Posts Tagged ‘healing’

PostHeaderIcon Back Pain: Is It All in Your Mind? No, and Yoga Helps

When a person tightens up in response to pain, when a person experiences even unconscious negative emotions, the muscles can harden and stiffen or go into spasm. That’s where yoga comes in. In addition to Dr. Sarno’s contribution, that the mind can give you back pain, proper bodily work can have major positive effects on your mental life. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon 5 Meditation Styles For Beginners

It’s almost a flow-like type of meditation, because you literally just let your mind be fluid and flow from one thought to the next, not really focusing on one particular thing. For instance, if you live in a noisy city, you don’t have to block out the outside sirens and screaming children, you let your mind be aware of the sounds without becoming too focused. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Music for meditation can also help drown out life’s constant noises

Meditation comes with several goals, one of which would be to silence the mind. Well, as ironic as this might sound, music for meditation can actually be used to silence your thoughts and move you away from the noisy runaway thoughts in your head to a more quiet, calm and peaceful mind! Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Meditation: Meaning of Mantra

It is this feeling which draws people back again and again to their meditation. No words can describe it, though saints and poets and philosophers have been trying for many centuries. We feel as if we are going home, and home is the very core of own being. Even a short glimpse of the light of consciousness shining within us is enough to convince us of its reality and fill us with a yearning to complete our journey. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Heal the World

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What that means is that the act of listening to music is extremely interactive and requires a lot of brain power. There has been some speculation as to whether the intensity of this interaction could play a role in the physical functioning of the brain and as such, of healing. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon ‘Free the Mind’ with the benefits of meditation

From left: Veterans Stephen Lee, Bryan Dunker, and Rich Low try to quiet their troubled minds in Phie Ambo’s documentary “Free the Mind.”

The benefits of meditation may seem obvious to many. But neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson, who describes himself as a “closet meditator,” faced a skeptical scientific community that needed empirical proof to be convinced that controlled breathing, mindfulness, and other techniques really can affect the brain enough to relieve a number of physical and psychological conditions. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon World Mental Health Day: How Meditation Can Help With Mental Illness

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Meditation relaxes the person which engages the rational brain instead of the emotional brain. So, by stopping negative/anxious thoughts, we disengage the emotional brain and we get a more rational or logical perspective on our thought patterns and ultimately the life situation we may be faced with. We also therefore reduce the physical effects of these hormones ruminating. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Art and music speed up healing of those with mental disabilities

Art and music don’t just come in handy for patients with mental disabilities but even for those who are traumatized and show symptoms of depression. “Survivors of sexual and domestic abuse sometimes show symptoms of mental ailments. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Inner truth: Meditation Unplugged

Meditation is largely prevalent nowadays because it is seen as an antidote to stress. However it is much more than just that.  Meditation is a way of life. It is to be lived. We have a vast reservoir of energy in us, lying unused, untapped.Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon The musical touch

Music therapy is an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. After assessing the strengths and needs of each client, the qualified music therapist provides the indicated treatment including creating, singing, moving to, and/or listening to music. Read more here…

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