{"id":87279,"date":"2019-04-18T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T23:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=87279"},"modified":"2019-04-18T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T23:22:22","slug":"clinical-meditation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/04\/18\/clinical-meditation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>For<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>eword<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Ruwan M Jayatunge\u2019s Clinical Meditation is\na most ambitious project, providing a broad overview of meditative techniques\nwithout sacrificing in-depth analysis.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several challenges involved in\ndescribing the value of meditation in clinical practice.&nbsp; The practice of\nmeditation\u201d encompasses a large and varied field. Much of the published\nscientific literature is of borderline quality.&nbsp; Study designs often\nneglect the heterogeneity of techniques, and at times draw conclusions that are\nnot supported by data.&nbsp; Even a fundamental definition of the term can be\nelusive.&nbsp; Despite these difficulties Dr. Jayatunge has evaluated as\ncomprehensive a list of meditative traditions and techniques as one can expect\nto find.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Clinical-MeditationR.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87280\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Clinical Meditation identifies a wide\nvariety of practices, including a number of laboratory derived approaches, and\ndescribes the historical and cultural milieu from which they have arisen as\nwell as their current status.&nbsp; The work reflects an admirable job of\nreviewing the scientific literature ranging across physiological, psychological\nand therapeutic domains.&nbsp; Dr. Jayatunge then connects the dots regarding a\nhost of clinical conditions.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is suitable for a wide\naudience.&nbsp; Those new to the arena will almost certainly find a place to\nstart regardless of their area of interest.&nbsp; Experts in the scientific\nbases and clinical applications of meditation will find in-depth information, a\nwide spectrum of consideration, and literally hundreds of scientific\nreferences.&nbsp; Clinical Meditation offers a robust and welcome addition to\nthe field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brian Rees MD MPH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colonel (retired) US Army<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Executive Director, TM for Veterans&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director, Operation Warrior Wellness<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreword Ruwan M Jayatunge\u2019s Clinical Meditation is a most ambitious project, providing a broad overview of meditative techniques without sacrificing in-depth analysis.&nbsp; &nbsp; There are several challenges involved in describing the value of meditation in clinical practice.&nbsp; The practice of meditation\u201d encompasses a large and varied field. Much of the published scientific literature is of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-ruwan-m-jayatunge-m-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}