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. […]
Increase Body Awareness and Emotional Regulation in College Women with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Among the suite of tools and strategies that so many of us lean on when it comes to living peacefully (or not) with our emotions, yoga is probably one of the most affecting and effective.” – […]
Change the Brain to Increase Sustained Attention with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “as the popularity of mindfulness grows, brain imaging techniques are revealing that this ancient practice can profoundly change the way different regions of the brain communicate with each other – and therefore how we think – permanently.” – […]
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 […]
Different Meditation Types Alter Brain Connectivity Patters Differently Over the Long Term By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “[Meditation], regardless of each individual’s chosen object of attention, increases functional connectivity within attentional networks as well as increases connectivity across distributed brain regions serving attention, self-referential, and visual processes.” – Zongpai Zhang There […]
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 […]
Change the Brain to Improve Emotion Regulation in Bereaved Individuals with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “It takes a boat load of self-compassion to allow oneself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at any given time, without judgment, without comparison relative to another’s explicit portrayal of their own process. […]