Mind-Body-Spirit News: New research shows that brain aging can begin as early as 40 years of age. Research results published in Nature (2004; 4 [24 June], 883–91), a scientific journal, show that damage in brain tissue involved in learning and memory caused by normal stresses of living varies among individuals in the middle-age years. [Click... [Continue Reading]
Meditation May Preserve Cognitive Abilities
January 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mind-Body-Spirit News: Regular meditation practice may protect brain tissue and lessen the cognitive decline that is normally associated with aging, according to a small study published in the October issue of Neurobiology of Aging (2007; 28 [10], 1623–27). Researchers from Emory University, in Atlanta, recruited 13 meditation practitioners, each with over 3 years’ experience, to… [Continue Reading]
Technological Advances Aid Study of Mind-Body Connection
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Mind-Body-Spirit News: Ten reports presented in the International Journal of Psychophysiology (2008; doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.09.002) highlight how technological improvements are enabling more detailed measurement of mind-body interactions. For example, researchers noted that a response such as sweating, which occurs on the outside of the body through the peripheral nervous system, is regulated by the brain, and that… [Continue Reading]
The Anat Baniel MethodSM
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Mind-Body-Spirit News: Anat Baniel, MA, a teacher of the Feldenkrais Method® for over 20 years and a student of Moshe Feldenkrais for 11 years, has developed a mind- body-spirit training method evolved from his work. She describes the Anat Baniel Method as “based on cutting-edge scientific theory and on the understanding of how our brain… [Continue Reading]
Tangible Proof of Brain Changes Associated With Meditation
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Leading scientists from Harvard University, Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Mind/Body Medical Institute and other organizations have found the first structural evidence relating meditation practice to changes in the brain. According to a study published in the November 28 issue of Neuroreport (2005; 16 [17], 1893–97), regular practice of meditation correlates with increased… [Continue Reading]
Dalai Lama and Neuroscientists Explore the Body-Mind Connection
January 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Early last November, His Holiness the Dalai Lama—spiritual leader of the Tibetan people—participated in a 1-day medical conference hosted by the Neuroscience Institute at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. This event included a panel comprising neuroscience researchers, Buddhist scholars, monks, psychologists and a physicist, in addition to the Dalai Lama. [Click here to read... [Continue Reading]
Tangible Proof of Brain Changes Associated With Meditation
January 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Leading scientists from Harvard University, Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Mind/Body Medical Institute and other organizations have found the first structural evidence relating meditation practice to changes in the brain. According to a study published in the November 28 issue of Neuroreport (2005; 16 [17], 1893–97), regular practice of meditation correlates with increased… [Continue Reading]
Brain Fitness for Total Well-Being
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“Basically, whatever’s good for your heart is good for your head,” Lawrence Whalley, MD, told HealthDay News (2006; April 30). Whalley, author of The Aging Brain (Columbia University Press 2003), is a psychiatrist and professor of mental health with the School of Medicine at Scotland’s University of Aberdeen. “[The] factors that everyone knows predispose to… [Continue Reading]
10 Steps for Brain Health
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When counseling your clients to observe healthy habits, be sure to include tips on preserving mental as well as physical fitness. The Alliance for Aging Research, a nonprofit organization, recommends following these 10 steps to keep your brain and your body in shape. [Click here to read full article]
Stress and Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Mind-Body-Spirit News: Offering body-mind techniques to help cope with stress may be particularly beneficial for clients who have chronic neurodegenerative diseases. Unmanaged stress is detrimental to the health of all people. However, new research suggests that for those with neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), stress may have an even greater negative impact, causing… [Continue Reading]
