Tweet More and more women are seeking rejuvenation in body-mind retreats that cater to women’s interests. Yoga was originally an all-male activity. Today, 77% of American practitioners are women, according to the 2005 Yoga in America Survey from Yoga Journal. Women-only retreats focus on issues unique to women’s bodies and nurture the expression of female… [Continue Reading]
Spirituality in Medical School
January 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tweet Mind-Body-Spirit News: Leading members of the medical community acknowledge that the mind-body-spirit connection plays a role in health care, but they have yet to reach consensus on how to treat this topic within the context of medical education. More and more medical schools address spirituality in their course curricula, yet course content lacks consistency,… [Continue Reading]
Yoga Provides Mind-Body Benefits to Breast Cancer Survivors
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Tweet Practicing yoga postures, meditation and breathing exercises can help women with breast cancer to enjoy greater functional fitness and to feel better about their health, according to findings from a small study presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. “The women who practiced yoga reported better physical functioning,… [Continue Reading]
Yoga Nidra Helps People Relax
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Tweet Mind-Body-Spirit News: Yoga nidra, the ancient yogic practice of deep relaxation, is growing in popularity as people look for more tools to cope with chronic stress. Yoga nidra may be translated as “yogic sleep” or “sleep of the yogis.” The practitioner of yoga nidra reaches a level of relaxation akin to deep sleep, achieving… [Continue Reading]
Chronic Pain Associated With Higher Suicide Risk
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Tweet Mind-Body-Spirit News: Mindful forms of exercise—such as gentle yoga, tai chi and qigong—can be helpful to individuals suffering from chronic pain. If you teach one of these disciplines, you may want to reach out to people in pain, especially as a recent study found that they are more prone to commit suicide than those… [Continue Reading]
Access to Nature Associated With Less Stress and Lower Weight
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Can Relaxation Help Patients With Anorexia Nervosa?
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Tweet Mind-Body-Spirit News: For patients with anorexia nervosa [AN], the idea of regaining weight can be terrifying. In a small study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders (2008; 41, 728–33), researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sought to determine whether relaxation therapy might help. They chose to compare the… [Continue Reading]
Cardio Training for Stress Relief
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Tweet If you or your clients want to improve your resilience against stress, cardio workouts may be the way to go. Regular aerobic training reduces the heart rate response to psychological stress more than either resistance training or no training, according to a study published in the journal Psychophysiology (2004; 41 [4], 552–62. Forty-five sedentary,… [Continue Reading]
Meditation: Just the Basics
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Tweet An introduction to the styles and benefits of regular practice. Meditation is going mainstream. Today, 10 million Americans—more than twice as many as a decade ago—practice some form of meditation, according to TIME magazine (Stein 2003). And with contemporary medical experts claiming that regular practice of this ancient activity improves well-being and health, the… [Continue Reading]
Young Men With Job Stress at Higher Risk
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Tweet Scientists continue to find evidence of a relationship between excess stress and the early development of heart disease, underscoring the significance of the body-mind connection. Young men with stressful jobs showed signs of early heart disease compared with peers who performed less stressful work, according to a recent Finnish study published in Psychosomatic Medicine… [Continue Reading]
