Meditation Reduces the Brain’s Empathetic Response

Meditation Reduces the Brain’s Empathetic Response   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “mindfulness’s most profound benefit may not be the one that’s most often touted—adapting to a stressful, competitive, even unkind 24/7 world. Instead, meditation might fundamentally alter how we treat those around us.” – David Destino   Humans are social animals. This […]

Improve Major Depressive Disorder with Psilocybin and Mindfulness Meditation

Improve Major Depressive Disorder with Psilocybin and Mindfulness Meditation   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “mindfulness training enhances the positive effects of a single dose of psilocybin, and can increase empathy and permanently reduce ego-centricity. This opens up new therapeutic avenues, for example for the treatment of depression.” – Franz Vollenweider   Psychedelic substances […]

Improve Emotion Regulation and Reduce Pain with Mindful Acceptance

Improve Emotion Regulation and Reduce Pain with Mindful Acceptance   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “Individuals with minimal mindfulness meditation experience can quickly learn how to moderate their brains’ responses to painful experiences and negative images using a technique called mindful acceptance’” – Christopher Berglund   There is an accumulating volume of research findings to demonstrate that mind-body […]

Improve Emotion Processing by the Brain with Meditation

Improve Emotion Processing by the Brain with Meditation   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “Alterations in key brain circuits associated with emotion regulation can be produced by mindfulness meditation.” – Richard Davidson   There has accumulated a large amount of research demonstrating that meditation practice has significant benefits for psychological, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. It […]