Improve Bipolar Disorder with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness looks like a potentially effective way of managing bipolar disorder, especially the depressive pole, which may be the most difficult to treat with medication alone. Mindfulness exercises and meditations are useful for people with bipolar disorder (manic depression) because mindfulness decreases […]
Improve Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Combat Veterans with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness-based approaches have been shown to be useful for problems commonly seen in trauma survivors such as anxiety and hyperarousal. Mindfulness practice has potential to be of benefit to individuals with PTSD, either as a tertiary or a […]
Reduce Fatigue with Breast Cancer with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Yoga works on the principle of mind and body health and it would help women cope with systemic therapy side effects better. Yoga nidra and pranayama also improve sleep patterns. Thus, all this together may reduce fatigue and pain.” – […]
Improve Opiate Relief of Low Back Pain with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “I’ve been doing research on back pain for 30 years. The biggest revolution has been the understanding that it’s not just a physical problem with physical solutions. It’s a biopsychosocial problem.” – Daniel Cherkin Low Back Pain […]
Improve Prisoner Mental Health with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Through meditation, prisoners come to recognize their conditioning as their own and take responsibility for it, and ultimately step outside of it so their thoughts and actions can come from a space of freedom. For some it’s like a light bulb […]
Reduce Pain in Children with Mind-Body Practices By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Guided imagery is a meditative process that uses visualization and imagination to bring awareness to the mind-body connection. Children can easily access this healing process because they’re naturally imaginative. By relaxing into a vivid story they gain tools to deal […]
Improve Parkinson’s Disease with Group Tai Chi Practice By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Tai chi, an ancient martial art characterized by slow, flowing movement and meditation, helps improve balance and movement control for people with Parkinson’s disease.” – Tara Parker-Pope Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is an incurable progressive degenerative disease of the […]
8-Week Mindfulness Training Produces Greater Benefits than a 4-Week Training By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “adaptations of MBSR that include less class time than the traditional format may be worthwhile for populations for whom reduction of psychological distress is an important goal and for whom a lesser time commitment may be an […]
Improve the Physiology and Quality of Life with Cancer with Qigong By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Regular practice of Qigong exercise therapy has the potential to improve cancer-related QOL and is indirectly linked to cancer prevention and survival.” – Qigong Institute Receiving a diagnosis of cancer has a huge impact on […]
Improve Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Unlike many tools for ADHD, mindfulness develops the individual’s inner skills. It improves your ability to control your attention by helping to strengthen your ability to self-observe, to train attention, and to develop different relationships to experiences that are […]