Improve Caregivers Psychological and Physiological Health with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Feel overwhelmed with the responsibilities of caring for a loved one? One of the most effective ways to avoid burnout is engaging in a mindfulness practice like meditation.” – Audrey Meinertzhagen There is a tremendous demand for caregiving […]
Reduce High School Students’ Anxiety Levels with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Anxiety has become a large mental health concern in students, and schools should implement mindfulness to teach students to understand and regulate their anxiety.” – Gina Bradshaw There is a lot of pressure on high school students to […]
Improve Mental Health and Blood Biomarker Levels with Meditation and Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “The main purpose of meditation is to access, recognize and enhance the positive qualities of mind. The more we can do this, the less we need to rely on external situations for our happiness and the […]
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 Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “By way of mindfulness meditation, individuals can learn how to regulate their emotions in a way that aversive stimuli will be viewed objectively; thus, the person can be free of attachment from said negative feelings.” – Thomas M Jones Mindfulness practice has been shown […]
Change the Brain to Reduce Anxiety with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness can enhance our ability to remember this new, less-fearful reaction, and break the anxiety habit.” It’s a tool that interrupts those old, fear-inducing memories, and creates new, less threatening associations in the mind.” – Nate Klemp Meditation training […]
Change the Brain for Greater Happiness with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “meditation. . . appears to have an amazing variety of neurological benefits – from changes in grey matter volume to reduced activity in the “me” centers of the brain to enhanced connectivity between brain regions.” – Alice Walton There […]
Relieve Anxiety Disorders with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “a way to reduce the symptoms of anxiety is to be fully, mindfully, anxious. As anxiety reveals itself to be a misperception, symptoms will dissipate.” – George Hofmann Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting 40 million […]
Meditation Changes the Brain Differently in Adolescents By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “The benefits of meditation are many with few, if any, drawbacks. If your teen is struggling, it’d be worth it to give it a try.” – Tyler Jacobson There has accumulated a large amount of research demonstrating that mindfulness has significant […]
Improve Physiological Adaptation to High Altitude with Yoga and Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Pranayama techniques allow for maximizing your lung capacity, which becomes critical at high altitudes.” – D.. M. Kumar Breathing is essential for life and generally occurs automatically. It’s easy to take for granted as it’s been […]