Taipei Hinduism Completion + Yoga Evenings

Location:
Banqiao 435 Art Zone (板橋435藝文特區)
Google Maps pin

Exact spot posted daily: I’ll drop a map pin in the Meetup chat by 15:00.
Indoor ⇄ lawn: We’ll meet on the lawn by default; if the weather’s bad—or anyone prefers—we’ll shift to an indoor studio.
Can’t see the pin? Message me on Meetup and I’ll send it to you directly.

What to Bring:
For Completion: Nothing needed; we provide thin notebooks, pens, and mirrors (you keep the notebook). The process includes guided journaling, mirror reflection, and optional partner sharing.
For Yoga: Bring a mat if you have one; the grass/floor is fine if you don’t.

Important Note:
This is a peer-led self-reflection session only and is not a substitute for medical or psychological treatment. If you are under professional care, please consult your provider before participating.

Benefits of Completion:
Completion is a transformative practice that guides you through a four-step reflection: recall a memory, fully feel its impact, observe the story you've created around it, and remain present until the associated emotions dissipate. This process, when done honestly and authentically, has profound effects on personal healing and spiritual awakening.

💉 Immune lift – Four honest-writing nights kept infection-fighter cells higher for 6 months—akin to adding a second HIV drug.
🏥 40% fewer clinic visits – The same four sessions slashed sick-day appointments the next term; no other 1-hour self-help drill compares.
💓 Blood-pressure dip – Eight weeks of forgiveness coaching lowered mild hypertension ≈ 6 / 3 mm Hg—matching a first BP pill.
🛡️ Year-long PTSD relief – EMDR-style “relive-to-relieve” keeps symptoms down for 12 mo, rivaling the hospital gold standard.
🔄 Stress bounce-back – Compassion practice raises heart-rate variability ≈ 10%, a bigger reset than months of distance running.
⏳ Slower cell ageing – Twelve weeks of loving-kindness halted telomere shrinkage; only intense cardio shows similar protection.
⚡ Sharper short-term focus – Writing-and-reliving before a stress test cut attention lapses 43%—outperforming coffee or HIIT for the next hour.

These outcomes come from expressive writing, forgiveness classes, compassion meditation, and EMDR—each using a similar core sequence: recall → fully feel → let meaning reset.

Benefits of Yoga:
Yoga here means āsana, regulated breathing, and mantra-centred attention, practised about 3 × 60 min per week unless noted.

🧠 BDNF (brain-growth protein) – Twelve weeks of daily yoga-meditation doubled serum BDNF in adults with major depression—comparable to an SSRI.
💆‍♂️ GABA (natural calming transmitter) – One 60-min Iyengar class raised cortical GABA 27%, roughly 50% more than HIIT.
💓 Vagal tone (HF-HRV) – A 17-RCT meta-analysis found 8–16 weeks of yoga lifts HF-HRV ≈ 10–15%, beating endurance training.
🩺 Blood pressure – A 30-RCT meta-analysis (n = 2 283) showed average drops of 7.9 / 4.9 mm Hg—on par with starting a first-line antihypertensive.
🛌 Sleep quality – Within 6–8 weeks, yoga cuts PSQI scores ~2–3 points, similar to low-dose benzodiazepines but without dependency risks.
🛡️ PTSD symptoms – Ten weeks of trauma-sensitive yoga lowered checklist scores ~33% and retained more participants than talk therapy.
🗄️ Hippocampal volume – A 12-week Kundalinī program enlarged the right hippocampus ≈ 3%—gains usually seen only after vigorous cardio.
⚡ “Insight” gamma waves – A 10-min set (bhrāmarī breath + inversions) boosts 25–42 Hz γ power ≈ 10%; seasoned meditators show 3–8 × higher γ.

Science still has limits around identifying the effects of Completion and Yoga on spiritual growth, but the measurable physiology is already compelling.

Research References - Completion:
Petrie 04 Psychosom Med; Pennebaker 86 J Abnorm Psychol; Tibbits 06 J Pastoral Care; Shapiro 24 Eur J Psychotraumatol; DiBello 20 Neurobiobehav Rev; Le Nguyen 19 Psychoneuroendocrinol; Frattaroli 06 meta-analysis.

References - Completion:
Tolahunase 18 RNN; Streeter 07 JACM; Zou 18 J Clin Med; Xie 25 Eur J Prev Cardiol; Gao 24 J Clin Sleep Med; van der Kolk 14 J Clin Psych; Ibrahim 22 Int J Yoga; Vialatte 09 Con Cogn; Lutz 04 PNAS.

