Becky Blab

Spatio-Temporal EEG Spectral Analysis of
Shambhavi Maha Mudra Practice in Isha Yoga
http://www.ishafoundation.org/news/happenings/Shambavi.pdf
Abstract: An effort was made to analyze the cerebral electrical activity of nine experienced Isha Yoga practitioners by means of EEG recordings. The EEG data was recorded before and after Shambhavi Maha Mudra practice in Isha Yoga, which is considered to be an antidote to [...]

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You can’t outsource joy, says Sadhguru
In the face of difficult situations and troubling conditions, what makes the difference is how a person is wired to respond, says Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, the no-nonsense spiritual guru who is scheduled to address the World Economic Forum at Davos for the fourth year running in January 2009.
“You can’t change [...]

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Some new research featured in the NYT on the gender gap contends counterintuitively that more traditional societies have smaller gender differences than modern ones.
For evolutionary psychologists, the bad news is that the size of the gender gap in personality varies among cultures. For social-role psychologists, the bad news is that the variation is going in [...]

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I just saw the Mira Nair film ‘Salaam Bombay!’ Though it was made twenty years ago, it is still a poignant reminder of the challenges facing India.

For the Hindi speakers, this shows three clips from the film:

Some of the film’s proceeds went towards the founding of the Salaam Baalak Trust, which has since has helped [...]

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The O-zone on Sunday covered the new trend among 20-30 something women, most of whom are still single, going all out for one-night stands and no strings attached.
Sexcapades of young women, their casual attitude towards flings and open declaration that sex is just a physical need like any other, lead one to wonder how this [...]

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