Mindfulness Training Alters the Brain to Improve Internally Oriented Attention By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Regular practice of mindfulness can help you grow a wiser, more connected, and stress-proof brain.” – Melanie Greenberg There has accumulated a large amount of research demonstrating that meditation practice has significant benefits for psychological, physical, and spiritual […]
Meditation and Mind Wandering Alter Brain Network Activity Differently By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “in addition to altering specific functional connectivity, meditation leads to reconfiguration of whole-brain network architecture.” – Shogo Kajimura There has accumulated a large amount of research demonstrating that meditation practice has significant benefits for psychological, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. […]
Mindfulness Changes Neural Activity and Improves Major Depressive Disorder By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “People at risk for depression are dealing with a lot of negative thoughts, feelings and beliefs about themselves and this can easily slide into a depressive relapse. . . MBCT helps them to recognize that’s happening, engage with […]
Reduce Opioid Dosage in Chronic Pain Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “It’s clear that when it comes to tackling pain, it takes all of the tools in the toolkit. And when it comes to opioids, the approach needn’t be all or nothing. . . the combination of medicine plus […]
Increase Brain Activity with Brief Exercise and Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Meditating for a few minutes might help rein in those wandering thoughts and help you stay focused throughout the day. But meditating can have an even bigger impact. Some studies show that it affects the brain in various ways, […]
Improve Working Memory and Increase Brain Activity with a Single Focused Meditation in Novice Meditators By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Regular meditation increases blood flow to the brain, which leads to a stronger network of blood vessels in the cerebral cortex and reinforces memory capacity.” – Mindworks Humans have both an amazing […]
Meditation Strengthens Brain Attentional Networks By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “meditation practice appears to positively impact attentional functions by improving resource allocation processes. As a result, attentional resources are allocated more fully during early processing phases which subsequently enhance further processing.” – Peter Malinowski The nervous system is a dynamic entity, […]
Meditation Increases Functional Connectivity of Brain Networks By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “It seems the longer you do meditation, the better your brain will be at self-regulation,” – Bin He Mindfulness training has been shown through extensive research to be effective in improving physical and psychological health and particularly with reducing the physical and […]
Meditation Changes the Brain Areas Underlying Executive Function and Mind Wandering By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “meditation nurtures the parts of the brain that contribute to well-being. Furthermore, it seems that a regular practice deprives the stress and anxiety-related parts of the brain of their nourishment.” – Mindworks Mindfulness training has […]
Maintain Weight Loss with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Just as meditation can help us with stress, sleeping, focus, and much more, it can also have an impact on our relationship with eating and managing our weight.” – Headspace Eating is produced by two categories of signals. Homeostatic signals emerge from the body’s […]