Scientific research in recent times has shown that the physiological, psychological and biochemical effects of yoga and meditation are of an anti-stress nature. Streeter et al suggested that yoga-based practices i) correct under activity of the parasympathetic nervous system and GABA systems in part through stimulation of the vagus nerves, the main peripheral pathway of the parasympathetic nervous system, and ii) reduce allostatic load. Other RCTs have suggested that these practices act on hypothalamic– pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA) axis to reduce cortisol levels, and reduce sympathetic tone while increasing vagal activity. This suggest great therapeutic potential as an add-on adjunct to conventional therapies in prevention, management and rehabilitation of psychosomatic conditions such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, bronchial asthma, musculoskeletal disorders, depression, anxiety, cancer and de-addiction programmes and post-traumatic stress disorders.
According to a recent mini-review by Innes & Selfe (Frontiers in Psychiatry2014): Meditation reduces perceived stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms, enhances quality of life, decreases sleep disturbance, improves several domains of cognition, reduces sympathetic activation and enhances cardio-vagal tone, both acutely and long term in clinical as well as non-clinical populations. Meditation promotes beneficial changes in CNS dopaminergic and other neurochemical systems, increases blood flow, O2 delivery, and glucose utilization in specific regions of the brain associated with mood elevation, memory, and attentional processing, including the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and anterior cingulate gyrus. Long-term meditation practice is associated with cortical thickening & increased gray matter volume in brain regions involved in attentional performance, sensory processing & intero-ception apparently offsetting typical age-related cortical thinning and gray matter loss. Meditation programs can enhance immune response and clinical outcomes, reduce BP, insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, oxidative stress, inflammation and other related risk indices.
References:
Innes KE and Selfe TK (2014) Meditation as a therapeutic intervention for adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease – potential benefits and underlying mechanisms. Front. Psychiatry 5:40. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00040
Streeter CC, Gerbarg PL, Saper RB, Ciraulo DA, Brown RP (2012) Effects of yoga on the autonomic nervous system, gamma-aminobutyric-acid, and allostasis in epilepsy, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Med Hypotheses 78 (5) : 571-9.
The goal of meditation is to go beyond the mind and experience our essential nature—which is described as peace, happiness, and bliss. But as anyone who has tried to meditate knows, the mind itself is the biggest obstacle standing between ourselves and this awareness.
Talk on Yoga for holistic wellness (salutogenesis) by Prof KR Sethuraman, Vice Chancellor Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth on the occasion of the International Symposium on Yoga and wellbeing organised by CYTER at SBVU on 12 August 2016.
What is it?
Integration of mental, emotional and physical aspects of the whole individual to optimize wellness and address disease with emphasis on resolving underlying causes via mind functionality and behavior.
Why is it beneficial?
Mental processes and states can take place in our conscious or unconscious mind. This is why we can have reactions to situations without being aware of why we are reacting.
The subconscious mind controls vital bodily functions including heartbeat, respirations, digestive process, hormones, etc.
The subconscious mind controls habits.
Emotions can affect our physiology and are experienced in a conscious and unconscious level.
There is an increased risk for developing disease for individuals experiencing
either acute or chronic stress (Krantz, Sheps, Carney, and Natelson, 2000; O.Connor, C.M.,Gurbel, P.A., and Serebruany, V.L., 2000).
Scientific research in recent times has shown that the physiological, psychological and biochemical effects of yoga and meditation are of an anti-stress nature. Streeter et al suggested that yoga-based practices i) correct under activity of the parasympathetic nervous system and GABA systems in part through stimulation of the vagus nerves, the main peripheral pathway of the parasympathetic nervous system, and ii) reduce allostatic load. Other RCTs have suggested that these practices act on hypothalamic– pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA) axis to reduce cortisol levels, and reduce sympathetic tone while increasing vagal activity. This suggest great therapeutic potential as an add-on adjunct to conventional therapies in prevention, management and rehabilitation of psychosomatic conditions such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, bronchial asthma, musculoskeletal disorders, depression, anxiety, cancer and de-addiction programmes and post-traumatic stress disorders.