Location:
Banqiao 435 Art Zone (板橋435藝文特區)
Google Maps pin

Exact spot posted daily: I’ll drop a map pin in the Meetup chat by 15:00.
Indoor ⇄ lawn: We’ll meet on the lawn by default; if the weather’s bad—or anyone prefers—we’ll shift to an indoor studio.
Can’t see the pin? Message me on Meetup and I’ll send it to you directly.

What to Bring:
For Completion: Nothing needed; we provide thin notebooks, pens, and mirrors (you keep the notebook). The process includes guided journaling, mirror reflection, and optional partner sharing.
For Yoga: Bring a mat if you have one; the grass/floor is fine if you don’t.

Important Note:
This is a peer-led self-reflection session only and is not a substitute for medical or psychological treatment. If you are under professional care, please consult your provider before participating.

Benefits of Completion:
Completion is a transformative practice that guides you through a four-step reflection: recall a memory, fully feel its impact, observe the story you've created around it, and remain present until the associated emotions dissipate. This process, when done honestly and authentically, has profound effects on personal healing and spiritual awakening.

💉 Immune lift – Four honest-writing nights kept infection-fighter cells higher for 6 months—akin to adding a second HIV drug.
🏥 40% fewer clinic visits – The same four sessions slashed sick-day appointments the next term; no other 1-hour self-help drill compares.
💓 Blood-pressure dip – Eight weeks of forgiveness coaching lowered mild hypertension ≈ 6 / 3 mm Hg—matching a first BP pill.
🛡️ Year-long PTSD relief – EMDR-style “relive-to-relieve” keeps symptoms down for 12 mo, rivaling the hospital gold standard.
🔄 Stress bounce-back – Compassion practice raises heart-rate variability ≈ 10%, a bigger reset than months of distance running.
⏳ Slower cell ageing – Twelve weeks of loving-kindness halted telomere shrinkage; only intense cardio shows similar protection.
⚡ Sharper short-term focus – Writing-and-reliving before a stress test cut attention lapses 43%—outperforming coffee or HIIT for the next hour.

These outcomes come from expressive writing, forgiveness classes, compassion meditation, and EMDR—each using a similar core sequence: recall → fully feel → let meaning reset.

Benefits of Yoga:
Yoga here means āsana, regulated breathing, and mantra-centred attention, practised about 3 × 60 min per week unless noted.

🧠 BDNF (brain-growth protein) – Twelve weeks of daily yoga-meditation doubled serum BDNF in adults with major depression—comparable to an SSRI.
💆‍♂️ GABA (natural calming transmitter) – One 60-min Iyengar class raised cortical GABA 27%, roughly 50% more than HIIT.
💓 Vagal tone (HF-HRV) – A 17-RCT meta-analysis found 8–16 weeks of yoga lifts HF-HRV ≈ 10–15%, beating endurance training.
🩺 Blood pressure – A 30-RCT meta-analysis (n = 2 283) showed average drops of 7.9 / 4.9 mm Hg—on par with starting a first-line antihypertensive.
🛌 Sleep quality – Within 6–8 weeks, yoga cuts PSQI scores ~2–3 points, similar to low-dose benzodiazepines but without dependency risks.
🛡️ PTSD symptoms – Ten weeks of trauma-sensitive yoga lowered checklist scores ~33% and retained more participants than talk therapy.
🗄️ Hippocampal volume – A 12-week Kundalinī program enlarged the right hippocampus ≈ 3%—gains usually seen only after vigorous cardio.
⚡ “Insight” gamma waves – A 10-min set (bhrāmarī breath + inversions) boosts 25–42 Hz γ power ≈ 10%; seasoned meditators show 3–8 × higher γ.

Science still has limits around identifying the effects of Completion and Yoga on spiritual growth, but the measurable physiology is already compelling.

Research References - Completion:
Petrie 04 Psychosom Med; Pennebaker 86 J Abnorm Psychol; Tibbits 06 J Pastoral Care; Shapiro 24 Eur J Psychotraumatol; DiBello 20 Neurobiobehav Rev; Le Nguyen 19 Psychoneuroendocrinol; Frattaroli 06 meta-analysis.

References - Completion:
Tolahunase 18 RNN; Streeter 07 JACM; Zou 18 J Clin Med; Xie 25 Eur J Prev Cardiol; Gao 24 J Clin Sleep Med; van der Kolk 14 J Clin Psych; Ibrahim 22 Int J Yoga; Vialatte 09 Con Cogn; Lutz 04 PNAS.

