Reduce Anxiety with Mindful but not Non-Mindful Exercises By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Yoga brings together physical and mental disciplines that may help you achieve peacefulness of body and mind. This can help you relax and manage stress and anxiety.” – Mayo Clinic Anxiety at low levels is normal and can […]
Mind-Body Skills Training Improves College Student Mental Health and Well-Being By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “By focusing on and controlling our breath, we can change how we think and feel. We can use the breath as a means of changing our emotional state and managing stress.” —Tommy Rosen There is an […]
Decrease Stress’ Ability to Produce Depression with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness has become a popular way to help people manage their stress and improve their overall well-being — and a wealth of research shows it’s effective.” – American Psychological Association In the modern world education is a key […]
Reduce College Student Stress and Burnout with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “a mindfulness intervention can help reduce distress levels in college students during a stressful exam week, as well as increase altruistic action in the form of donating to charity.” – American Mindfulness Research Association In the modern world […]
Improve Adherence to Treatment and Self-Care of Coronary Heart Disease Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Not only can meditation improve how your heart functions, but a regular practice can enhance your outlook on life and motivate you to maintain many heart-healthy behaviors, like following a proper diet, getting adequate […]
Improve Sleep and Social Anxiety with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Self-compassionate people tend to have lower levels of social anxiety—perhaps because self-compassion includes mindfulness, which soothes the stress associated with anxiety.” – Jill Suttie It is a common human phenomenon that being in a social situation can be stressful and anxiety producing. Most people […]
Decrease Teacher Stress and Improve Mental Health with a 4-Day Intensive Mindfulness Program By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “when teachers practice mindfulness, students’ misbehavior and other stressors become like water off a duck’s back, allowing them to stay focused on what teachers really want to do: teach.” – Vickie Zakrzewski Stress […]
Reduce the Risk of Suicide in Adolescents with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “results support DBT as the first well-established, empirically supported treatment for decreasing repeated suicide attempts and self-harm in youths.” — Christina Vogt Around 43,000 people take their own lives each year in the US. Someone dies from […]
Improve Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Symptoms in Youth with Mind-Body Practices By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness practice can help us pay attention better, resist distractions, be less impulsive, remember what we are doing in the moment, and regulate our own emotions, it is helpful whether we have ADHD or not. But it […]
Mindfulness is Related to the Well-Being of First Year College Students By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Being mindful makes it easier to savor the pleasures in life as they occur, helps you become fully engaged in activities, and creates a greater capacity to deal with adverse events,” – Abby Fortin In […]