Mindfulness Reduces Fatigue with Breast Cancer Patients Directly and Indirectly by Improving Psychological Health

Mindfulness Reduces Fatigue with Breast Cancer Patients Directly and Indirectly by Improving Psychological Health   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “Women who were more mindful tended to have lower symptoms of metastatic breast cancer, including pain severity and interference, fatigue, psychological distress, and sleep disturbance.” – Lauren Zimmaro   Because of great advances […]

Improve the Quality of Life of Multiple Sclerosis Patients with Mindfulness

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 […]

Reduce Aggressiveness in Militant Extremists with Yoga

Reduce Aggressiveness in Militant Extremists with Yoga   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “yoga helps to improve symptoms of anxiety and depression in prisoners, and crucially, decreases impulsivity—a known factor in much prison violence.” – Georgia Pike   As Mahatma Gandhi has recognized “Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is […]

Improve Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Symptoms in Youth with Mind-Body Practices

Improve Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Symptoms in Youth with Mind-Body Practices   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “mindfulness practice can help us pay attention better, resist distractions, be less impulsive, remember what we are doing in the moment, and regulate our own emotions, it is helpful whether we have ADHD or not. But it […]