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10/10/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Your frame of mind directly influences your physical health – learn more at Brighteon.com

You may have heard about the “power of positive thinking” and thought to yourself, does it actually work? According to Dr. Matt Mason from the Mason Chiropractic & Wellness Center in Warren, Ohio, it most certainly does. In a recent video he published to Brighteon.com, Dr. Mason explains how one’s frame of mind directly influences […]

09/13/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Being chronically stressed is literally killing you

The body’s stress response to a sudden crisis is to release a burst of cortisol and other adrenal hormones. When facing an emergency, this “fight or flight” response can help you survive. However, when the stress is chronic and unrelenting, it can negatively affect your health. The link between chronic stress, aging, and mortality Chronically heightened levels of […]

04/26/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

The rewards of meditation are reaped for many years: Research shows the cognitive gains last, even if you don’t maintain practice

Cognitive improvements gained from practicing meditation can last for a minimum of seven years, according to a study published in the Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. Researchers at the University of California – Davis based the initial study on The Shamatha Project, which is an investigation of the cognitive, psychological, and biological impacts of meditation. They aimed to […]

04/05/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Breathe, love, and laugh: Natural ways to treat depression

Modern technology is a two-edged sword. It makes our life more convenient. But it also makes living more complicated. We multi-task, deal with higher stress levels, and go to bed thinking of a thousand and one things. It’s a far cry from pre-smartphone days, when our ancestors looked up in a sky awash in moonlight […]

11/28/2017 / By Zoey Sky

How meditation works: It synchronizes key regions in the brain, improving cognitive functions

Meditation can do more than help you relax after a long day. According to an article by Christina Sarich at the Waking Times, several Boston University researchers have discovered how to activate the two areas of the brain that can “turbo charge” cognitive functioning, or certain cerebral processes that pertain to knowledge and how we […]

11/22/2017 / By Zoey Sky

The mind game pre-workout: You’ll be more successful if exercise is fun

Unless you’re a gym rat, you probably find yourself dreading the thought of having to exercise on a regular basis. There’s one easy way to combat this mindset, and this is to simply make your workout “fun.” While there is solid scientific data which proves that the average American is overweight, one of the things […]

10/20/2017 / By Russel Davis

Meditation changes the structure of your brain, cuts stress in half according to new study

A recent study published in Science Advances has revealed that practicing mental activities such as meditation and mindfulness training may help reduce stress levels by half. Mental training techniques have been gaining steam due in part to their apparent efficacy in decreasing a person’s stress levels and promoting key values such as attention and mindfulness or social competencies including […]

08/12/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Multiple studies find that yoga can reduce the symptoms of depression

Yoga is a practice that has long been associated with a relaxed body and mind. New studies have suggested that yoga may help relieve the symptoms of depressions as well, especially when utilized as a complement to traditional therapy. These studies were presented at the 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA) held […]

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