A busy mind, one that disturbs our peace of mind, or sleep, or makes us anxious, is a reflection of a deeper imbalance. A busy mind reflects a stressed nervous system and brain with negative implications for our mental, emotional and physical health. A busy mind can...
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Talking to … Versus Drugging Chronic Pain
The author of Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert recently shared her account of how she dealt with chronic, severe knee pain that hadn't responded to treatment, natural or otherwise. She decided to get very quiet and simply ask her knee what it needed. The response...
Combating Stress-induced Food Cravings
It becomes more difficult to exercise self-discipline when your brain function and body chemistry are negatively influenced by stress. During the stress response, which could be triggered by something as ordinary as an upsetting phone call, our neurology and chemistry...
Best Treatment for Stress-Induced Pain
One of the primary reasons that chronic pain doesn't resolve is that the cause of the pain isn't being addressed. Surprisingly, most chronic pain is driven by brain circuits that are stress-induced. One scenario is when we've had pain for a period of time the brain...
Acupuncture, Stress & Your Brain
New research is confirming that acupuncture exerts a powerful influence on the brain. These findings help to explain why acupuncture can be so helpful for so many issues. A new study from the Georgetown University Medical Center published in the journal...
Chronic Pain is Brain Pain
One of the most respected clinicians in the treatment of chronic pain is Dr. John Sarno of the NYU Rehabilitative Medicine department. His research shows that up to 95% of chronic pain lingers because it is ultimately generated by the mind and brain. This...
Train Your Brain, Transform Your Health
This blog is about the value of befriending and taming your limbic brain in the pursuit of health and happiness. Ever since Swami Rama, the noted yogi, was studied at the Menninger Institute in the 1960's it's been known that we can indeed influence unconscious bodily...
ADHD, Sleep Disturbances, & Acupuncture
It's often believed that the overactive mind that prevents an adult or child with ADHD from falling asleep is a symptom of that illness. My experience is that the overactive mind is a symptom of an imbalanced autonomic nervous system (ANS) that in fact contributes to...
ADD, ADHD, or Just Scattered?
Whether we've been diagnosed with an attention disorder, or we're just feeling scattered, we (adults and children) can learn to be more in control of our minds and bodies. To improve brain function we need to be aware of what causes foggy thinking, a lack of focus,...