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Dr. Rupert Sheldrake – Science and Spiritual Practices: How Transformative Experiences Affect Our Bodies, Brains and HealthAired Thursday, 5 September 2019, 7:00 PM ETThe effects of spiritual practices are now being investigated scientifically as never before, and many studies have shown that religious and spiritual practices generally make people happier and healthier. In his recent book Science & Spiritual Practices, Rupert Sheldrake shows how science helps validate seven practices on which many religions are built, and which are part of our common human heritage: meditation, gratitude, connecting with nature, relating to plants, rituals, singing and chanting, and pilgrimage and holy places.About Dr. Rupert SheldrakeRUPERT SHELDRAKE, Ph.D., is a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. He has worked in Developmental Biology at Cambridge University, was principal plant physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in Hyderabad, India