Improve Teachers’ Coping with Stress and Emotion Regulation with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “For me, it’s important to be very familiar with the subject matter before I teach it. . . It’s the same with meditation. Before I began consciously bringing mindfulness into the classroom, I needed to feel like […]
Reduce Depression and Anxiety Around Pregnancy with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “By learning mindfulness skills as part of their childbirth education, expectant mothers can reappraise the impending birth as something they can handle instead of viewing it as something to fear.” – Larissa Duncan The perinatal period, from the […]
Improve Major depression with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Yoga gives us an active role in healing. And by slowing down mental chatter through breath work, it helps facilitate self-acceptance. In other words, through practicing yoga, we become quieter and more grounded. Yoga can help perfectionists as well as those who […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Many participants said that as time went on, the benefits of MBCT permeated their whole life. ‘Through relating mindfully to their own experiences and to others, they were feeling more confident and were engaging with an increased range of social activity and involvement’.” – Emily Nauman Depression […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “They were able to have a sense of personal control over their migraines. It really makes us wonder if an intervention like meditation can change the way people interpret their pain.” – Rebecca Erwin Wells Headaches are the most common disorders of the nervous system. It has […]