Improve the Regulation of Emotions with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “yoga has an important role in regulating the feelings of the adolescents and the students who practice yoga are more happy, energetic, focused, and healthy.” – Yasmin Janjhua Emotions are important to our well-being. They provide the spice of […]
Improve Security Guards Coping with Emotions with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Officer safety and wellness can improve when agency leaders are willing to support a shift in the culture that is innovative and supports mind-body approaches to health and well-being.” – Jennifer Elliott It is understood that policing is […]
Mindfulness Reduces Stress and Negative Emotions in College Students By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.” – Marcus Aurelius In the modern world education is a key for success. Where a high school education was sufficient in previous generations, […]
Improve Weight Loss with Yoga Practice By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Yoga may be a promising way to help with behavioral change, weight loss, and maintenance by burning calories, heightening mindfulness, and reducing stress.” – Emily Cronkleton Overweight and obesity is epidemic in the modern world. Despite copious research and a myriad […]
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.” – […]
Improve Self-Awareness and Self-Regulation with Yoga Practice By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness is described through systematic mental training that develops meta-awareness (self-awareness), an ability to effectively modulate one’s behavior (self-regulation), and a positive relationship between self and other that transcends self-focused needs and increases prosocial characteristics (self-transcendence).” – David Vago […]
Yoga and Other Exercises Improve Body Image and Psychological Well-Being By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Overall, practicing yoga can have a profound impact on improving body image, but it depends how it is approached by the individual. When you treat yoga as a tool for body appreciation, healthy movement, and inner reflection, […]
Different Aspects of Yoga Practice Affect the Psychological Benefits By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Most styles of yoga are based on the same basic yoga poses (called asanas), however the experience of one style can be radically different than another.” – DoYoga Yoga training has been shown to improve health and well-being. It has also been found […]
Yoga Practitioners Have Better Psychological Health During the Covid-19 Lockdown By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “the well understood underlying mechanisms for the use of yoga for stress reduction and immune modulation shall be considered as the basis for its complimentary role in the management of an infectious condition like COVID-19.“ – H. […]
Improve Executive Control in Thinking with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “yoga can be a cognitive enhancement or brain fitness exercise that can confer similar or even more extensive cognitive resilience than memory training-the gold standard-in older adults.” – Helen Lavretsky Mindfulness training has been shown to be effective in improving […]