Category Archives: Wellness

Asanas that chase away the blues

Posted on April 28, 2020 by RichardB

Nice article from the Times of India, citing research using Yoga Asanas: Among the many clinical researches being conducted at Nimhans , one involved patients of an old-age home who were exposed to six months of yoga therapy. MRI scans … Continue reading →

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Five Strengths

Posted on April 14, 2020 by RichardB

I used to think that mentally strong people had superhuman qualities. I thought that they were bestowed with some sort of cybernetic strength that they – and only they – had. I thought I would never be like that. In … Continue reading →

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The Brain,left,right and tested.

Posted on April 9, 2020 by RichardB

Do you know what the attributes of your right and left sides of your brain?  Listed below are the common elements of left and right brain hemisphere’s. Plus go here to take the left/right side brain test to see    which … Continue reading →

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Meditation can relieve pain

Posted on April 7, 2020 by RichardB

Meditation can relieve pain, and it does so by activating multiple brain areas, according to an April 2011 study in the Journal of Neuroscience. Fadel Zeidan of Wake Forest University and his colleagues scanned people’s brains as they received uncomfortably … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness: Reason Mind, Emotion Mind, and Wise Mind

Posted on April 2, 2020 by RichardB

I have been practicing meditation since the mid-70’s and started a mindfulness meditation practice in the mid-90’s. Mindfulness has to do with the quality of awareness that we bring to what we are doing and experiencing, to being in the … Continue reading →

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Emotional Intelligence

Posted on March 26, 2020 by RichardB

I often work with groups using lists. In movement therapy as well as psychotherapy, educational and process oriented groups lists are a great structure for groups to explore thoughts, and/or feelings. Here is a list that often comes up in … Continue reading →

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Evidence based Yoga

Posted on March 24, 2020 by RichardB

Yoga is a mind and body practice in complementary medicine with origins in ancient Indian philosophy.  Carpal tunnel syndrome A randomized, single-blind controlled trial of 42 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome assigned subjects to either a yoga treatment group or … Continue reading →

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