Yoga improves the Immune Response and Chronic Diseases By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “yoga can be a helpful way to boost your immune system and decrease inflammation in the body.” – Marlynn Wei Mindfulness training has been shown to be effective in improving physical and psychological health and particularly with the physical and psychological […]
Improve Psychological Health in the Elderly with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “In nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, loneliness, depression, and anxiety are considerable risk factors for residents. Mindfulness may help elders to find peace within themselves with daily practice.” – GoldenCares Human life is one of constant […]
Improve Psychological Well-being in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Given the proven role of stress in heart attacks and coronary artery disease, effective meditation would be appropriate for almost all patients with coronary artery disease.” – Joon Sup Lee Cardiovascular disease is the […]
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 […]
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 the Physical and Psychological State of Breast Cancer Survivors with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “A brief mindfulness-based intervention has a positive short-term effect on psychological and behavioral measures as well as proinflammatory signal markers in younger breast cancer survivors,” – Joyce O’Shaughnessy About 12.5% of women in the U.S. develop invasive […]
Reduce Interpersonal Trauma Symptoms with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness meditation training improves your brain’s ability to help you manage stress, and these changes improve a broad range of stress-related health outcomes, such as your inflammatory health,” David Creswell Experiencing trauma is quite common. It has been estimated that […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Stress is immunosuppressive. Research into this pernicious relationship between stress and disease has piqued interest in the ways that contemplative practices might positively influence the immune system. According to a large body of evidence, meditation appears to have profound effects on immune function in health and disease […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “If you move into pure awareness in the midst of pain, even for the tiniest moment, your relationship with your pain is going to shift right in that very moment. It is impossible for it not to change because the gesture of holding it, even if not […]