Medical benefits

[Lobster]

The BBC does a mainstream report on the medical benefits of vipassana 'insight' meditation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16406814

The health benefits: stress reduction and concentration are certainly there.

What are your insights?

[Spiny le Norman]

The BBC does a mainstream report on the medical benefits of vipassana 'insight' meditation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16406814

The health benefits: stress reduction and concentration are certainly there.

What are your insights?

It certainly does seem that calming the mind through meditation is beneficial to mental health.  Though from experience I've found that the benefits of meditation soon wear off once you stop - maybe like doing physical exercise regularly and then stopping?

Spiny

[Hanzze]

As Spiny told, as long as the root is not extinguished it will be "just" a passing treatment. *smile* But trial lessons and the experiences from it may support the confidence if suffering increases again.
As long as there is enough time, it might be no problem to take the whole thing later.

[Lobster]

If we stop practicing mindfulness
we stop being mindful?
http://alohadharma.wordpress.com/how-to-meditate/

So that must be karma . . . 

[dhammaseeker51]

And yet another benefit of meditation...

Had really bad hiccups all afternoon, sat on the cushion after dinner (still with hiccups) as soon as my bum touched the cushion the hiccups was gone, as if by magic.
If I was a Christian I'd still be hiccupping!   

with Metta