Steve Jobs funeral gift.... At his funeral in October 2011, the friends and family of Jobs received a parting gift: A wooden box containing a copy of Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramhansa Yoganandas spiritual memoir, which is a story of awakening and self-realization through a daily practice of M&M. Numerous research studies have shown that a regular meditation practice will reduce your cortisol level, blood pressure, and levels of anxiety as well as increasing your immune response, resilience and ability to focus. The word noise is derived from the Latin word nausea. The ability to switch off from the noise and stay in your own loop not only boosts creativity and productivity but also has significant health benefits. Whilst researching the relaxation effect of different types of music, the cardiologist Professor Luciano Bernardi, discovered that the silence between tracks proved to be more relaxing than the music. Last year, research by Dr. Imke Kirste of Duke University, showed that periods of daily silence prompted cell development in the hippocampus, the brain region related to the formation of memory. Increasingly, silence is a resource which people are prepared to pay for, with sales of noise cancelling headphones, meditation retreats, and wilderness holidays at an all time high. The practice of mindfulness and meditation (M&M), which for so long has been viewed by the mainstream as the domain of tree huggers, is now sweeping through Silicon Valley and has become the pastime of the business elite. Notable M&M practitioners include: Jeff Weiner - CEO, LinkedIn Eric Schmidt - Chairman, Google, where they have Mindful Lunches Ray Dalio - CEO, Bridgewater Associates (the worlds largest hedge fund) And the late Steve Jobs
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:48:06 +0000
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