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Socially Mindful Behavior is Perceived Positively and Evokes Brain Responses

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Reduce Low Back Pain with Yoga

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Reduce Low Back Pain with Yoga   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “For most of our lives, we take our backs for granted. But at some point in just about everyone’s life, our backs revolt and remind us that they need love and attention too. Thankfully, for many of us, the pain is […]

Relieve Back Pain with Yoga

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Relieve Back Pain with Yoga   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “This systematic review found strong evidence for short-term effectiveness and moderate evidence for long-term effectiveness of yoga for chronic low back pain in the most important patient-centered outcomes. Yoga can be recommended as an additional therapy to chronic low back pain patients.” […]

Reduce Back Pain with Mindfulness

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  By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “For some people with chronic pain, mindful meditation is an appealing pain management option because it has an unusual benefit; it is something that you personally control. Unlike pain medications or medical procedures, meditation is not done to you, it is something you can do for yourself.” – Stephanie Burke   Low Back […]

Beginning Meditation – Getting Started 1 – Positions

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  “Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought.” ~Stephen Levine   In the last couple of posts we presented some thoughts on things to consider prior to beginning meditation. http://contemplative-studies.org/wp/index.php/2015/07/20/beginning-meditation-1-preliminaries/ http://contemplative-studies.org/wp/index.php/2015/07/21/beginning-meditation-1-preliminaries-2/ Today we will discuss finding a comfortable position for meditation. We’d appreciate hearing comments and […]