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Meditation as Medication, a Doctor's Perspective (virtual)

  • Bushnell-Sage Library 48 Main Street Sheffield, MA, 01257 United States (map)

Can meditation improve high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, or pain? If a doctor told you to meditate, would you hesitate? Join Matthew Raider, MD, to learn how meditation can have a profound effect on your life.

Dr. Raider is a clinical physician and coordinating director of the Geriatric Teaching Program in Family Medicine at Middlesex Hospital in Connecticut. As a physician and long-time meditator, he has a strong interest in meditation and its relationship to health and disease prevention/treatment. Dr. Raider has lectured extensively on the subject in hospitals and other venues in the United States and Canada and recently spoke at the United Nations. He is also a co-author of the best-selling book Meditation as Medication for the Soul.

Dr. Raider graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School with honors in 1979. He held a faculty position at the University of Connecticut Medical School and has coordinated the geriatrics curriculum for the Middlesex Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program for over 30 years. He is currently medical director of four Connecticut healthcare facilities.

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Questions? Please contact Michael Zeller at 508-841-8531 or mzeller@cwmars.org.