, I think several things in my life would have been easier – such as the time when I was preparing for my coastal pilot exam.But t