Relieve Depression in Patients with Chronic Pain with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “By developing a routine meditation practice, clients can use the technique whenever they start to feel overwhelmed by negative emotions. When sadness occurs and starts to bring up the usual negative associations that trigger relapse […]
Decrease Chronic Pain with HIV Infection with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “When it came to processing my HIV diagnosis, meditation offered me a framework for reflection, self-forgiveness, forgiving others and moving toward a place of acceptance.” – Seb Stuart More than 35 million people worldwide and 1.2 million people […]
Improve the Brain’s Attentional Ability with a Meditation Retreat By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Here’s where meditation begins to show itself as a biohacking marvel. Learning how to interrupt one’s reaction pattern – and then doing that over and over – can reshape behaviour. And if behaviour is changing, then the brain […]
Improve Pain Tolerance After Athletic Injuries with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Meditation is not something that only benefits yogis. Meditation gives athletes the ability to stay calm in the eye of the storm, it improves your ability to ignore distractions, and it has a powerful impact on the state of your nervous […]
Improve Psychological Well-Being with EcoMeditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Eco Meditation ,. . .is a powerful meditation, a synergy of multiple techniques, doing certain physiological moves to help you get into a deep delta meditative state, the same as a meditative master, and in only 90 seconds. You can do this […]
Improve Headache Pain with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can be a safe and effective means of lessening the effect of migraine headache and can be carried out while patients continue to take migraine medication.” – Pauline Anderson Headaches are the most common disorders of the […]
Mindfulness is Associated with Reduced Pain by Improving the Capacity for Pleasure By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “It felt good to realize [through mindfulness] that I can co-exist with my pain. Being mindful helped me realize that in my angry reaction to my back pain, I was neglecting my whole body. I […]
Improve Migraine Headaches with Spiritual Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Meditation is an ancient spiritual practice that people are still using today to get headache relief. This mind-body practice seems to work by relieving stress associated with headache pain.” – Chris Iliades Migraine headaches are a torment far beyond the […]
Improve Pain Responding in Adolescents with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness was a significant predictor of both real-world and experimental pain outcomes. Adolescents who were more mindful tended to experience less interference in their day-to-day life as a result of pain. Additionally, . . . more mindful adolescents reported less […]
Lessen Fibromyalgia Pain with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “You’ve heard the expression “mind over matter,” but did you know that it’s a tried-and-true approach to easing many conditions, including fibromyalgia?” – Madeline Vann Fibromyalgia is a mysterious disorder whose causes are unknown. It is very common affecting over 5 million […]