Meditation, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is to think deeply or focus one's mind for a period of time, in silence or with the aid of chanting, for religious or spiritual purposes or as a method of relaxation.

Brenda Murphy is the owner of Interior Consciousness, a business that focuses on teaching and educating people about meditation and mindfulness. Launched this past March, Interior Consciousness aims to help those interested in meditation to achieve their wellness goals and assist in co-creating their lives.

By calming the mind, meditation and the practice of mindfulness allows for us to become more thoughtful and responsive instead of reactive human beings, Murphy said. Mindfulness is present moment awareness without judgment.

Murphys interest and practice of meditation began when she was a teenage athlete where she would meditate and do some yoga before and after each workout session. This ritual stuck with her throughout university and adolescence, as she became a wife, a mother and a business professional. Her practice deepened a few years ago after being involved in a propane explosion, which she describes on her website as devastating.

My injuries matched those of our home: shell intact, but the inside destroyed, Murphy writes. My life as I knew it was gone and I was required to build and heal both the physical home and the spiritual home.

With the damage her home received and sustaining injuries to her brain, lungs, ears, sinuses and central nervous system, Murphy was left with not only pain and ruin but Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as well.

Depression, crippling anxiety, anger and hopelessness were my new unwanted friends and I joined the club of walking wounded, Murphy writes. I decided to give myself permission to heal in a way that spoke to me. That is not to say that the ailments suddenly disappeared, although some have; it means that with my meditation and mindfulness practice, I no longer suffer. Today I am living a life of joy, peace and vitality.

It was with this new outlook that she chose to rise above and made the decision to share her experience and knowledge with the community in the form of Interior Consciousness. She is a dedicated to the practice of meditation and yoga, receiving her certification in January of this year through the McLean Meditation Institute in Sedona, AZ.

After practicing meditation and yoga for 35 years, I feel that with my certification I finally have the knowledge to compliment my personal experience, Murphy said. I wanted to share my experience and knowledge with our community.

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Vipassana is an ancient meditation technique of India which was also practiced and preached by Lord Gautam Buddha.

Teachers and students in government schools in the city will soon have the option of taking Vipassana meditation lessons and the Delhi government will bear the expenses involved in the training.

Deputy Chief Minister and in-charge Minister of Education Department Manish Sisodia in a tweet on Monday said, "Preparations are afoot to train students of government school in Vipassana mediation."

"Teachers of these schools will be taught Vipassana and orders have been issued in this regard. They will be sent for training in Vipassana at the official expenditure," he said on the micro-blogging site.He said the Delhi government recently issued orders for training and learning of Vipassana meditation technique to the teachers and students of state government schools. The order, however, is not mandatory and only those interested can volunteer for the programme.

"Vipassana will be helpful in personality development and stress management," he added. Incidentally, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is an ardent practitioner of Vipassana and had once expressed his desire to devote himself to it after retiring from politics.

Vipassana is an ancient meditation technique of India which was also practiced and preached by Lord Gautam Buddha.It is believed to provide peace of mind and happiness to its practitioner.

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Man v. Food star Adam Richman has some shocking news: He's gone vegan.

Richman, who routinely devoured steaks, burgers, and other meat-laden products on the Travel Channel series, told the UK's Independent last week that he's been vegan for about three months as he trains for soccer season.

This isn't the first time Richman has adopted a vegan diet, but he also clarifies that he won't promise never to touch meat again.

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"Does that mean I'm not going to have a steak? No," he tells the Independent. "I absolutely will when I want to, but it's just about picking and choosing my spots. And when I want to have that cow and I want to have that bacon, I'm going to make it count. I'm going to make it great quality."

Richman's new approach to eating is motivated in part by his upcoming participation in Soccer Aid, a celebrity event sponsored by UNICEF. But he also has been on a recent weight-loss kick - and dropping 70 pounds spurred him to pose naked for Cosmopolitan magazine last year.

"I don't feel like I'm living a restrictive life," Richman says. "I'm not on like a paleo diet. I eat healthily, I budget calorically, I stay active, I live a full life. ... If you take steps to stave off the potentially adverse effects of what you're eating, you can have your cake and eat it too."

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