Mind-Body Practices Best At Reducing Stress
Ever watched someone practising meditation and thought: I wish I could do that but I couldn’t sit still or stop thinking […]
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Reduce Anxiety with this 4 Step Practice
In the simplest terms, anxiety is caused by an overload of fear and doubt in the thinking mind, which in turn neuro-chemically and physically activates the autonomic nervous system’s ‘fight, flight, freeze’ response in response to certain triggers i.e. sensations, perceptions, meanings, memories.
Our fears drive our thoughts, and our thoughts and behaviours create our emotions. Through repetitive stimulus, certain thoughts, feelings and behaviours condition the nervous system to become overstimulated and stuck in the ‘ON’ switch.
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What Is Mind-Body Medicine?
Mind–body Medicine uses the power of thoughts and emotions to influence physical and neurological health. The study, based at MGH’s Institute for Technology Assessment and the Benson-Henry Institute (BHI) for Mind Body Medicine, found that individuals in the relaxation-response program used fewer health care services in the year after their participation than in the preceding year. The program combined elicitation of the relaxation response with social support, cognitive-skills training, and positive psychology designed to build resiliency.Studies like this one have a huge potential to reduce not only the extreme pressure on the healthcare system, but also improve the personal wellbeing of each individual who can learn and apply these simple techniques into their daily lives.
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How Meditation Improves Your Mental Health
In a world where obesity, heart disease, mental health, and stress-related illness and disease are a worldwide concern, traditional and
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