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) and usually generates work-family conflicts. Having a family or other care-givingRead more

In the mind-body realms such as yoga and meditation, it is often held that our breath is a go-between our physical body and mind. Any disturbance in the breath (its flows, depth, length and speed) would have measurable impact on the nature of mind and its states such as fear and worry. E.g. anger willRead 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