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Spiritual teacher Deepak Chopra says meditation made such a positive impact on his life that he hasn't missed a day in 40 years. Now, he's demystifying the commonly misunderstood practice.
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Meditation has never been so popular. But can it really make you smarter, happier and healthier? New research shows that it can affect the body as well as the mind, slow down the aging process, and even alter the structure of the brain.
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (1904 - 1971) a Japanese Zen priest belonging to the Soto lineage, came to San Francisco in 1959 at the age of 55. He was impressed by the seriousness and quality of "beginner's mind" among Americans he met who were interested in Zen and decided to settle here.
At Parsley Health, meditation is prescribed by your doctor the same way an antibiotic or an order for a blood draw would be. This makes us unique in the world of Western medicine-even radical.
Varun Soni, dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, explains the fourth largest religion in the world, Buddhism.
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