Improve Attention and Hyperactivity in Kindergarten Children with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Yoga is a systematic workout regimen that has rejuvenating and calming effects on our body and mind. Young kids go through conflicting emotions, and yoga helps calm them down. They are also extremely flexible and therefore, a practice […]
Improve Attention in Children and Adults with ADHD with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Unlike many tools for ADHD, mindfulness develops the individual’s inner skills. It improves your ability to control your attention by helping to strengthen your ability to self-observe, to train attention, and to develop different relationships to experiences […]
Improve Psychological Well-Being of Children with Learning Disabilities with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness is a practice that can help children with LD manage stress and anxiety • Daily meditation gives children a relaxation tool they can call upon when stress levels rise” – Marcia Eckerd Learning disabilities are […]
Improve Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Unlike many tools for ADHD, mindfulness develops the individual’s inner skills. It improves your ability to control your attention by helping to strengthen your ability to self-observe, to train attention, and to develop different relationships to experiences that are […]
Higher Mindfulness Predicts Lower ADHD. By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Unlike many tools for ADHD, mindfulness develops the individual’s inner skills. It improves your ability to control your attention by helping to strengthen your ability to self-observe, to train attention, and to develop different relationships to experiences that are stressful.” – Carl […]
Lower Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Symptoms are Associated with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Unlike many tools for ADHD, mindfulness develops the individual’s inner skills. It improves your ability to control your attention by helping to strengthen your ability to self-observe, to train attention, and to develop different relationships to experiences […]
Meditation Practice Amplifies Awareness of the Cause of an Event By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “What is an illusion is when you are looking but not seeing completely, listening but also daydreaming. To walk around half perceiving and half in a daydream, this is to walk around in an illusion and in […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness improves your ability to control your attention. In other words, it teaches you to pay attention to paying attention. Mindful awareness can also make people more aware of their emotional state, so they won’t react impulsively. That’s often a real problem for people with ADHD.” – […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Before we can teach a kid how to academically excel in school, we need to teach him how to have stillness, pay attention, stay on task, regulate, make good choices. We tell kids be quiet, calm yourself down, be still. We tell them all these things they need […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness has its roots in meditation and blends numerous approaches such as yoga. Meditation enables the individual to reprocess internal experiences with more awareness, neutrality and acceptance. It focuses on the breath to develop concentration and take control of attention. This is particularly helpful for people with […]