Bikram Yoga Does Not Affect Cardiovascular Risk Factors with Healthy Participants By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “those with a regular yoga practice are likely to adopt a healthy lifestyle, and to experience lower levels of perceived stress and depression than runners or inactive adults.” – B. Grace Bullock Cardiovascular disease is […]
Improve Obesity with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Yoga is a powerful activity that connects mind, body and a sense of self to achieve endless health benefits, including maintaining weight-loss. The philosophy of yoga fosters a healing practice that brings peace and acceptance to the self no matter where you are […]
Improve the Psychological Well-Being of Patients with Multiple Chronic Diseases with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Yoga can be beneficial for individuals with disabilities or chronic health conditions through both the physical postures and breathwork. Each pose can be modified or adapted to meet the needs of the student. Yoga asanas […]
Improve Obesity with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Yoga has an important role to play in the treatment of Obesity. Yoga techniques affect body, internal organs, endocrine glands, brain, mind and other factors concerning Body – Mind complex. Various Yoga techniques can be practiced effectively to reduce the weight and achieve […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Yoga combines both physical and spiritual elements which helps restores the body and revitalizes the mind. Some of the poses in yoga can improve the over health of the kidney and improve kidney function. This is an important step for preventing kidney problems and for slowing the […]
By John M. de Castro “Countless times I’ve been told that someone would do yoga, but only after they’ve lost weight. Unfortunately, this eliminates yoga as a tool for reclaiming their health based on their idea that yoga is only for the already thin and flexible. In fact, yoga can be done by everyone […]
“Caring for someone with dementia is made up of an infinite number of small moments where we can go either way, adding more stress or bringing more ease. The problem when we are not mindful is our words come out and our actions unfold too quickly for us to have a chance to choose the […]
Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk by Improving Emotion Regulation with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “People who meditate regularly reported feeling more balanced and less stressed, and . . . improved the outcomes when they were added to cardiac rehabilitation programmes for patients with CHD.” – Heart Matters Cardiovascular disease is […]
Meditation Alters Gut Microbes for Better Health By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “In calming your stress response, meditation can help prevent the slowed digestion speed, altered gene expression, intestinal permeability, and disruptive changes to gut microbes caused by stress.” – Crystal Star Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders are the most common disorders of […]
Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Survival in African Americans with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Twice-a-day Transcendental Meditation helped African Americans with heart disease reduce risk of death, heart attack and stroke. Meditation helped patients lower their blood pressure, stress and anger.” – Science Daily High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) is […]