Who does not want to keep their brain ageless? Market is often replete with claims and products purporting to make our brain better: improve memory, delay onset of age-related decline and many more. However, one of the most under-rated yet effective way to protect and optimize our brain may be available to us at noRead more
PARMJIT SINGH, PhD
In our culture we spend a significant amount of time in a working environment. Whether some one is self-employed or working for or with someone else, it occupies most of our waking time (and sometime even intrudes into our sleep by keeping us awake). Having a family or other care-giving responsibilities on the top addsRead more
Studies related to mindfulness and meditation so far suggest that focused attention tends to improve psychological well-being. It does so by reframing our relationship to one’s own self, toning down reactions to stressful events, nurturing positive emotions, reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression and above all improving generalized sense of well-being. One recent study publishedRead more
In a study published in the British Journal of Health Psychology suggested that mindfulness-based awareness is helpful in alleviating symptoms and pain perception related to fibromyalgia by re-orienting relationship and attachment to self and body. A randomized controlled study suggested that mindfulness-treated group showed significant improvement in “… pain perception, sleep quality, psychological distress, non-attachmentRead more
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