Promote Healthy Aging with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “the Buddha – surely the archetypal meditator – is reputed to have lived to 80, which must have been an exceptionally ripe old age in 5th century BCE India. And according to Buddhist scriptures, even after 80 years in this realm of […]
Improve Mental Health in Disadvantaged Populations with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness training could be integrated into educational settings on a city, state, or national level, thus promoting health and mental health. Integrating mindfulness-based practices into educational settings could offer the potential to promote a more positive path for our […]
Alleviate General Practitioner Burnout with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Enhancing the already inherent capacity of the physician to experience fully the clinical encounter—not only its pleasant but also its most unpleasant aspects—without judgment but with a sense of curiosity and adventure seems to have had a profound effect on the […]
Improve Attitudes and Mental Health at Work with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness is, above all, about being aware and awake rather than operating unconsciously. When you’re consciously present at work, you’re aware of two aspects of your moment-to-moment experience—what’s going on around you and what’s going on within you. […]
Improve the Aging Brain’s Cognition with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “there is a small but growing body of evidence that regular meditation really can slow ageing – at least at the cellular level.” – James Kingsland Human life is one of constant change. We revel in our increases in physical and […]
Reduce Youth Dissociative Disorders with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “It sounds elementary, I know. But that’s the beauty of it. Rather than wasting energy fighting dissociation, we can decrease its severity simply by increasing awareness.” – Holly Gray Sometime during the lives of about 2% of the population, a Dissociative […]
Modulate Brain Processing of Emotions with Religious Chanting By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mantras – properly practiced – turn negative emotions into life-enriching creativity. It’s that simple and that powerful.” – Eric Klein Alternative and Complementary techniques have been growing in acceptance and use over the last couple of decades. With […]
Improve Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness can be conceptualized as a facilitator of transition, enabling people to adapt to living with a long-term condition, and that this transition is associated with improved, self-directed management, important to both people with long-term conditions and healthcare providers.” – Daniela Semedo […]
Change the Genes and the Brain for the Better with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Scientists looked at how mindfulness practice affected genetic differences between one group of expert meditators compared with a control group of untrained meditators. “most interestingly, the changes were observed in genes that are the current targets of […]
Improve the Physical and Psychological State of Breast Cancer Survivors with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “A brief mindfulness-based intervention has a positive short-term effect on psychological and behavioral measures as well as proinflammatory signal markers in younger breast cancer survivors,” – Joyce O’Shaughnessy About 12.5% of women in the U.S. develop invasive […]