When Axel Schäfers learned Acem Meditation in Germany six years ago, his one-year-older brother Ralf watched from a distance as the technique made Axel change things in his life.
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Ten years with Acem Meditation
Miren feels the effects increase with time
Meditation has become a natural part of her daily life. Miren Lugarezaresti, a social worker based in Alicante, Spain, explains why her motivation to continue her practice has never abated.
Made me more grounded
Remy Roche: “Acem Meditation made me more grounded – in a country harassed by terrorists”
Some people think they can learn meditation by picking up a book and read a few instructions. Remy Roche took the challenge more seriously. Read more…
Meditation helped me cope with the situation
Captain on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean
“Some people were lost before we could see them on the radar,” says Francesc Oliveras, who was captain on board when the Dignity I set out to rescue refugees in the Mediterranean. “Nevertheless, this part of their trip was actually the least dangerous one.” Read more…
Close your eyes to see more clearly
By Halvor Eifring
It may seem like a paradox that closing your eyes and repeating a sound may help you to see yourself better. But that is what you do when you meditate. Read more…
Acem in the future
What will Acem look like in 50 years, on its 100-year anniversary? The year will be 2066.
Just saying that number feels abstract, futuristic, and far far away.
It raises another question: what will the world look like in 2066?
By Elisabeth Heimdal Wærsted
Meditation and Culture: the Interplay of Practice and Context – new book
Editor: Halvor Eifring
Bloomsbury Press, London, Delhi, New York and Sydney, 2015. 280 pages. ISBN: 9781472579911
What is the relation between meditation and culture?
Over the last decade Halvor Eifring has been undertaking an inter-disciplinary research project to explore the nature of ‘meditation’ and the cultures in which it is practiced and undertaken. A conference was held near Oslo in 2011, bringing together internationally-renowned scholars who sought to answer the question: What is the relationship between meditation and culture? This book is the fourth product of their contributions – with discussions of practices that travel from one culture to another, or are surrounded by competing cultures; and exploration of cultures that bring together competing practices, or that are themselves mosaics of elements of different origins. Read more…
Life’s balance
Renowned psychiatrist and disaster survival expert Dr Are Holen is driven by the desire to improve our quality of life, writes R. Gowri of the New Straits Times from Malaysia. Read more…
The silent sounds of Acem Meditation
By Halvor Eifring
Sound plays a central role in many forms of meditation, including Acem Meditation. What is it about sound that stimulates relaxation as well as psychological and existential processes? Read more…
More than here and now
When past, future, and fantasy are parts of the present moment
By Maria Gjems-Onstad Read more…