Location:
Banqiao 435 Art Zone (板橋435藝文特區)
Google Maps pin

Exact spot posted daily: I’ll drop a map pin in the Meetup chat by 15:00.
Indoor ⇄ lawn: We’ll meet on the lawn by default; if the weather’s bad—or anyone prefers—we’ll shift to an indoor studio.
Can’t see the pin? Message me on Meetup and I’ll send it to you directly.

What to Bring:
For Completion: Nothing needed; we provide thin notebooks, pens, and mirrors (you keep the notebook). The process includes guided journaling, mirror reflection, and optional partner sharing.
For Yoga: Bring a mat if you have one; the grass/floor is fine if you don’t.

Important Note:
This is a peer-led self-reflection session only and is not a substitute for medical or psychological treatment. If you are under professional care, please consult your provider before participating.

Benefits of Completion:
Completion is a transformative practice that guides you through a four-step reflection: recall a memory, fully feel its impact, observe the story you've created around it, and remain present until the associated emotions dissipate. This process, when done honestly and authentically, has profound effects on personal healing and spiritual awakening.

💉 Immune lift – Four honest-writing nights kept infection-fighter cells higher for 6 months—akin to adding a second HIV drug.
🏥 40% fewer clinic visits – The same four sessions slashed sick-day appointments the next term; no other 1-hour self-help drill compares.
💓 Blood-pressure dip – Eight weeks of forgiveness coaching lowered mild hypertension ≈ 6 / 3 mm Hg—matching a first BP pill.
🛡️ Year-long PTSD relief – EMDR-style “relive-to-relieve” keeps symptoms down for 12 mo, rivaling the hospital gold standard.
🔄 Stress bounce-back – Compassion practice raises heart-rate variability ≈ 10%, a bigger reset than months of distance running.
⏳ Slower cell ageing – Twelve weeks of loving-kindness halted telomere shrinkage; only intense cardio shows similar protection.
⚡ Sharper short-term focus – Writing-and-reliving before a stress test cut attention lapses 43%—outperforming coffee or HIIT for the next hour.

These outcomes come from expressive writing, forgiveness classes, compassion meditation, and EMDR—each using a similar core sequence: recall → fully feel → let meaning reset.

Benefits of Yoga:
Yoga here means āsana, regulated breathing, and mantra-centred attention, practised about 3 × 60 min per week unless noted.

🧠 BDNF (brain-growth protein) – Twelve weeks of daily yoga-meditation doubled serum BDNF in adults with major depression—comparable to an SSRI.
💆‍♂️ GABA (natural calming transmitter) – One 60-min Iyengar class raised cortical GABA 27%, roughly 50% more than HIIT.
💓 Vagal tone (HF-HRV) – A 17-RCT meta-analysis found 8–16 weeks of yoga lifts HF-HRV ≈ 10–15%, beating endurance training.
🩺 Blood pressure – A 30-RCT meta-analysis (n = 2 283) showed average drops of 7.9 / 4.9 mm Hg—on par with starting a first-line antihypertensive.
🛌 Sleep quality – Within 6–8 weeks, yoga cuts PSQI scores ~2–3 points, similar to low-dose benzodiazepines but without dependency risks.
🛡️ PTSD symptoms – Ten weeks of trauma-sensitive yoga lowered checklist scores ~33% and retained more participants than talk therapy.
🗄️ Hippocampal volume – A 12-week Kundalinī program enlarged the right hippocampus ≈ 3%—gains usually seen only after vigorous cardio.
⚡ “Insight” gamma waves – A 10-min set (bhrāmarī breath + inversions) boosts 25–42 Hz γ power ≈ 10%; seasoned meditators show 3–8 × higher γ.

Science still has limits around identifying the effects of Completion and Yoga on spiritual growth, but the measurable physiology is already compelling.

Research References - Completion:
Petrie 04 Psychosom Med; Pennebaker 86 J Abnorm Psychol; Tibbits 06 J Pastoral Care; Shapiro 24 Eur J Psychotraumatol; DiBello 20 Neurobiobehav Rev; Le Nguyen 19 Psychoneuroendocrinol; Frattaroli 06 meta-analysis.

References - Completion:
Tolahunase 18 RNN; Streeter 07 JACM; Zou 18 J Clin Med; Xie 25 Eur J Prev Cardiol; Gao 24 J Clin Sleep Med; van der Kolk 14 J Clin Psych; Ibrahim 22 Int J Yoga; Vialatte 09 Con Cogn; Lutz 04 PNAS.