According to a recent mini-review by Innes & Selfe (Frontiers in Psychiatry2014): Meditation reduces perceived stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms, enhances quality of life, decreases sleep disturbance, improves several domains of cognition, reduces sympathetic activation and enhances cardio-vagal tone, both acutely and long term in clinical as well as non-clinical populations. Meditation promotes beneficial changes in CNS dopaminergic and other neurochemical systems, increases blood flow, O2 delivery, and glucose utilization in specific regions of the brain associated with mood elevation, memory, and attentional processing, including the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and anterior cingulate gyrus. Long-term meditation practice is associated with cortical thickening & increased gray matter volume in brain regions involved in attentional performance, sensory processing & intero-ception apparently offsetting typical age-related cortical thinning and gray matter loss. Meditation programs can enhance immune response and clinical outcomes, reduce BP, insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, oxidative stress, inflammation and other related risk indices.
References:
Innes KE and Selfe TK (2014) Meditation as a therapeutic intervention for adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease – potential benefits and underlying mechanisms. Front. Psychiatry 5:40. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00040
Streeter CC, Gerbarg PL, Saper RB, Ciraulo DA, Brown RP (2012) Effects of yoga on the autonomic nervous system, gamma-aminobutyric-acid, and allostasis in epilepsy, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Med Hypotheses 78 (5) : 571-9.
The goal of meditation is to go beyond the mind and experience our essential nature—which is described as peace, happiness, and bliss. But as anyone who has tried to meditate knows, the mind itself is the biggest obstacle standing between ourselves and this awareness.
Talk on Yoga for holistic wellness (salutogenesis) by Prof KR Sethuraman, Vice Chancellor Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth on the occasion of the International Symposium on Yoga and wellbeing organised by CYTER at SBVU on 12 August 2016.
What is it?
Integration of mental, emotional and physical aspects of the whole individual to optimize wellness and address disease with emphasis on resolving underlying causes via mind functionality and behavior.
Why is it beneficial?
Mental processes and states can take place in our conscious or unconscious mind. This is why we can have reactions to situations without being aware of why we are reacting.
The subconscious mind controls vital bodily functions including heartbeat, respirations, digestive process, hormones, etc.
The subconscious mind controls habits.
Emotions can affect our physiology and are experienced in a conscious and unconscious level.
There is an increased risk for developing disease for individuals experiencing
either acute or chronic stress (Krantz, Sheps, Carney, and Natelson, 2000; O.Connor, C.M.,Gurbel, P.A., and Serebruany, V.L., 2000).
More insight about alternative medicine for treatment of illness either than the orthodox way of treatment, outlines various methods of treatments including their originations and purposes, naturopathy, Ayurvedic medicine, chiropractic medicine, homeopathy medicine, bone setters and bone letting . It also seeks to explain how we use traditional and alternative medicine in health seeking behaviors. It’s outlines the differences between traditional and alternative methods of treatments .
For more Info visit www.healthlibrary.com "Psychosomatic Disorders in Unani System" by Dr. Shaikh Nikhat held on 9th Apr 2016.
Psychosomatic Disorders (Stress, Depression, Anxiety) managed by unani system.
An invited talk by Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani for the Annual Scientic Society meet of Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Pondicherry on 16 December 2016
Create resilience and self-compassion with mindfulness meditation and positiv...Dr. Andrea Pennington
10 years ago Dr. Pennington introduced acupuncture, mindfulness meditation & positive psychology coaching to an intensive outpatient program for binge eating disorder. It quickly became a highly referred and publicized approach for process addictions. Her research and clinical practice produced the Attunement Meditation which fosters impulse control, resilience & stress reduction.
Free meditation downloads are available at
www.AndreaPennington.com/StressLess
Research shows that through prolonged mindfulness practice the insular region of the brain is enhanced leading to increased self-awareness, emotional regulation and wellbeing. Further, a reduction of anxiety by the amygdala through mindfulness-based practices is well established in the literature.
