The Green Forest School of Meditation - Huntsville, Texas, USA

04/01/2023

🌲☀️💚 Setting a Positive Intention — Such a Gorgeous Day Today Here in the Forest!

03/04/2023

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02/26/2023

🙏🏼🌲💚 “How long do you need to meditate to see results for your body and brain? It can take as little as 10 minutes a day to rewire the brain. It’s true—Meditation can affect the brain and body in myriad ways, from reducing the risk for chronic diseases to lowering the risk for anxiety and depression. Maybe most notable in the age of burnout is Meditation’s impact on stress levels and its ability to reduce the fight or flight reaction, or the acute stress response that activates your sympathetic nervous system and can raise blood pressure. Being mindful through Meditation can reduce rumination on negative thoughts and help you stay in the present moment. This can alleviate that heightened stress response in everyday situations.”

—Fortune 2/11/2023

It can take as little as 10 minutes a day to rewire the brain.

02/20/2023

Suha J Qashu, from Amman, Jordan, (Hashemite Kingdom), and I first met in Austin about 9-years ago when she took Reiki I, II, and Reiki Master-III, and my Yoga Meditation classes at Reiki Institute of Austin, Anandamaya Institute, and the Gardens of the Ancients, Austin, TX. She studied Kundalini energy work in Pittsburg, PA. Suha is a Jordanian college trained, experienced Teacher, as well as a long-time Energy Healing Practitioner, and she recently moved to the US. She now lives in the Sam Houston National Forest and is a full-time Faculty training member at The Green Forest School of Meditation - Huntsville, Texas, USA

Check out Suha’s website: https://thehigheststar.com/

12/10/2022

💚🌲 Strength and Conditioning for the Mind: Meditation helps Wisconsin volleyball focus on NCAA tournament run — from “Milwaukee Journal Sentinel” Dec 8th 2022.

Chad McGehee, UW's Director of Meditation training, helps players keep their minds focused by integrating meditation into the team’s training.

11/13/2022

💚🌲🪴❄️ Holy Basil plants from India, as well as gifted Mallow, Spearmint, and other and herbs and plants from outside have been brought inside tonight before our first winter Forest freeze.

11/10/2022

🌲8-Week Program of Meditation “Just As Effective As Antidepressant” for Treating Anxiety, A New Study Finds —Georgetown University

— A new clinical trial from Georgetown University Medical Center found that an 8-week guided MBSR program was just as effective for reducing anxiety as escitalopram (brand name Lexapro) — a common antidepressant medication. (Medical News Today, November 9, 2022)

A first-of-its-kind study shows that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is "as effective" as the antidepressant escitalopram for reducing anxiety symptoms. The findings suggest that MBSR is a well-tolerated and effective treatment for anxiety disorders.

10/31/2022

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10/28/2022

🙏🏼💚 Recently received this news: “HUNTSVILLE October 27, 2022: We are happy to announce that “THE GREEN FOREST SCHOOL” has been selected as the Winner for the 2022 “BEST OF HUNTSVILLE AWARDS” in the category of “MEDITATION CENTER”. The purpose of the Huntsville Awards Program is to support and offer public recognition of the contributions of local organizations, in and around Huntsville, Texas. Congratulations!”

— A sincere Thank You to the Huntsville and surrounding communities for your gracious support.

10/16/2022

💚🌲 ॐ नमः शिवाय

10/15/2022

💚🌲 Meditation, Qi Gong & Yoga: “Yoga, Other Mindfulness Practices Improve Blood Sugar in Type 2 Diabetes” — Patients with type 2 diabetes achieve much better control of their blood sugar if they participate in mind-and-body-practices such as yoga, a new study shows.
While past research has been done specifically for yoga, this study, published online recently in the Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine, also looked at the benefits of other mind-and-body practices for these patients, including qi gong and meditation.
The study is "the first to show that there is a very consistent effect [on hemoglobin A1c, a marker of diabetes] regardless of which modality you use,” says one of the researchers, Richard Watanabe, PhD.” —Web MD (10-14-2022)

Patients with type 2 diabetes had better blood sugar control when they participated in mind-body-based practices such as yoga.

10/09/2022

☀️ 🌲 I love the cool vibe sunshine coming through the front window. ॐ नमः शिवाय