Location:
Banqiao 435 Art Zone (板橋435藝文特區)
Google Maps pin

Exact spot posted daily: I’ll drop a map pin in the Meetup chat by 15:00.
Indoor ⇄ lawn: We’ll meet on the lawn by default; if the weather’s bad—or anyone prefers—we’ll shift to an indoor studio.
Can’t see the pin? Message me on Meetup and I’ll send it to you directly.

What to Bring:
For Completion: Nothing needed; we provide thin notebooks, pens, and mirrors (you keep the notebook). The process includes guided journaling, mirror reflection, and optional partner sharing.
For Yoga: Bring a mat if you have one; the grass/floor is fine if you don’t.

Important Note:
This is a peer-led self-reflection session only and is not a substitute for medical or psychological treatment. If you are under professional care, please consult your provider before participating.

Benefits of Completion:
Completion is a transformative practice that guides you through a four-step reflection: recall a memory, fully feel its impact, observe the story you've created around it, and remain present until the associated emotions dissipate. This process, when done honestly and authentically, has profound effects on personal healing and spiritual awakening.

💉 Immune lift – Four honest-writing nights kept infection-fighter cells higher for 6 months—akin to adding a second HIV drug.
🏥 40% fewer clinic visits – The same four sessions slashed sick-day appointments the next term; no other 1-hour self-help drill compares.
💓 Blood-pressure dip – Eight weeks of forgiveness coaching lowered mild hypertension ≈ 6 / 3 mm Hg—matching a first BP pill.
🛡️ Year-long PTSD relief – EMDR-style “relive-to-relieve” keeps symptoms down for 12 mo, rivaling the hospital gold standard.
🔄 Stress bounce-back – Compassion practice raises heart-rate variability ≈ 10%, a bigger reset than months of distance running.
⏳ Slower cell ageing – Twelve weeks of loving-kindness halted telomere shrinkage; only intense cardio shows similar protection.
⚡ Sharper short-term focus – Writing-and-reliving before a stress test cut attention lapses 43%—outperforming coffee or HIIT for the next hour.

These outcomes come from expressive writing, forgiveness classes, compassion meditation, and EMDR—each using a similar core sequence: recall → fully feel → let meaning reset.

Benefits of Yoga:
Yoga here means āsana, regulated breathing, and mantra-centred attention, practised about 3 × 60 min per week unless noted.

🧠 BDNF (brain-growth protein) – Twelve weeks of daily yoga-meditation doubled serum BDNF in adults with major depression—comparable to an SSRI.
💆‍♂️ GABA (natural calming transmitter) – One 60-min Iyengar class raised cortical GABA 27%, roughly 50% more than HIIT.
💓 Vagal tone (HF-HRV) – A 17-RCT meta-analysis found 8–16 weeks of yoga lifts HF-HRV ≈ 10–15%, beating endurance training.
🩺 Blood pressure – A 30-RCT meta-analysis (n = 2 283) showed average drops of 7.9 / 4.9 mm Hg—on par with starting a first-line antihypertensive.
🛌 Sleep quality – Within 6–8 weeks, yoga cuts PSQI scores ~2–3 points, similar to low-dose benzodiazepines but without dependency risks.
🛡️ PTSD symptoms – Ten weeks of trauma-sensitive yoga lowered checklist scores ~33% and retained more participants than talk therapy.
🗄️ Hippocampal volume – A 12-week Kundalinī program enlarged the right hippocampus ≈ 3%—gains usually seen only after vigorous cardio.
⚡ “Insight” gamma waves – A 10-min set (bhrāmarī breath + inversions) boosts 25–42 Hz γ power ≈ 10%; seasoned meditators show 3–8 × higher γ.

Science still has limits around identifying the effects of Completion and Yoga on spiritual growth, but the measurable physiology is already compelling.

Research References - Completion:
Petrie 04 Psychosom Med; Pennebaker 86 J Abnorm Psychol; Tibbits 06 J Pastoral Care; Shapiro 24 Eur J Psychotraumatol; DiBello 20 Neurobiobehav Rev; Le Nguyen 19 Psychoneuroendocrinol; Frattaroli 06 meta-analysis.

References - Completion:
Tolahunase 18 RNN; Streeter 07 JACM; Zou 18 J Clin Med; Xie 25 Eur J Prev Cardiol; Gao 24 J Clin Sleep Med; van der Kolk 14 J Clin Psych; Ibrahim 22 Int J Yoga; Vialatte 09 Con Cogn; Lutz 04 PNAS.