Improve Health, Well-Being, and Quality of Life with Breast Cancer with an Integrative Program Including Diet, Exercise, and Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Our cancer experiences take up a lot of energies, mental focus and can drain us emotionally. It is important to have a few tools to help us create […]
Improve Quality of Life after a Heart Attack with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Not only can meditation improve how your heart functions, but a regular practice can enhance your outlook on life and motivate you to maintain many heart-healthy behaviors.” – John Denninger Cardiovascular disease is the number one […]
Improve a Biological Marker of Aging, Telomeres, with Meditation 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 structure […]
Improve Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients with Mind-Body Practices By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness makes a profound difference for breast cancer patients and survivors, both physically and mentally.” – Laura Dorwart Receiving a diagnosis of cancer has a huge impact on most people. Feelings of depression, anxiety, and […]
Improve Sleep in Insomniacs with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Given the absence of side effects and the positive potential benefits of mindfulness that extend beyond sleep, we encourage people with chronic insomnia, particularly those unable or unwilling to use sleep medications, to consider mindfulness training.” – Cynthia Gross Modern society has […]
Improve the Quality of Life of Multiple Sclerosis Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness can improve quality of life and help people cope better with their MS. Various studies found that mindfulness decreased pain, stress, anxiety and depression.” – MS Trust Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a progressive demyelinating disease which attacks the coating […]
Alter the Brain and Memory Consolidation During Sleep with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “meditation. The deep relaxation technique has been shown to increase sleep time, improve sleep quality, and make it easier to fall (and stay) asleep.” – Sleep Foundation We spend about a third of our lives in […]
Improve Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Kundalini Yoga Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness meditation had “a significant and large effect” on OCD symptoms, specifically on thought-action fusion (again, the belief that having a thought is the same as acting on the thought), and the ability to “let go” of unwanted thoughts.” – […]
Increase Equanimity and Insight Thereby Increasing Well-Being with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Equanimity is a wonderful quality, a spaciousness and balance of heart. Although it grows naturally with our meditation practice, equanimity can also be cultivated in the same systematic way as mindfulness or compassion. We can feel this possibility […]
Augment Mystical Experiences in Meditation and Long-Term Well-Being with Psilocybin By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Trying to harness the mind in meditation is a bit like holding a water wiggly—those tubular, slippery, jelly-filled toys that leap out of your hand whenever you try to hold onto them. With the addition of a […]