Mind-Body Connection
The existence of strong electric fields across cellular membranes is accepted as a basic fact of cell biology. The fact that cells have internal electric fields as well, however, is a whole new revelation. Scientists previously did not know of the existence of internal cellular energy fields, and are just in the earliest stages of understand the phenomenon.
“Our results suggest that the relaxation response reduced blood pressure — at least in part — by altering expression of genes in a select set of biological pathways,” co-first author John Denninger, HMS instructor in psychiatry at Mass General and director of research at the Benson-Henry Institute, noted. “Importantly, the changes in gene expression associated with this drop in blood pressure are consistent with the physical changes in blood pressure and inflammatory markers that one would anticipate and hope to observe in patients successfully treated for hypertension.”
Did you know that you are more likely to remember an image you encounter while inhaling rather than exhaling? It’s true. Read this!
Can deeply listening to our intuition help give us answers during a healing crisis? As a species, we’ve become pretty out of touch with our intuition, especially when it comes to our health. Rather than “listening to our body” and letting our intuition guide us, we often run to the doctor with the hope that a magic pill will cure us – immediately. Following our inner guidance is a valuable tool that we can all access.
The more of your brain you use during the day, the more of it that needs to recover and, consequently, the more sleep you need. Women tend to multi-task — they do lots at once and are flexible — and so they use more of their actual brain than men do. Because of that, their sleep need is greater.
Need a pick me up for your brain? This little act (that you can do it 5 – 10 seconds) will work wonders!
We just celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Did you know that MLK was a student of Gandhi? Well, maybe not personally but he studied Gandhi’s use of the yogic principles of Ahimsa or non-violence and Tapas, the heat necessary for transformation, as templates for leading the American social revolution of the Civil Rights […]
2017 is making its final bows while some of us are throwing roses and others are throwing rotten tomatoes, others will be placing their orders for their Cosmic Taco. Stay with me . . . Regardless of what you’re throwing as 2017 leaves the stage, it’s an important time to start thinking about 2018. Intentions […]
Have you ever used frankincense for either medicinal or spiritual purposes and if you have, what were your experiences?
Sometimes, getting to sleep is a process, one that involves a conscious winding down and changing of energy from waking to sleeping. One excellent way to wind down is by doing a few gentle yoga poses for sleep which take any frenetic or awake energy and helps change that to relaxing and sleep energy. These […]
Many of you responded to my last blog post about sleep and said, “It’s not falling asleep, but staying asleep is my problem.” For many people, falling asleep isn’t the problem, but it’s staying asleep. And what to do about it? James Findley, Ph.D., CBSM, clinical director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program at the […]
Some days keeping ourselves in our happy bubble seems like the most difficult thing in the world specially when things go wrong. Luckily, when you start feeling negativity creeping in on you, there are easy ways to turn things around! Here’s how you can hack into your four happy chemicals: Dopamine, Serotonin, Endorphins, & Oxytocin!
Sleep Problems? If you struggle with sleep, you’re not alone. One of the largest reasons for insomnia or sleeplessness is an overactive mind. And before you get a prescription to knock yourself out, perhaps try addressing the cause of the problem and learn to quiet your mind with Guided Meditations for Sleep. The National Sleep […]
I’ve been teaching meditation techniques to help sleep for 15 years and I’d like to share with you this very effective, and simple technique. Tell me if this sounds familiar . . . It’s 2:30 am. You’ve been lying in bed for hours feeling miserable, tired, and stressed because tomorrow (actually, just later today) you’ve […]
The physiological changes that occur in the body as the result of unhealed trauma and its associated stress, anxiety, and depression translates into conditions in the body that make you susceptible to physical ailments.
