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downloads and links
| A
Song for Stress at Work Listen Here (requires Window Media Player - download player) |
| "The
Inside-Out Leader" from the Oct/Nov'06 issue of Shambhala Sun magazine. Click here to subscribe |
| Spirituality at work - 4 approaches |
| The National Institute of Health and studies in Mindfulness |
| Harvard Law School and Mindfulness |
| Working with teenage stress |
| Meditation and general health |
| The
Color of Happiness What can neuroscientists learn from Buddhists? Owen Flanagan, professor of philosophy at Duke University, looks at the remarkable effects of meditation on the brain |
| University
of Rochester professors study benefits of mindfulness By Matthew Daneman, Democrat and Chronicle, April 22, 2003 |
| A look
at the science behind meditation By Judy Foreman, Boston Globe Staff, April 22, 2003 |
| The Problems
of Passionate Chess Helping business strategists change the rules of the game through applied mindfulness By Donald McGowan Won Institute of Graduate Studies |
| How
George Soros Knows What He Knows By Flavia Cymbalista, Ph.D. - with Desmond MacRae |
| The
Monk in the Lab By Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama |
| Left
behind Psychologists say increased workloads and insecurity put stress on job-cut survivors Julie N. Lynem, Chronicle Staff Writer |
| Is Buddhism
Good for Your Health? The neuroscientific study of Buddhist practices has crossed a threshold of acceptability as a topic worthy of scientific attention. Part of the reason for this lies in new, more powerful brain-scanning technologies that not only can reveal a mind in the midst of meditation but also can detect enduring changes in brain activity months after a prolonged course of meditation By Stephen S. Hall, New York Times, September 14, 2003 |
| A
Professor Takes Aim at Corrosive Silence When people raise concerns, voice criticisms and express differences, be it in bedrooms or boardrooms, spats don't escalate to wars, defective products are not released and bosses do not fire employees for problems they might have corrected. But when people stifle themselves, marriages can head to divorce, products to the clearance shelves and companies to bankruptcy court. By Claudia H. Deutsch, New York Times, August 3, 2003 |
| Addicted
to Work? Sure, Isn't Everyone? Bureau of Labor Statistics says Americans work 49 hours a week, on average 350 hours a year more than most Europeans do. A recent survey by the online travel company Expedia.com found that about 12 percent of American workers took no vacation because they were too busy working. By Abby Ellin, New York Times, August 18, 2003 |
| The Buddha
on Work 2500 year old advice from the Majjhima Nikaya Sutra |
| Just Say Om Scientists study it. Doctors recommend it. Millions of Americanism of whom don't even own crystallographic it every day. Why? Because meditation works By Joel Stein, Time Magazine, July 27, 2003 |
| Please Be
Kinder While Trading Justice George Newman said in a July 31 ruling that Lee Amaitis, chief executive of Cantor's international arm, was a "dictatorial manager and executive." Mr. Amaitis "issues staccato instructions, raises his voice, shouts, expects instant responses and is quick to criticize," the ruling continued, adding that he "regularly employs strong, foul language and swear words, and expressions containing expletives." By Heather Timmons, New York Times, August 4, 2003 |
| Speak, O Muse,
of Strategic Synergy Words are social constructions. So are companies. Defining the former helps shape the latter. The terminology may be foreign to outsiders, but it is lingua franca to insiders the codes and symbols that allow colleagues to live together well. By Randall Rothenberg, New York Times, August 13, 2003 |
| Zen and the Art
of Corporate Productivity More companies are battling employee stress with meditation. Increasingly, the overstretched and overburdened have a new answer to work lives of gunning harder for what seems like less and less: Don't just do something -- sit there. Companies increasingly are falling for the allure of meditation, too, offering free, on-site classes. By Mara Der Hovanesian, Business Week, July 24, 2003 |