Improve Cardiorespiratory Fitness with Tai Chi By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “practicing Tai Chi Chuan regularly may delay the decline of cardiorespiratory function in older individuals. In addition, TCC may be prescribed as a suitable aerobic exercise for older adults.” – J.S. Lai Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer, claiming more […]
Personality Modulates the Effectiveness and Continued Use of Mindfulness Training By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is a formal eight-week program with a daylong intensive. This program is in over 250 hospitals around the country and many more around the world supporting people with stress, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, alleviating stress related […]
Improve the Regulation of Emotions in Social Anxiety Disorder with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “One way to do this . . . is mindfulness meditation, in which you observe your thoughts and feelings with the objectivity of a disinterested, nonjudgmental witness. This form of mental training gives you the wherewithal […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness-based meditation can help ease the stress, anxiety, fear, and depression that often come along with a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.” – Breastcancer.org About 12.5% of women in the U.S. develop invasive breast cancer over their lifetimes and every year about 40,000 women die. Indeed, […]
Improve Psychological Well-Being in the Elderly with Mild Memory Loss with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all the answers we’re looking for when it comes to ending memory loss could be gained by simply doing KK for 12 minutes each morning? Perhaps that magic bullet is […]
Improve Activity and Quality of Life in High Risk Cardiac Patients with Tai Chi By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “We thought that Tai Chi might be a good option for these people because you can start very slowly and simply and, as their confidence increases, the pace and movements can be modified […]
Improve Multiple Sclerosis’ Psychological Symptoms with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Learning a mind-body technique called “mindfulness meditation” seems to help people with multiple sclerosis cope with the depression, fatigue, and anxiety associated with the disease” – WebMD Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a progressive demyelinating disease which attacks the coating on the neural axons which send messages […]
Improve Chronic Back Pain with Mindfulness and Cognitive Therapy By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindful mediation is an appealing option for treating your pain because it has an unusual benefit; it places you in a position of control. Unlike pain medications or surgical procedures, meditation is not done to you—but rather it is something you do for yourself.” – […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness practices help children improve their ability to pay attention, by learning to focus on one thing (e.g., breath, sound) while filtering out other stimuli. Mindfulness also provides kids with skills for understanding their emotions and how to work with them. I’m not sure if there any other skills besides […]
Reduce Opioid Treated Low Back Pain with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “When your focus is on the pain, obviously that increases the pain. For people who meditate, their muscle tension and heart rate drops, their respiration slows and breaths gets deeper. All those things have impact on the pain.” – […]