Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: ADHD: Meditation, not Medication

[Vaj]

On Oct 23, 2006, at 8:14 PM, Bhairitu wrote: sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: suziezuzie wrote: http://youtube.com/watch?v=3gT8wopZJNQ About any form of meditation will do that.  Shiva mantras are safer for  kids.  They should also look into the ayurvedic connection because they  are correcting a physical imbalance in the first place. Actually, NOT any form of meditation does that.Tibetan Nyingmapa and Kagyupa meditation  techniques have a radically different affect on subjects as measured EEG and brain imaging.  Restful alertness ala TM is quite different than whatever is happening during those  techniques. Also, thalamic activity during those techniques goes UP rather than down, as it  does during TM.  "About" was the operative word. What long-term differences might be found in ADHD patients who practice those techniques  as compared to TMers isn't known. The data on ADHD and TM are still being evaluated and I  haven't heard of any studies on the Buddhist techniques and ADHD.. I understand the data from the first few months has been submitted for publication while the  data from the followup study is being evaluated right now. What I'm thinking without bringing the doshas into balance after a while  the nervous system would just become somewhat immune to the meditation  and it wouldn't help as much. Basic attentional training's the "in" meditational thing in some circles. The meditation instructor for the Shamatha Project and U of CA Prof Alan Wallace just wrote a well-received work which nicely complements his other, rather detailed presentations of this style of praxis. http://www.amazon.com/Attention-Revolution-Unlocking-Power-Focused/dp/0861712765 __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___