(Anmol: Here is a great article on managing stress at work by guest author Tom Von Deck.  Tom is a widely respected meditation teacher who also practices Kriya Yoga, Reiki, ThetaHealing, Qigong and more.  He is know for his expertise in workplace meditation training and is the author of Oceanic Mind.  You can find more of his teachings and programs at http://www.deepermeditation.net/.

If you would like to be a guest author on Master of Meditation and Yoga, please email me at anmol@anmolmehta.com).

Meditation to Manage Stress at the Workplace

By Tom Von Deck

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Anger Management Technique

How to Be Free from Anger

There are some excellent techniques in yoga and ayurveda to help you deal with anger issues and help you free yourself from anger.  Anger, as I have mentioned previously, is simply energy and many of the problems that anger leads to is due to the storm of powerful egocentric and aggressive thoughts that arise as a result of it.  For long term peace and tranquility there is nothing better that meditation for dealing with anger.  Techniques such as Zen Meditation Technique, So Hum Mantra Meditation or Smiling Buddha Meditation for Happiness are great for this.  But, a more active and immediate method for dissipating anger and finding the calm within comes from the school Kundalini Yoga.

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Laughter Yoga Rocks

Health Benefits of Laughter Yoga

My 2 little boys, and all the other children in the family have a favorite uncle who is a yoga master, but not a yoga master in the traditional sense of the word.  You see this uncle is a master of Laughter Yoga, so you can just imagine the fun the kids have when he comes visiting.  Forget the kids, we all dearly Laughter Uncle, as his presence means it’s time to loosen up, open up, lighten up and see just how loud and free you can laugh.  Oh yes, by the way, he does have a name besides Laughter Uncle and that is Arya Pathria.

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Simple Yogic Breath

Basic Yoga Breathing Technique

Free Online Video of Simple Yogic Breathing

(Coming Soon)

I was just updating the ongoing Free Online Yoga Breathing Exercises E-book, with the recent Seetkari Yoga Pranayama article, when I realized I had not yet published the most fundamental and basic Yoga Breathing Technique - The Yogic Breath or Simple Yoga Breathing .  The online pranayama (yoga breathing exercises) e-book has some excellent techniques of course, such as Kapalbhati Yoga Pranayama, Kundalini Yoga Breath of Fire, Alternate Nostril Yoga Breathing, but it does not have the Simple Yogic Breath, which is a must.  So today I am going to detail this breathing technique, which is in and of itself capable of transforming your entire physical, mental and emotional state.

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Chair Yoga

Clever Yoga Tips Series

As you can see from the popular series, Clever Yoga Tips for Busy People, yoga can be done while walking, driving and even taking a shower, and yes, there is also something called Chair Yoga, which you can do while sitting comfortably in your office or cubical as well .  The credit for the inspiration for this article goes to my cousin and close buddy Ashim.  He emailed me this morning and said he was enjoying Chair Yoga using the pranayama techniques taught in the Free Online Yoga Breathing Exercises Video series.  This is really a great way to incorporate some excellent breathing techniques into your busy life, and in this article I will give you a nice condensed set of pranayamas to get you started with your own Chair Yoga program.

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Meditations for Healing

Meditation for Health

In part 1 of this series on Meditations for Healing I compiled a big list of the health benefits of meditation as proven by recent scientific research.  This list, although not comprehensive, should be ample fuel to motivate and inspire you to start using meditation as a serious tool for optimizing your health and supplementing any treatment plan.  In this final part of the series, I am going to point out some of the wonderful meditations that are freely available on the website already, which are highly reputed for their curing and healing powers. 

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How to Get More Energy

Increase Body Energy

Finally, everything comes down to energy, and you will find it necessary to increase the level of your body energy not just for living well, but also for success in real meditation.  The question which then follows, is what can you do in order to increase your energy levels and build them up to your maximum human capacity?  That will be the topic for this article.  Here I will discuss 5 non conventional ways to help your body have more energy, so that you can live and meditate at a higher and deeper level.

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Signs of Not Meditating

Many popular articles on Mastery of Meditation expound on the benefits of meditation, such as Top 10 Benefits of Meditation and 10 Amazing Benefits of Meditation for Students and Young People, but today I want to present you with another view of meditation.  I want to explore the dangers of not meditating.  I want to discuss what happens when you don’t meditate and what are the signs that are yelling at you to start meditating immediately.

5 Dangers of Not Meditating:

1. Anger:

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Stress and Anxiety Disorders

Treatments for Stress and Anxiety

Looking to reduce stress and treat your anxiety disorder?  Well you could not have come to a better place for doing just that .   A large study just completed at the University of West Virginia concluded that one of the best treatment for treating stress and anxiety is the combination of meditation, yoga and breathing exercises!  They might as well have just said, that the best treatment for stress and anxiety is to regularly visit Mastery of Meditation & Yoga and practice the free techniques that are available there .

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