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  Moris Beracha .- Currently, there is evidence that the immune system can be improved through stress reduction, or the so-called mind-body medicine. You can use techniques that, after a long-period practice, produce soothing and anti-inflammatory effects for mind and spirit. The brain under polar circumstances (i.e., calm and happiness versus stress and depression) produces a dramatically different set of chemical mediators, including cortisol, one of the master switches of inflammatory responses. In addition, the brain transmits nerve signals consisting of two alternative parts: the sympathetic system, designed to accelerate acutely, but at a chronic cost; and the parasympathetic system, designed to calm. Experiments have shown that it is associated with anti-inflammatory properties. The hint is to learn how to control them to achieve optimal immune health. However, although these exercises are available to everyone, they require diligence and hard work to achieve la...