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Spiritual benefits
of meditation
For millennia,meditation has beenan exclusivelyspiritual
practice forserious seekers. Byquieting the mind
and deeply relaxingthe body, the meditator experiencesdeep
states of inner peace, andultimately, higher states ofawareness.
There are many subtlebenefits of practicing meditationgreater
intuition, compassion,awareness, focus, among othersbutthey are
ancillary. Ultimately,meditation is the practice of mysticsseeking
union with God.
Meditation has been found to
have health benefits proven byscience
Significant benefits have been foundfor many health conditions,
includingheart disease, cholesterol, high bloodpressure, insomnia,
chronic pain,cancer, and immunity. Becausemeditation is a low-cost
interventionwith no side-effects, it shows promisefor relief of a
wide range of societaland health problems.
Meditation Has Been Proven to Have Health Benefits!
Counseling is offered for:
Gambling Addiction
Compulsive Spending/
Shopping
Relationship Problems
Grief and Loss
Depression and/or Anxiety
Presentations are offered:
Free presentations about
Gambling Addiction
In this issue: Meditation
has been proven to have
health benefits!
Meditation has been
proven to have
health benefits!
Join us for a group
on meditation!
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Treatment at a
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Outreach program
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Gambling and grief digest
Meditation lowers blood pressure to levelscomparable to
prescription drugs for thosewho are normal to
moderatelyhypertensive.
Meditation has endorsed by the NIH aseffective for the relief of
chronic pain.Chronic pain sufferers experience areduction in
symptoms of 50% or more.
75% of long-term insomniacs who havebeen trained in relaxation,
meditation, andsimple lifestyle changes can fall asleepwithin 20
minutes of going to bed.
Meditation reduces blood sugar levels indiabetics.
Meditation appears to slow aging. Thosemeditating five years or
more were 12years younger than their chronologicalage.
Information for this article came from:
http://www.anandapaloalto.org/joy/
BenefitsOfMeditation.htmlPlease check out this website for
citationsand more information on this topic!
Peace and Power Counseling
provides no charge gambling
evaluations and low cost
gambling treatment.
Family members or concerned others of gamblers receive no
charge
sessions as long as their gambler is receiving services at Peace
and
Power Counseling LLC. If the gambler is not receiving services
the
family member or concerned other of a gambler will be able
to
receive services at a significantly reduced rate.
If your stress is related to a spending problem, grief and loss,
or a
relationship problem we can also help. We take insurance and
private pay for these services.
Our goal is to help you feel better!
Come learn how to meditate with us
Amy McCae, a wellness and lifestyle coach atCreative Wellness
will be at Peace and PowerCounseling on September 16 from 7:00PM
to8:00PM teaching us how to meditate. Please
join us for this potentially life changing event!
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E-mail: [email protected]
Peace and Power Counseling LLC
Gambling and Grief Digest: We are here to help you feel
better!
Grief is the normal and naturalreaction to loss.Whether your
loss is from:
Death of a loved one Divorce or
end of a relationship Loss ofcareer Loss of a substance/gambling
dependency Loss oftrust Loss of dreams Loss ofsecurity Loss of
health
Grief will continue to affect our livesand the lives of those
around usadversely whenwe are forced to accept the many
MYTHS ABOUT GRIEF:
Time heals all wounds, Replace theloss, Grieve alone, Be strong
forothers, Bury your feelings
The Outreach program will guidethose who wish to resolve their
lossissues and move beyond their griefto a richer quality of life.
As a resultof participating in this program yourlife may become
more enriched,
Outreach Program
Dont grieve alone,
ask for the help you deserve!
more alive and more fulfilled than everbefore. This 10-week
program will beconducted by Gina Fricke, LCSW,CCGC, NCGC II.
THIS PROGRAM WILL START ONNOVEMBER 2 AND WILL BE HELDFROM 7:00PM
TO 8:30PM FOR 11
WEEKS ON TUESDAYS.
THE COST OF THIS GROUP IS FREE
WILL DONATION.
This group will be located at Sump
Memorial Library in Papillion:
Sump Memorial Library
222 North Jefferson Street
Papillion, NE 68046
For further information please call:
Gina Fricke at 402-515-7412
The program is affiliated with and endorsedby The Grief Recovery
Institute.
This format has been developed by RussellP. Friedman, Executive
Director,
and John W. James, Founder of the Grief
Recovery Institute, and authors of TheGrief Recovery HandbookThe
ActionProgram for Moving Beyond Death, Divorceand Other Losses.
