Meditation

5 Things To Know about Mindfulness

5 facts to know about mindfulness. Curious about mindfulness? Let’s talk about some of the basics of Mindfulness. Mindfulness is the practice of being present and fully engaged in the current moment, without judgment. It involves paying attention to one’s thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations in a non-judgmental and accepting way. Mindfulness can be cultivated …

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3 Ways the Healing Art of Observation can Improve Your Health

Using the power of observation to connect to yourself. Observation is a tool frequently used in meditation mindfulness to help focus the brain. When we take our attention to one specific object and not only helps to eliminate distracting thoughts, but we can also learn something about ourselves. Recently I have deepened my studies in …

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The 4 Health Benefits of Gratitude

Does gratitude do more than make you feel better? 1. Decreases a Rapid Heart Rate “During the gratitude intervention, we observed decreased Heart Rate compared to the resentment intervention.”(1) Palpitations are a common reason to come into the doctor’s office. Palpitations could be a sign of something serious such as a dangerous cardiac arrhythmia. Oftentimes, …

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Creating Your Meditation Practice to Heal Chronic Pain

Chronic pain from various diagnosis is the most common issue I treat in my medical practice. This finding is confirmed by studies showing that “one in 10 adults in the general population report chronic widespread pain with possible sociocultural variation.¹”  The options for patients suffering from chronic pain remain limited. I have been advising my …

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