Improve Cardiovascular State and Stress with Yogic Breathing By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Yoga breathing can help you achieve balance in both your body and mind. In fact, researchers have found that regularly practicing yoga breathing can have the following benefits: reduce anxiety and depression, lower and/or stabilize blood pressure, increase energy levels, […]
Improve Cardiorespiratory Fitness with Tai Chi By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “practicing Tai Chi Chuan regularly may delay the decline of cardiorespiratory function in older individuals. In addition, TCC may be prescribed as a suitable aerobic exercise for older adults.” – J.S. Lai Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer, claiming more […]
Improve Activity and Quality of Life in High Risk Cardiac Patients with Tai Chi By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “We thought that Tai Chi might be a good option for these people because you can start very slowly and simply and, as their confidence increases, the pace and movements can be modified […]
Happy New Year with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.” ~G.K. Chesterton At the stroke of midnight on December 31st all over the world revelers ring in […]
Reduce Opioid Treated Low Back Pain with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “When your focus is on the pain, obviously that increases the pain. For people who meditate, their muscle tension and heart rate drops, their respiration slows and breaths gets deeper. All those things have impact on the pain.” – […]
Treat Physical Health Conditions with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “A growing body of research now links the Eastern practice to improved conditions for serious ailments, from diabetes to heart disease to cancer. How? By “treating the whole person… so they can live in greater health and joy.” – Shauna Shapiro […]
Slow Age-Related Physical Decline with Tai Chi By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “This peaceful type of moving meditation is primarily used to improve strength, balance, flexibility and posture. Recent studies of Tai Chi shows that this mind-body practice is able to alleviate pain, improve mood, increase immunity and support heart health.” – […]
Change Gene Expression to Lessen the Effects of Chronic Stress with Mind-Body Practices By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Millions of people around the world already enjoy the health benefits of mind-body interventions like yoga or meditation, but what they perhaps don’t realise is that these benefits begin at a molecular level and […]
Improve Cognition after Cancer Recovery with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness meditation practices enable cancer survivors to better manage cancer-related cognitive impairment. MBSR provides a creative solution for survivors whose social and occupational functioning may have been negatively impacted by cognitive difficulties.” – Shelly Johns Cognitive impairments are a […]
Slow Age-Related Physical Decline with Tai Chi By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “This peaceful type of moving meditation is primarily used to improve strength, balance, flexibility and posture. Recent studies of Tai Chi shows that this mind-body practice is able to alleviate pain, improve mood, increase immunity and support heart health.” – […]