Sahaja Yoga
Sahaja Yoga offers meditation programs based on the teachings of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi free of charge. Meditation programs include stress awareness and management techniques based on our subtle system. Participants are taught and supported free of charge as long as they wish to stay involved. SY Meditation benefits have been studied by health researchers and published in respected scientific journals. Areas studied include stress, ADHD in children, Epilepsy and Diabetes.
Sahaja Yoga Benefits
Sahaja Yoga Meditation is a relaxation exercise at its outset. It helps to stabilise the attention. Volunteers are familiar with tradional means to solve individual stress related issues. Shri Mataji has extensively proven the effectiveness of Sahaja Yoga meditation in resolving substance abuse problems.
Sahaja Yoga Applications
H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, the founder of Sahaja Yoga form of meditation, has been tirelessly carrying on this daunting task of reforming human lives for past 35 years, all around the world. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi discovered Sahaja Yoga Meditation in 1970 and has since received international acclaim, congressional recognition, and a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for her work. While created to evolve subtle awareness, Sahaja Yoga has been found remarkably effective in alleviating stress-related problems, self-destructive habits, and illnesses including depression.
New research has also found Sahaja Yoga effective in treating asthma(1,2) and epilepsy(3,4). But the piece of research most relevant to meditation in schools is the beneficial effect on school children suffering from ADHD(5). The National Institute of Health, the government body responsible for the creation of our national health care policy, has sponsored a session on Sahaja Yoga meditation featuring H. H. Shri Mataji(6). The Clinical Center for Staff at NIH conducted regular Sahaja Yoga meditation sessions for its patients5. From community centers, to corporations, libraries to the United Nations and the World Bank, Sahaja Yoga is practiced in 90 countries and is offered, without charge “everywhere” as a calming, integrating force, custom-made for today’s tension filled world.
References
1. Manocha, R. “Sahaja yoga in asthma”, Thorax 2003;58:825-826. URL: http://thorax.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/58/9/825-a
2. Manocha R, Marks GB, Kenchington P, Peters D, Salome CM. “Sahaja yoga in the management of moderate to severe asthma: a randomized controlled trial.”, Thorax. 2003 Sep;58(9):825-6.
3. Ramaratnam S, Sridharan K. “Yoga for epilepsy”, Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000;(3):CD001524.
4. Panjwani U, Selvamurthy W, Singh SH, Gupta HL, Mukhopadhyay S, Thakur L. ?Effect of Sahaja yoga meditation on auditory evoked potentials (AEP) and visual contrast sensitivity (VCS) in epileptics., Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2000 Mar;25(1):1-12.
5. Harrison et al. “Sahaja Yoga Meditation as a Family Treatment Programme for Children with ADHD” Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.2004; 9: 479-497
6. News Brief: “Session on Yoga Meditation Offered”, NIH Record. June 13, 2000 Vol. LII, No. 12.