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How Can Meditation Improve Heart Rate Variability?
By “Jackie Writing Jackie”
The focal point of Shambhala – the idea that all human beings have a fundamentally good nature – can play an important role in the way human beings live, eat, breathe and meditate, enabling them to improve their heart rate variability. As stated by academics at the Mayo Clinic, heart rate variability is an important measure of a person’s heart and overall health. When individuals are stressed, their heart rate goes up, but their heart rate variability (HRV) goes down. Through the powerful practice of meditation, an important component of the Shambhala life, HRV can be improved, and one’s resilience to stress can be strengthened.
What Is HRV And Why Is It Vital To Heart And General Health?
HRV is essentially a measure of the time between heart beats. When the mind and body are calm and focused, the heart is ready to respond to life’s demands. Therefore, the space between heartbeats varies every so slightly in accordance with one’s needs. When you become stressed, HRV suffers, and this in itself is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease when it goes unmanaged. Tracking HRV provides information on stress and heart health. This check can be easily done with a smartphone. There are many apps that let users know whether or not their HRV is on point.
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Meditation and Corporate Socially Responsible Behavior – HIGHLIGHT
Could there be a link between meditation practices and shifting corporate concerns to align with the greater good? Can coaching based on introspection and meditation programs in the business world impact the probability to act in a socially responsible way? Many popular books and scholarly articles have discussed ... continuePosted August 6, 2019 by alexvangils
Coming Home to Yourself – HIGHLIGHT
From www.thepresencepoint.com By Sarah Lipton We already have what we need. We are who we have always been. When we gaze out at the horizon, if we know how to look, we see our own mind mirrored back. It is time, I believe, to look to our roots. So how ... continuePosted July 29, 2019 by alexvangils
Right Speech for Burma – HIGHLIGHT
By Larry Steele “The Buddha guided us with many discourses concerning Right Speech. If we want to make good use of our speech, then we need to carefully consider whether our ways of speaking follow the Buddha as he directed.” The Venerable Ashin Issariya repeats this basic Dharma ... continuePosted June 11, 2019 by alexvangils
“Art Happens”: The Parting Un-Vow
Eileen Malloy, who works at a Shambhala Center, writes: “Feeling my reaction to people donating their Shambhala belongings, I wrote this un vow.” Level 5 Shambhala Training Pin Inimitable Shambhala. Say everything you ever wanted to say to anyone, But couldn’t because you were in polite society. Relinquish your pins. Release ... continuePosted June 3, 2019 by Jennifer Holder
Dinner with Friends and a Strawberry Pie – HIGHLIGHT
This Shambhala Day I lived out the mindfulness story, the very famous one about the cliff and the strawberry. A man is hiking and falls near the edge of a cliff. He is about to tumble to the ledge below where he sees a tiger waiting with ... continuePosted May 5, 2019 by alexvangils
Touching the Earth: Earth Day 2019 – HIGHLIGHT
This year, Earth Day carried spiritual undertones. It fell on a Monday following two religious holidays: the Jewish Passover on Saturday and Easter on Sunday. A collective force has been gathering and gathering, and the cry is one that is starting to feel oceanic—these salty tears, this salty ocean. The rivers ... continuePosted April 29, 2019 by alexvangils
Boulder Shambhala Center to Host Conference on the Humanitarian Crisis in Myanmar – HIGHLIGHT
By Melanie Klein I remember the heartsick feeling that arose after hearing that a faction of monks, Buddhist monks, supported violence against a minority population in Myanmar. Voices of Courage at Naropa University and the Boulder Shambhala Center. This faction, known as Ma Ba Tha (the Burmese acronym for ... continuePosted April 15, 2019 by alexvangils
“Old News”: Controversy Rocks Dorje Dzong, by a Stiff Raporter
April/May 1989 On March 15 a startling void was discovered in the basement hallway of Dorje Dzong in Boulder. The coin-operated soda-pop vending machines, which had stood for what seemed like kalpas outside the basement shrine room, had been moved. Only the carpet stains remained to indicate ... continuePosted March 25, 2019 by Jennifer Holder
The “Old News Is Good News” Feature – HIGHLIGHT
This article announces the new column “Old News is Good News!” You can read the first installment here. Perhaps we can evoke our history to support our present through a new Shambhala Times feature titled “Old News Is Good News.” Since 2010, I have been hauling three sake ... continuePosted March 25, 2019 by Jennifer Holder
Carta de Lady Diana Mukpo
Queridos miembros de la Comunidad Shambhala: Les escribo con un corazón apesadumbrado. Este es un momento increíblemente doloroso para todos nosotros. Sin embargo, de muchas maneras, siento que la situación en la que nos encontramos como comunidad era inevitable. La profunda disfunción y la falta de amabilidad ... continuePosted February 22, 2019 by luz_rodriguez
Letter from Lady Diana Mukpo – HIGHLIGHT
Dear Members of the Shambhala Community, I write to you today with a very heavy heart. This is an incredibly painful time for all of us. However, in many ways, I feel that the situation we find ourselves in as a community was inevitable. The deep dysfunction ... continuePosted February 19, 2019 by Ashley_Dinges
Tocar la tierra, chispear tristeza y alegría
Ayer… “El medio oeste de EE. UU. pasa por un frio polar mientras que Australia se quema, bienvenidos a la era de la meteorología extrema”. Ese foto de Irene Woodard fue el titular de primera página en la versión digital del New York Times hace unos días. Al lado ... continuePosted February 14, 2019 by luz_rodriguez
Touching the Earth, Sparking Sadness and Joy – HIGHLIGHT
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Kyudo is Not a Shambhala Art – HIGHLIGHT
Sensei illustrates the position of the arms in kyudo: a circle, meaning “peace.” article by Carolyn Kanjuro photos courtesy of Sue Kranzdorf Kyudo, “standing meditation” engaging the warrior’s implements of bow and arrow, has been considered the highest form of samurai training for hundreds of years in Japan. Deeply ... continuePosted December 25, 2018 by alexandra_kalinine
How Should a Buddhist Respond to “Merry Christmas”? – HIGHLIGHT
article by Chris Montone, Washington, D.C. For those of us who have formally taken refuge and changed our religious affiliation to Buddhism, the end of the year holiday season can pose some interesting challenges — one of which being, what to say in response to the myriad ... continuePosted December 23, 2018 by alexandra_kalinine
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