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Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

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Lynch, David with David Stratton. 2015. David Lynch In Conversation | Presented by QAGOMA in association with QPAC. Brisbane, Australia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGd6lnYTTY8.

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Nitrozac and Snaggy. 2011. Geek Meditation Session. JoyofTech.com.

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Bellows, Matthew. 2014. [http://www.inc.com/matthew-bellows/a-passion-for-now-how-10-minutes-will-improve-your-work-and-your-life.html A Passion for Now: How 10 Minutes Will Improve Your Work and Your Life: It can be difficult to slow down and focus on the present moment, but more companies are making it a priority for their employees. Here's why you should too]. inc.com/matthew-bellows/a-passion-for-now-how-10-minutes-will-improve-your-work-and-your-life.html.

Chen, Adrian. 2011. Meditation 'Changes Brain Structure' In 8 weeks. gawker.com.

Cheyne, Peter. 2013. A Coleridgean Account of Meditative Experience. Vol.3, No.1 (January 2013):44-67. Journal of Philosophy of Life.

Dada, Kamil. 2010. Dalai Lama talks meditation with Stanford scientists. October 18. Stanford, CA: The Stanford Daily.

Davis, Jake H., and David R. Vago. 2013. [http://www.frontiersin.org/consciousness_research/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00870/full Can enlightenment be traced to specific neural correlates, cognition, or behavior? No, and (a qualified) Yes]. frontiersin.org/consciousness_research/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00870/full.

Ford, Sam. 2006. A Meditation on Mediation: A Close Reading of Olivier’s Cough. Cambridge, MA: MIT.

Free Guided Meditations. 2013. Free Guided Meditations. marc.ucla.edu.

Geirland, John. 2006. [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.02/dalai.html Buddha on the Brain: The hot new frontier of neuroscience: meditation! (Just ask the Dalai Lama)]. February. Wired Magazine.

George, Bill. 2012. Mindfulness Helps You Become a Better Leader. October 26. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review.

Ito, Joi. 2014. Gurus, goals and mindfulness. Mountain View, CA: linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140921190635-1391-gurus-goals-and-mindfulness.

Lazar, Sara. Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks. January 30. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.

Luce, Kristin. 2012. Skip Your Morning Meditation & Watch this Instead. April 22. Elephant Journal.

MacLeod, Scott. 2013. Developing a virtual Harbin, Oculus Rift digital immersive goggles, Claude Monet-informed style, into interactive, and also realistic, 3-D, immersive environments, Ethno-wiki-virtual-world-graphy too (for group building as in OpenSim and Second Life, etc.) ... See, too Virtual Worlds and Wearable Electronics at WUaS, E-Meditation. August 3. Canyon, CA: scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2013/08/chameleons-developing-virtual-harbin.html.

McGreevey, Sue. 2012. Meditation’s positive residual effects: Imaging finds different forms of meditation may affect brain structure. November 13. Cambridge, MA: HarvardScience.

Raes, Filip, James W. Griffith, Katleen Van der Gucht, J. Mark G. Williams. 2013. School-Based Prevention and Reduction of Depression in Adolescents: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness Group Program. March. link.springer.com.

rahulbrown. 2011. 5 Reasons Why Meditation Beats an iPhone. March 31. rahulbrown.wordpress.com.

Vago, David. 2015. Mapping modalities of self-awareness in mindfulness practice: a potential mechanism for clarifying habits of mind. (Issue: Advances in Meditation Research: Neuroscience and Clinical Applications). Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. ISSN 0077-8923 New York: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

Select Video and Audio
Baim, Peg. 2011. Relaxation Response Video Exercise: Meditate with Peg Baim, MS, NP. Cambridge, MA: BensonHenryInst.

Balanced View Trainers - Carie. 2010. Vantage of Joy: Carie - 1.06.10. (http://vimeo.com/11363618). greatfreedom.org.

Goenka, S.N. 2009. Introduction to Vipassana. youtube.com.

italobertolasi. 2012. Giselle free flow news.mpg. (Danza acquatica in meditazione). youtube.com.

Mullen, Jessica. 2015. Daily Meditation - Invite Fun Into Your Life. Austin, TX: plus.google.com/u/0/+JessicaMullen1111/posts/248EFQnZWGE.

Scult, Matthew. 2011. The Relaxation Response 1. Cambridge, MA: The Benson-Henry Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School.

Your brain on meditation: Practice makes perfect. 2013. Your brain on meditation: Practice makes perfect. New Haven, CT: Yale Campus Youtube channel.

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The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University. 2011. The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University. Stanford, CA: ccare.stanford.edu.

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