By Uma Naidoo — 2021
The food you eat can have just as profound an effect on your brain and your mental health as the drugs prescribed by your doctor. The reason: Your gut and your brain are in constant communication with each other.
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Adults with disabilities report experiencing frequent mental distress almost 5 times as often as adults without disabilities.
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Dr. John Sarno, a pioneer in mind-body medicine, emphasized the age-old concept that anxiety and mood have a significant impact on the treatment of chronic disease, including pain.
The diagnosis and the treatment fit the era in which they occurred. It was the early 1950's, and the field of psychosomatic medicine — based on the notion that many diseases have their origins in emotional distress — was in its heyday.
A complex system in the brain that keeps gymnasts balanced can get out of whack.
The breath is the foundation of every mindfulness practice, and it is also the foundation of life. Establishing a relationship with your breath, especially while pregnant, will have lasting effects for you and the child you are bringing into the world.
The pandemic has stripped our emotional reserves even further, laying bare our unique physical, social, and emotional vulnerabilities.
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“How we move, think, and feel have an impact on the stress response through real neural connections.”