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Yoga's Potential for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Scientific Exploration

Yoga's Ancient Wisdom in Modern Psychiatry: A Fusion of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Challenges

Yoga’s Potential for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Scientific Exploration Understanding the Global Mental Health Challenge To understand mental health challenges, we must first acknowledge the shortcomings of conventional approaches. Mental illnesses, despite advancements in treatment accessibility, continue to cast a shadow on global health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted…

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Living in the Presence of Divine Grace

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I had the immense pleasure of taking an extended course in Vedanta spirituality taught by Gordon Yonel that, I truly believe, would be of great benefit to all of humanity. If a 9-month course seems a bit extreme, like a late-stage pregnancy that you’re not sure how to budget in your schedule, please believe that I survived without any labor pains at all. In fact, the experience felt more like an…

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From Shamans to Intentional Elders: My hopes for the evolution of the clerical profession.

The evolution of the fields of Pastoral Counseling and Clinical Chaplaincy is fascinating to me, and I hope they may continue to evolve along current lines and come to strongly influence the rest of the clerical profession. In Pastoral Counseling and Chaplaincy, the position of the clinician is, of necessity, agnostic. Indeed one need not engage religiosity much at all to function effectively within the role. How then does the role of the pastoral clinician differ from the secular mental health clinician? I would offer two main ways. 1.) Perhaps chiefly different, is that the pastoral clinician does not enter into the relationship with a patient or parishioner with the agenda or attempt to diagnose, but rather to be with. 2.) Ideally the pastoral clinician has engaged long, a wholistic paradigm concerning the nature of being and being well. This includes a history of self-discovery, a strong background in applied philosophy and mythology (broadly, theology), and psychodynamic process. My hope for the future is that the clerical profession will abandon its irrational fascination with having some special insight, let alone control over the (all but non-existent) supernatural. The profession, to remain relevant and as a force for good, would do well to steer away from its shamanic tendencies and toward a model of intentional eldership. In this, the cleric becomes a person trained in wisdom and the facilitation of wisdom both on individual and communal scales.

~Sunyananda

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Can Meditation Help in Cancer Recovery?

Research at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) made use of 'telomere size' (TL) as a sign of anxiety and also biological aging and also just how 'mind roaming' can be an indication of that. Many research studies have validated this link between telomeres and severe stress and anxiety. What are telomeres? Why do we have them?

Telomeres are 'caps' over the end of chromosomes to safeguard them from deterioration or fusion with surrounding chromosomes. Over time these telomeres damage down and obtain shorter. When they shorten to a crucial size, the chromosomes quit functioning or fuse to other chromosomes, and afterwards the deposit builds up and also causes ailment and aging.

This device apparently evolved to avoid cells from duplicating uncontrollable, i.e. coming to be cancerous. Our flexible cancer cells protection, as is commonly the situation in development, is a compromise, this time around between aging and also cancer cells.

There is a whole lot of study on anxiety, aging and telomeres currently. Telomeres were discovered by Lin, et al. in 'Telomeres and way of life aspects: Roles in cellular aging' in Anomaly Research (2011) to shorten with age and mental as well as physical stress, telomere shortness forecasted early disease and death.

Shalev, et al. in 'Exposure to physical violence throughout childhood years is related to telomere erosion from 5 to 10 years of age: A longitudinal study' in Molecular Psychiatry (2012) revealed that telomere lack is a marker of accelerated aging early in life from exposure to violence.

So exactly how around cancer? Definitely having significant cancers would be a high stress, high mind-wandering situation. Does telomere length which anticipates just how we respond to stress with aging, additionally anticipate how we handle cancer-induced anxiety and also respond to stress-reducing protocols created to alter our cancer cells survival rate?

A current study in Cancer cells, by Carlson, L. et al. 'Mindfulness-based Cancer Recovery and also Supportive-Expressive Treatment Preserve Telomere Length Family member to Controls in Distressed Breast Cancer cells Survivors' takes a look at just how two various stress and anxiety administration methods and a control technique influenced telomere size in stressed out bust cancer cells survivors.

The techniques were:

a) 'Mindfulness-Based Cancer cells Healing' (MBCR) established by 2 of the authors, Linda Carlson as well as Michael Speca of the Oncology Department @ the University of Calgary b) supportive-expressive team therapy (COLLECTION) c) a 6-hr stress management seminar for controls

As explained in the article over, and also in 'mindfulness meditation - religious vs. nonreligious - does it work? - brand-new research,' Jon Kabat Zinn's 'Mindfulness-Based Anxiety Reduction' (MBSR) was the vital to unlocking the power of mindfulness reflection by transferring to a nonreligious, scientifically-validated approach.

MBCR is based greatly on MBSR however tailored for cancer individuals. Guide on MBCR is also entitled 'Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recuperation: A Detailed MBSR Technique to assist You Handle Therapy and also Redeem Your Life.'

The 92 individuals in the study satisfied 4 needs: a) Finished all clinical therapies three months previously b) Identified with AJCC phase I to III breast cancer c) Over 18 years old d) Racked up over 4 on the National Comprehensive Cancer cells Network Distress Thermometer

The MBCR group went to 8 regular group sessions of 90 minutes, a six-hour hideaway, as well as got a course pamphlet as well as CDs for led meditation and conscious body language at house. The SET group met for 90 minutes weekly for 12 weeks. Both MBCR and also COLLECTION had equivalent framework, team dimension, atmosphere and contact time.

There was little difference in between MBCR as well as COLLECTION in the telomere lengths (TL) that resulted from the study, so their outcomes were merged.As revealed at left, the orange bars are for the consolidated MBCR and also COLLECTION treatment outcomes.

