The Integrating Awareness Meditation (IAM) course is typically done in stages, so that you get to practise for a while and absorb what you have learned, before you go on to the next, deeper stage.
This page holds information about the next scheduled 4-hour Traditional Mindfulness Meditation course (IAM – Stage 1).
Newsletter issue, 3 July 2016; Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation practice in relation to peak performance, relationship quality, physical health, emotional reactivity, and mental health.
Read more...A large research project at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, which analysed 47 randomized controlled trials with a total of more than 3,500 participants, found that practising mindfulness meditation for half an hour a day can improve depression with 10-20%, and anxiety with 5-10%. This is similar to what previous studies have found to be the effect of anti-depressant medications.
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