Legal, Lori Daybell, Meditation, Sudarshan Kriya
Court TV: Jury Seated in Lori Daybell's Cult Mom Conspiracy Trial
Lori Daybell is representing herself at trial in Arizona on charges she conspired in an attempt to kill her ex-nephew-in-law.
"Prosecutors allege Lori and her brother, Alex Cox, planned to kill Brandon Boudreaux in October 2019. Court documents allege Cox drove a Jeep that belonged to Lori's deceased husband, Charles Vallow, from Rexburg, Idaho, to Gilbert, Arizona, then shot at Boudreaux outside his home on Oct. 2. Boudreaux was not injured in the incident.
At the time of the shooting, Boudreaux was recently separated from Lori's niece, Melani Pawlowski. According to police reports, Lori and her fifth husband, Chad Daybell, along with Cox, told Pawlowski that Boudreaux had a "dark" soul when they allegedly began plotting his murder. Boudreaux previously testified about the shooting during Chad's Idaho trial."
"The year was 1971. Aryeh Siegel was a graduate student at Berkeley, and he had just learned about Transcendental Meditation, known as TM. Developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, TM involved silently repeating a mantra in one's head as a form of meditation, and it quickly caught on amongst young people and celebrities.
After becoming a TM teacher and a senior member of the organization, Siegel found that it was corrupt and, as he put it, a cult. He also learned that the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a huge spiritual leader at the time, was against Jews practicing TM and other forms of meditation with Eastern religion roots, as it was not in line with Jewish law. However, the Rebbe still saw the value in meditation in general, and how it could help people; there just had to be a kosher way to do it.
This was the inspiration for Siegel to write a book. Now, he's released "Kosher Calm: Meditation & Self-Help Tools For Health & Healing Inspired by the Teachings of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, The Lubavitcher Rebbe" to urge his fellow Jews to meditate while staying true to their values.
"Beginning in 1962, the Rebbe urged Jewish mental health professionals to create kosher meditation protocols, though those protocols never materialized," Siegel told The Journal. "My book is my attempt to finally answer that call. Drawing on my expertise in meditation, I share a simple, yet effective, technique fully aligned with Torah law, along with additional tools for stress relief and building emotional resilience."
"Kosher Calm" includes a curated selection of letters from the Lubavitcher Rebbe's extensive correspondence on the critical need for therapeutic meditation. Chapters cover topics like how to prepare to meditate, managing restlessness, mind-body techniques that help with certain health conditions, and mindfulness.
In the chapter on learning how to meditate, Siegel takes readers step by step; he also posts meditation videos on his YouTube channel for visual help. After instructing readers on how to meditate, he writes, 'During your session, you might have experienced moments of deep peace interspersed with periods of mental activity. Some people find that their awareness stays on the surface, dwelling on everyday thoughts. Others drift between states of calm and mental chatter. Whatever you experienced is exactly what needed to happen.'"
"Ajit Vadakayil, a retired Indian Merchant Navy captain and expert in maritime physiology, has raised red flags about Sudarshan Kriya — a core breathing practice taught in the Happiness Program of the Art of Living (AOL) foundation.
Citing his professional background in oxygen management and respiratory safety protocols, Vadakayil cautions that fast, forceful, or rapid breathing techniques may lead to hyperventilation and pose serious long-term health risks. He questions the widespread promotion of such practices, including Sudarshan Kriya, warning they may do more harm than good to some people in the long term."
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