T/ S is the ratio in between the length with the telomere to the 'single-copy gene size.' Both MBCR as well as COLLECTION kept the T/S proportion over the 3 month intervention period. Nonetheless, the control population had decreased TLs.

This verified the Carlson's group earlier research. As the report states '... this finding includes in the literary works supporting the possibility for stress-reducing interventions to impact important disease-regulating processes as well as inevitably disease result.'

There is just one other control-based research study on organizations between chronic stress levels, TL and cancer. It was done previously on cervical cancer cells by Biegler, et al. in 2012 in Cancer Avoidance Study @ UC Irvine.

Cervical cancer survivors, like bust cancer survivors, 'usually experience profound and lengthy disturbances in lifestyle (QOL) domains' with 'phenomenal persistent anxiety, jeopardizing optimal health and wellness.'

The Nelson team did numerous research studies with cervical cancer survivors making use of a 'culturally-sensitive psychosocial telephone counseling intervention' (PTC) which generated 'substantially improved QOL in addition to inflection of stress-associated biomarkers.'

This research study had only 22 individuals, 10 got PTC, the rest 'common treatment.' All had cervical squamous cell carcinoma of phase I, II, or III, were 9 to 24 months after medical diagnosis and also showed emotional (dis) anxiety as determined on the Short Symptom Stock scale.

The PTC contained 6 sessions designed in order to help manage the distress of cervical cancer. They consisted of a 'psychosocial interview (on) managing tension and feelings, improving health and health, and also addressing relational as well as sex-related worries "followed by a '1-month booster session.'

This is a more intricate research as it takes a look at different sorts of telomeres as well as adjustments in naive T cells, although it does much less on contrasting interventions.

Ornish, et al. did a research on way of living changes, telomerase (which elongates telomeres), and tension in low-risk prostate cancer, with positive outcomes, but it was not control-based as well as TLs were not measured.

Shortened telomeres were located in many research studies in premalignant tissues as well as in tissue beside tumors supporting the belief that this results in early carcinogenesis along with rises in the occurrence and death from malignancies.

Shortened TLs have actually been linked in numerous research studies to chronic mental stress and anxiety along with 'illness progression' in lots of persistent conditions, including cardio illness. There is much research showing that mental stress and anxiety is related to raised cancer growth, development and death in both human beings and also animals.

Like most 'first' studies, it is clear that bigger populaces over longer times are should enhance the statistics, yet it is clear from these studies that cancer cells survivors experience extreme tension, as well as that reflection, team treatment as well as coping methods reduced that stress which increases the opportunity of survival, which could be tracked by a widely-accepted biomarker.

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Gary Weber has a Ph.D. in physical sciences as well as operated in nationwide labs, sector, as well as academia in R&D as well as administration. Concurrently, after over 20,000 hours of self-inquiry, Zen as well as yoga exercise, he experienced the falling away of the "I" and the loss of self-referential thoughts, wishes and anxieties. Since then, he has actually shown, authored three publications, a blog site and numerous posts, and also made countless videos, meetings, and presentations on nonduality, meditation as well as neuroscience at different seminars and universities world-wide. He has actually been a topic and/or collaborator in cognitive neuroscience and reflection research studies at Baumann Institute, IONS, CSNSC, Yale, and Johns Hopkins.

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Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Schizophrenia: A Path to Improved Well-Being

Discover the potential of mindfulness-based interventions for schizophrenia patients. While not a cure, structured mindfulness exercises led by healthcare professionals can significantly reduce symptoms, enhance well-being, and offer a path to

Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Schizophrenia: A Path to Improved Well-Being Exploring Mindfulness for Schizophrenia The question of whether schizophrenia can be healed through mindfulness is a complex one. While mindfulness-based interventions cannot cure schizophrenia, they can enhance the quality of life for individuals grappling with this condition. This meta-analysis delves into the…

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Yoga's Potential for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Scientific Exploration

Yoga's Ancient Wisdom in Modern Psychiatry: A Fusion of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Challenges

Yoga’s Potential for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Scientific Exploration Understanding the Global Mental Health Challenge To embark on a journey of understanding mental health challenges, we must first acknowledge the shortcomings of conventional approaches. Mental illnesses, despite advancements in treatment accessibility, continue to cast a shadow on global health. The World Health…

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Yoga's Potential for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Scientific Exploration

Yoga's Ancient Wisdom in Modern Psychiatry: A Fusion of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Challenges

Yoga’s Potential for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Scientific Exploration Understanding the Global Mental Health Challenge To embark on a journey of understanding mental health challenges, we must first acknowledge the shortcomings of conventional approaches. Mental illnesses, despite advancements in treatment accessibility, continue to cast a shadow on global health. The World Health…

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Yoga's Potential for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Scientific Exploration

Yoga's Ancient Wisdom in Modern Psychiatry: A Fusion of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Challenges

Yoga’s Potential for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Scientific Exploration Understanding the Global Mental Health Challenge To embark on a journey of understanding mental health challenges, we must first acknowledge the shortcomings of conventional approaches. Mental illnesses, despite advancements in treatment accessibility, continue to cast a shadow on global health. The World Health…

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Yoga-Based Counseling: Integrating Ancient Wisdom and Modern Psychology

Multiple studies advocate for the integration of yoga into psychotherapy. While yoga practices such as asanas, pranayama, and mind-body relaxation have already been incorporated into conventional counseling, there is a need for a structured application of

Yoga-Based Counseling: Integrating Ancient Wisdom and Modern Psychology Based on a research study: Conceptual framework for yoga-based counseling: A systematic review of literature Introduction: Yoga, renowned for its therapeutic benefits in physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, has gained recognition as a powerful tool for counseling. While the practical aspects of yoga such as asana,…

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