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Music and Meditation (pdf)
Nancy Nachman-Hunt, Interim Editor

NEWS

Research Helps Meditation Go Mainstream as Coping Strategy for Recession Angst

RESEARCH

Creative Musical Expression as a Catalyst for Quality-of-life Improvement in Inner-city Adolescents Placed in a Court-referred Residential Treatment Program
Barry Bittman, MD; Larry Dickson, MA; Kim Coddington, PhD

Mindfulness Meditation Research: Issues of Participant Screening, Safety Procedures, and Researcher Training
M. Kathleen B. Lustyk, PhD; Neharika Chawla, MS; Roger S. Nolan, MA; G. Alan Marlatt, PhD

VOICES

The Brain and the Biology of Belief: An Interview with Andrew Newberg, MD
Nancy Nachman-Hunt, Interim Editor

BOOK REVIEW

EFT For PTSD, by Gary Craig
Reviewed by John Freedom

ABSTRACTS

CALENDAR

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About the cover
Open Heart Asana. from the installation, 6 Views: Nine Squares, Yantras and an AsanA. Ceramic Raku-fired stoneware, cobalt blue glass, slips, 13” x 13”, Mona Shiber.      
The mandala on the cover is one of 6 investigations through which gross, subtle, and causal levels interact. Blue glass illuminates the nadis, or snake-like river currents of energy, that run in and through this work. A yogi raises his arms to the solar (ha) and lunar (tha) forces within. His salutation is opening Anahata, his heart chakra. This is his hatha yoga asana or posture: to be open, trusting, and fluid regardless of unexpected greetings from opposing forces. My works are “mystic maps,” exploring yet not limited to the following: yoga, in its deeper spirit; creation mythologies; the evolution of human consciousness through the context of the kundalini-chakra system, along with present moment awareness and mind/body/spirit connectivity. To view more yoga-inspired art, please visit www.clearvisionstudio.com