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BALANCE & NAAM: The Science

Science is now supporting what mystics and masters have known for centuries. Check out these resources for a look at the interplay between logic and intuition; reason and faith; science and spirituality.

Balancing The Executive Life™ Recommends:

 

• Movies

• What the Bleep do we Know!?

• What the Bleep do we Know!?: Down the Rabbit Hole

 

• Books

• The Divine Doctor
     By Joseph Michael Levry (Gurunam)

• Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief
     By Andrew Newberg, Eugene D'Aquili, Vince Rause

 

• Articles (Google any of the following articles to learn more.)

• Naam Yoga and the Human Brain The Light of Insight
     Forum Members Newsletter, July 2007

• Just Say Om
     By Joel Stein, The Science of Meditation, TIME magazine cover story, August 4, 2003.

• "Improved sleep patterns were reported by 100% of study participants and 91% reduced or entirely eliminated use of sleeping medication."
     The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 100, pages 212-216, 1996.

• "Women dealing with infertility were found to have a 42% conception rate and lower levels of depression and anxiety."
     Journal of American Medical Women's Association, Volume 54, pages 196-198, 1999.

• "Long-term meditators had less than half the hospitalization levels of comparable groups. Meditators were shown to have 87% less hospitalization for heart disease, 55% less for cancer and 50% fewer doctor visits."
     Psychosomatic Medicine, 49: pages 493-507, 1987.

• "Cholesterol levels were shown to decrease significantly in meditators over eleven months."
     Journal of Human Stress, 5: pages 24-27, 1979.

• "Job performance and satisfaction increased and desire to change jobs decreased among meditators. Positive results were shown at all levels of the organization."
     Academy of Management Journal, 17: pages 362-368, 1974.

• "Meditators displayed significant improvements in relations with supervisors and co-workers. Although meditators reported less anxiety about promotion, their co-workers perceived them as moving ahead rapidly. Benefits were seen in all levels of the organization."
     Academy of Management Journal, 17: pages 362-368, 1974.

 

• People Who Can Tell You More

• Joseph Michael Levry - "Among the many physical benefits of Naam Yoga is its impact on the brain and endocrine system. Above all, Naam Yoga increases both serotonin and dopamine in the human brain..."

• Dr. Masaru Emoto - "Hado creates words. Words are the vibrations of nature. Therefore beautiful words create beautiful nature. Ugly words create ugly nature. This is the root of the universe."

• Andrew Newberg, MD - "... our model of brain activity during meditation indicates that there may be very demonstrable reasons why people who frequently practice meditation experience lower blood pressure, lower heart rates, decreased anxiety, and decreased depression."