| Series |
Alternative Therapies: A Scientific Exploration
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| Contents |
Kathmandu: Center of Meditation (4:35) -- Meditation Techniques (4:21) -- Benefits of Meditation (1:31) -- Meditation: Mind/Body Connection (5:13) -- Stress and Relaxation: Effects on Health (4:41) -- Meditation: Search for Proof of Links with Health (3:41) -- Transcendental Meditation (TM) and Family Harmony (4:29) -- Meditation-Related Phenomena (2:52) -- Health Benefits of Transcendental Meditation (TM) (2:59) -- Scientific Review of Meditation Research (4:03) -- Meditation for Clinical Depression (3:04) -- Meditation and Emotional Well Being (3:11) -- Meditation and Alteration of the Brain (4:29) -- Skill Practice and Physical Brain Changes (2:03) -- Meditation and Brain Changes (5:06) |
| Abstract |
What takes place in the brain and body during meditation? Can science shed any light on what is essentially a spiritual practice? This program pursues that possibility, examining the effects of meditation on the human mind, nervous system, and anatomy. Accompanied by physicist and science education expert Dr. Kathy Sykes, viewers meet practitioners and medical researchers who have developed theories and insights into meditation-related phenomena. Cardiologists and palliative caregivers who use meditation to treat angina, multiple sclerosis, and insomnia explain their findings. Renowned psychologist Paul Ekman provides commentary, while patients who use meditation to relieve clinical conditions recount their experiences. |
| Local note | Joyner - Purchased separately from the Films on Demand collection |
| General note | Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Sept. 12, 2008. |
| General note | Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. |
| Access restriction | Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |
| Interest grade level |
12 & up. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Technical details | System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Language | Closed-captioned. |
| Source of description | Title from distributor's description. |
| Issued in other form | Originally produced: Open University, 2008 9781604674804 |
| Genre/form | Educational films. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Videorecording. |
| Other title |
Alternative therapies (Television program) |
| Publisher number | 39573s Films Media Group |
| Publisher number | 39576 Films Media Group |
