by Madeline | Oct 2, 2025 | Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Complementary Practices, disease, Health, Healthcare, Integrative Medicine, Longevity, MBSR, meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, science, stress, Uncategorized
Meditation has a lot of benefits for those who practice regularly. New studies are suggesting that meditation can even help slow down the complicated process of aging. While the work is still new, it’s quite interesting and finds support in a wide variety of studies....
by Madeline | Apr 3, 2025 | Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Behavior Change, Formal Practice, Informal Practice, meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Practice
The technological age is amazing! From apps to podcasts to audio books and videos, everything we need or want to learn is just a Google or YouTube search away. We also have remotes for just about everything to up our convenience factor. With mindfulness having been...
by Madeline | Dec 23, 2025 | Acceptance, Alternative & Complementary Medicine, anxiety, Change, Health, kindness, meditation, Mindfulness
Looking for a way to quiet your mind that doesn’t involve sitting still and following your breath? Walking meditation may be for you. It is just as beneficial as sitting meditation, with some differences. Obviously you’re walking instead of sitting, but the focus of...
by Madeline | Sep 16, 2025 | Acceptance, Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Behavior Change, Body Awareness, Change, Health, meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Sleep, stress, Yoga
I remember when chronic pain and obsessive worry kept me awake night after night. Typically, around 2 am, my mind was scanning the horizon like a lighthouse, searching for something to worry about. When it locked on it wouldn’t let go, mentally approaching the...
by Madeline | May 4, 2025 | Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Complementary Practices, disease, Health, inflammation, Integrative Medicine, MBSR, meditation, Mindfulness, Pain, science, stress
While interest in mindfulness meditation as a stress reliever has grown through the years, there’s been little evidence to support that it helps those suffering from chronic inflammation conditions in which psychological stress plays a major role. Until now. A...
by Madeline | Jan 19, 2026 | Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Body Awareness, Health, Jon Kabat-Zinn, non-judgment, non-striving, Pain, Uncategorized
Although medications and, at times, surgical and other interventions can be important tools for pain management, too often they fail to completely relieve pain. Furthermore, drugs and procedures do not directly impact how people cope with symptoms that may not be...