Relieve Anxiety following Surgery with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness trains you to view your thoughts differently. You learn to recognize and stop “mental time travel” — worrying about the future and ruminating about the past. Instead of following a worrying thought down the path of all possible negative outcomes, you […]
Reduce High Blood Pressure with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “meditators showed not only a significant reduction in blood pressure, but they also had nearly 50% lower rates of heart attack, stroke and mortality compared to non-meditating controls.” – Elaine Pomfrey High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) is an insidious disease because there […]
Improve Psychological and Emotional Well-Being in the Elderly with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “While we might expect our bodies and brains to follow a shared trajectory of development and degeneration over time, by actively practicing strategies such as meditation, we might actually preserve and protect our physical body and brain […]
Reduce Grief with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Releasing the grief we carry is a long, tear-filled process. Yet it follows the natural intelligence of the body and heart. Trust it, trust the unfolding. Along with meditation, some of your grief will want to be written, to be cried out, to […]
Improve Inflammatory Biomarkers in Healthy and Cancer Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “stressed-out adults who practised mindfulness meditation not only had their brain connectivity altered, they also had reduced levels of a key inflammation biomarker, known as Interleukin-6, four months later. That’s important because, in high doses, Interleukin-6 has […]
Improve Blood Glucose Control with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “In addition to helping people with diabetes learn how to recognize and accept negative emotions, mindfulness therapies include meditation and yoga to help ease stress and depression.” – Lauren Cox Diabetes is a major health issue. It is estimated that […]
Focus in Meditation for Cognitive Effects but Open Monitor in Meditation for Physical Effects By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “In focused attention meditation, the focus of the mind is placed only on one thing. This implies that you have to stop everything you are doing and designate time for this type of meditation. […]
Modulate Brain Processing of Emotions with Religious Chanting By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mantras – properly practiced – turn negative emotions into life-enriching creativity. It’s that simple and that powerful.” – Eric Klein Alternative and Complementary techniques have been growing in acceptance and use over the last couple of decades. With […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Tai chi is often described as “meditation in motion,” but it might well be called “medication in motion.” There is growing evidence that this mind-body practice, which originated in China as a martial art, has value in treating or preventing many health problems. And you can get […]
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 the new calendar year with […]