MB Mindfulness

Begining a mindfulness practice is akin to learning a new language or instrument..what you put into practice is what you get out of it. Thats a tough truth to swallow in this “I want it now” culture of immediate on demmand results. On top of that, learning mindfulness is a direct challenge to how our […] By  Tania Guidolin , Begining a mindfulness practice is akin to learning a new language or instrument..what you put into practice is what you get out of it. Thats a tough truth to swallow in this “I want it now” culture of immediate on demmand results. On top of that, learning mindfulness is a direct challenge to how our mind has been wired to behave …out of habit. Not to worry as we can rewire our neurocircuitry…I rewrote a pathway of panic disorder into peace so you can definetly wire up some mindfulness neural pathways.  The biggest obstacle is the negative bias we all have (yes all huamans!) which causes us to focus and recall the negative over positiv...

By Abi Carver Tension gets a bad rap—we see it as negative and restricting, even though in reality, it underpins so much of what makes our lives vibrant and meaningful. Muscular tension creates the stored energy we need to run fast, jump high, and even scamper up trees (if you're into that sort of thing). And excitement, attraction, anticipation, and passion are all highly pleasurable forms of emotional tension. Tension is energy. It generates action. Tension itself is not a problem—but when it gets stuck, that's when bad things can start to happen. Think tight muscles that we haven't stretched out after our workouts, or the buildup of emotional tension we experience when we don't allow anger, resentment or anxiety to pass through us. Our aim should be to oscillate between periods of high and low tension—to maintain a healthy flow of energy and vitality—and one way to do that is to develop your yoga practice. So with that said, here are my best ...

  Jess Cording Meditation has been shown to have numerous benefits to our mind and body such as stress and anxiety management, emotional wellbeing, improved focus and better sleep. Many successful people cite meditation as a valuable tool. For years I’ve recommended it to my clients, and yet, I struggled to make it part of my own routine.   There was always some excuse: an unpredictable schedule, events, deadlines, lack of time. Probably the sneakiest excuse for me of all was that I did yoga so did I really need to meditate on top of that? I’d interview people and hear them talk about their meditation routine and think, “That sounds nice, but I could never do that. I’m too busy—and besides, I do yoga.” My studio was like my second home. Aside from being a place where I’d made friends and even business contacts, it had given me a safe place to go work things out in my head. Yoga had seen me through break-up...

Positions that take you out of your head and into your body can ease symptoms.      By Jake Panasevich Treating depression can be complicated, and may involve a whole lot of trial and error with different medications, types of therapy and lifestyle changes. But one relatively straightforward – and basically side effect-free – management option is yoga , which recent research has shown can improve mood and anxiety measures in people with depression such that they match those of non-depressed individuals. If you have depression and you practice yoga consistently, have faith the yoga will work and develop a home practice, it can work for you too, either alone or in conjunction with other therapies. But not just any yoga may do. The study used a particular sequence of poses developed by Patricia Walden, a world-renowned teacher of Iyengar yoga, a method that focuses on alignment, safety and specific modifications with clear steps to advance in a pose...

By Moris Beracha .- Throughout the day, human beings can feel different emotions. In just a few hours you can go from full happiness to the deepest sadness leading to health problem if you do not know how to manage them. Many of us get stressed at work, and ironically the work overload prevents many from being able to tackle the problem because of lack of time. The expert in stress management, Elizabeth Scott, proposes simple mindfulness exercises to be done at home or work and are, at the same time, an extraordinarily powerful method to help improve our capacity for relaxation, concentration and our productivity. Exercise 1: One minute of mindfulness This is a very easy exercise that can be practiced at any time of the day. The goal is to focus all your attention on your breathing for one minute. Leave your eyes open, breathe with your belly instead of your chest and try to breathe through your nose and out through your mouth. Focus on the sound...

By Moris Beracha .-  In our world various disorders such as anxiety and depression are usually very common and go unseen. By the time they can be detected, people feel they are in a blind alley. Many seek out professional help and certain psychiatrists end up prescribing pills that in certain cases can only worsen the problem or trigger substance dependence in the patient. However, nowadays, there are more psychologists and psychiatrists who decide to use mindfulness-based techniques to treat different psychological problems, thus leading to a positive impact and a change in people who consider that their problems have no solution. Mindfulness is a Buddhist practice that involves staying in the present, in the here and in the now through techniques and exercises such as meditation and yoga. It is a time when you connect with yourself and listen to your body and mind. The benefits of this practice can be felt in the first session. Exposure to medita...