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HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL & INSEAD:
The Harvard Business School and Europe’s leading business school, INSEAD, have concluded, from research, that “the two most effective business tools for twenty-first century executives are “meditation and intuition.” -
BUSINESS WEEK Magazine, Dr. Herbert Benson, Harvard Medical School:
We are at a time when companies lose $200 billion in absenteeism, low performance, tardiness, and workers’ compensation claims related to stress … if businesses were clever, what they would do is simply put time aside and have a quiet room for people to carry out a meditative behaviour of their choice -
THE WASHINGTON POST:
At the Tower Companies in Bethesda, after a majority of employees began meditating, the employees’ hospital admissions and physician visits dropped so much that the firm’s insurer, Great West Insurance, reduced the company’s premium by 5 percent and agreed to pay 80 percent of the meditation course costs -
MEDITATION:
Greatly reduces stress & anxiety, increases productivity and effectiveness, improves relationships, creates inner peace and enhances overall well-being -
Richard J. Davidson Ph.D., Harvard University
“It may be a period of time, but by 2050 I believe mental exercise will be understood as being as important as physical exercise.” - Richard J. Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison -
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, Harvard University, Yale & MIT:
Meditation reduces stress, increases clarity of thought and the tolerance for staying focused in difficult situations, and increases brain size
Workplace stress has now been recognized by Health Canada as a workforce management issue, and the WHO (World Health Organization) has currently identified workplace stress as a global epidemic. Meditation is a rapidly growing business trend in human resources programs across the country to help manage workplace stress and curtail its negative effects on health. At.. read more →
USA TODAY 7/10/2012 STORY: Meditation, prayer appeal to entrepreneurs All sorts of gizmos and gadgets can help you be more productive at work, and theories abound on how you should structure your days to get more done. But a new study finds that becoming more focused, productive and less stressed at work may involve nothing more than.. read more →
AMERICAN EXPRESS, Open Forum – Danielle Schlanger and Aimee Groth – August 7, 2012 Many successful executives swear by meditation for its proven physical and mental benefits. Ray Dalio, who manages the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, has built many of the principles of meditation into his firm’s culture, including the “belief that a.. read more →
The Gathering Wisdom 2.0: The premier event exploring living with mindfulness, wisdom and compassion in the technology age. START HERE: Watch 2012 Snapshot 2 Minute Video What is planned for 2013? Watch this 2 Minute Video Watch 2012 Highlights 5 Minute Speaker Video How do we live with greater presence, meaning, and mindfulness in the.. read more →
VIDEOS ABOUT MEDITATION
01 Sep 2012CHANGING YOUR LIFE THROUGH MEDITATIONA new report finds 40 percent of Americans turning to alternative treatments. 05/10/2011 Courtesy of... 
01 Sep 2012BRAIN IMAGING ILLUMINATES NEURO BASIS OF MEDITATION By CARRIE GANN (@carrie_gann) , ABC News Medical Unit Nov. 22, 2011 Sharon Salzberg said her ...