By Sarah Mahoney — 2011
“People treat intuition like it’s a dirty word, but it’s actually one of the body’s survival mechanisms,” says Dr. Antoine Bechara.
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The act of breathing seems simple enough (we do it upwards of 17,000 times a day), but there is a vast difference between the automatic and the mindful breath. The latter—the foundation of breathwork—“is the most powerful tool for self-regulation,” says Ashley Neese, leading breathwork expert.
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In How to Breathe, breathwork expert Ashley Neese gives practical guidance for channeling the power of your breath to help you tackle common challenges with mindfulness and serenity.
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This is a 26 minute clip of a 30 minute whole.The full documentary was produced by Uplift TV.
How have Black women elders managed stress? In Black Women’s Yoga History, Stephanie Y.
Dr. Joe Dispenza is teaching the world how to empower and heal our mind through meditation and mindfulness. His studies have proven that when well-practiced these tools can put us on the path to understanding and breaking deep-rooted bad habits and even heal illnesses.
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Does some aspect of our personality survive bodily death? Long a philosophical and theological question, in the 20th century this became the subject of scientific research.
Davidson describes what he describes as "contemplative neuroscience."
Renowned neuroscientist Richard Davidson is finding that happiness is something we can cultivate and a skill that can be learned. Working with the Dalai Lama, Davidson is investigating the far-reaching impact of mindfulness, meditation, and the cultivation of kindness on human health and well-being.
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"It took us 4 billion years to evolve to where we are now—completely brilliant and yet, some might say, emotionally dwarfed.