Dr. Pennington's Attunement Meditation empowers people to build 9 essential resilience traits for wellbeing and relapse prevention, including:
non-judgmental awareness, present moment attention,acceptance,
self-compassion, physiological stress reduction, letting go/surrender, emotional intelligence, self-generated positive emotion and gratitude, and adaptability.
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
Exploring the Mindfulness Understanding Its Benefits.pptxMartaLoveguard
Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness, defined as the conscious, non-judgmental observation of the present moment, has deep roots in Buddhist meditation practice but has gained significant popularity in the Western world in recent years. In today's society, filled with distractions and constant stimuli, mindfulness offers a valuable tool for regaining inner peace and reconnecting with our true selves. By cultivating mindfulness, we can develop a heightened awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings, leading to a greater sense of clarity and presence in our daily lives.
Slide 3: Benefits of Mindfulness for Mental Well-being
Practicing mindfulness can help reduce stress and anxiety levels, improving overall quality of life.
Mindfulness increases awareness of our emotions and teaches us to manage them better, leading to improved mood.
Regular mindfulness practice can improve our ability to concentrate and focus our attention on the present moment.
Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
Research has shown that practicing mindfulness can contribute to lowering blood pressure, which is beneficial for heart health.
Regular meditation and mindfulness practice can strengthen the immune system, aiding the body in fighting infections.
Mindfulness may help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity by reducing stress and improving overall lifestyle habits.
Slide 5: Impact of Mindfulness on Relationships
Mindfulness can help us better understand others and improve communication, leading to healthier relationships.
By focusing on the present moment and being fully attentive, mindfulness helps build stronger and more authentic connections with others.
Mindfulness teaches us how to be present for others in difficult times, leading to increased compassion and understanding.
Slide 6: Mindfulness Techniques and Practices
Focusing on the breath and mindful breathing can be a simple way to enter a state of mindfulness.
Body scan meditation involves focusing on different parts of the body, paying attention to any sensations and feelings.
Practicing mindful walking and eating involves consciously focusing on each step or bite, with full attention to sensory experiences.
Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
You can practice mindfulness in everyday activities such as washing dishes or taking a walk in the park.
Adding mindfulness practice to daily routines can help increase awareness and presence.
Mindfulness helps us become more aware of our needs and better manage our time, leading to balance and harmony in life.
Slide 8: Summary: Embracing Mindfulness for Full Living
Mindfulness can bring numerous benefits for physical and mental health.
Regular mindfulness practice can help achieve a fuller and more satisfying life.
Mindfulness has the power to change our perspective and way of perceiving the world, leading to deeper se
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
HANUMAN STORIES: TIMELESS TEACHINGS FOR TODAY’S WORLDLearnyoga
Hanuman Stories: Timeless Teachings for Today’s World" delves into the inspiring tales of Hanuman, highlighting lessons of devotion, strength, and selfless service that resonate in modern life. These stories illustrate how Hanuman's unwavering faith and courage can guide us through challenges and foster resilience. Through these timeless narratives, readers can find profound wisdom to apply in their daily lives.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
2. Cancer therapy
• Subconscious memories causing maladaptation
behaviors can be recognized and corrected (bolstering
immune system)
• Awakening deeply suppressed experiences
• Awakening and mobilization of prana and its conscious
direction throughout the body (pranic healing)
• Creative visualization of shrinking tumor (mental
healing)
• Sankalpa shakti (subconscious will) resolve during nidra
• Research confirms significant increase of lifespan in
cancer patients practicing yoga Nidra
3. Law of Awareness
• Whatever we are willing to be with – we go
beyond
• Whatever we simply allow to be in our
awareness without resistance – dissolves and
disappears
• Our true nature can shine only if we
completely accept what is
4. Healing Power
• During yoga nidra we investigate
– The feelings
– Thoughts
– Images
– Repressed material arises into consciousness and
dissolves as there is only acceptance
• Thus cleansing process occurs on multi level of
our existence
5. Effects
• Research shows that yoga nidra is helping with
psychosomatic disorders like:
• Depression and anxiety
• PTSD
• PMS
• Hypertension
• Colitis
• Asthma
• Eczema
• Arthritis
• Coronary disease
