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Magic Mushrooms For Palliative Care Patients

January 16, 2019 Natural Living

By Josh Richardson Palliative care patients are being treated with the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms in a bid to reduce their anxiety during end of life care. Psilocybin mushrooms are one of five powerful psychedelics that treat mental disorders and change human consciousness. They have long been studied for their spiritual effects. In 2006, […]

Can We Unlearn The Fear That Creates Our Reality?

December 13, 2018 Health And Wellness

By Josh Richardson Imagination is a wonderful thing. Emotions are often a result of the mind telling us stories without our direction over the outcome. When we imagine any fear repeatedly in a safe environment, soon our phobia, and our brain’s response to it, begins to subside. That’s the takeaway of a new brain imaging […]

The Way You Think Physically Changes The Structure of Your Brain

July 18, 2018 Health And Wellness

By Josh Richardson The way people think and act not only affects the way the brain operates, but also its shape, according to researchers at the University of Zurich (UZH). They found that each brain has physical properties as unique as fingerprints that can alter over time. Studies have shown that thoughts alone can improve […]

Benefits of Meditation Done Now Is Maintained Seven Years Later

April 10, 2018 Health And Wellness

By Josh Richardson Gains in the ability to sustain attention developed through intensive meditation training are maintained up to seven years later, according to a new study published in the Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. Several previous studies have supported the hypothesis that meditation training improves practitioners’ emotional regulation. Meditation training program can have measurable effects on how […]

How Mind-Body Approaches Reduce Blood Pressure Better Than Medication

April 7, 2018 Health And Wellness

By Josh Richardson Decades of research continue to unravel the relaxation response–the physiological and psychological opposite of the well-known fight-or-flight stress response that can be achieved through relaxation techniques like yoga or mediation–can reduce blood pressure in people with hypertension. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major risk factor for heart attack and stroke […]

The Microbiome In Your Body Thrives With Regular Physical Contact

December 12, 2017 Uncategorized

By Josh Richardson Hugging helps the immune system, cures depression, reduces stress and induces sleep. Gut bacteria also appears to thrive with regular physical contact, suggests new data that shows ‘huddling’ actions lead to a synchronised microbiome. Beneficial bacteria in the gut are known to attack pathogens, manufacture vitamins and even act as anti-cancer agents. […]

Your Longevity May Be Based On How You Perceive Time

September 21, 2017 Health And Wellness

By Josh Richardson Time perception is a construction of the brain. How fast we perceive time to be passing — or “mind time” — can be manipulated or distorted. Evaluations of time differ based on our state of being at the time of judgment. How you age and how long you live may depend on […]

Teaching People To Visualize An Outcome Is More Effective Than Teaching People What To Do: Study

September 3, 2017 Natural Living

By Josh Richardson An established but little-known psychological theory is likely to improve performances across a range of activities, including sport, according to new research published that can be applied to amateurs or skilled performers alike says psychologist Dr Warren Mansell, from The University of Manchester. Many philosophers believed that all behaviors are predetermined and […]

How Music and Meditation Address Memory Loss

January 25, 2017 Health And Wellness

By Josh Richardson Meditation training program can have measurable effects on how the brain functions even when someone is not actively meditating. The effects are even more pronounced with music. In a recent study of adults with early memory loss, a West Virginia University research team lead by Dr. Kim Innes found that practice of […]

Study Finds Link Between Meditation and Wisdom

April 6, 2016 Health And Wellness

By Josh Richardson There are various states of consciousness, however meditation is one of the most important of them. It increases cardiovascular quality, lowers blood pressure, decreases anxiety and among quantum physicists is considered the fourth state of consciousness in which the entire brain is engaged. But it also does something very important — it […]

Scientists Discover That Bacteria Have a Collective Memory

March 10, 2016 Health And Wellness

By Josh Richardson Individual bacterial cells have short memories. But groups of bacteria can develop a collective memory that can increase their tolerance… Collective motion can be observed in biological systems over a wide range of length scales, from large animals to bacteria because collective systems always work better for adaptation than those which are […]

15 Simple Lifestyle Changes That Can Add Over a Decade To Your Life

December 14, 2015 Health And Wellness,Natural Living

By Josh Richardson Simple health prevention and lifestyle strategies can help people achieve their optimal health potential and add a decade or more of healthy years to the average lifespan. Healthy lifestyle initiatives can give people a 90 percent chance of living to the age of 90 or beyond, free of the most common sources […]

Magic Mushrooms For Palliative Care Patients

Can We Unlearn The Fear That Creates Our Reality?

The Way You Think Physically Changes The Structure of Your Brain

Benefits of Meditation Done Now Is Maintained Seven Years Later

How Mind-Body Approaches Reduce Blood Pressure Better Than Medication

The Microbiome In Your Body Thrives With Regular Physical Contact

Your Longevity May Be Based On How You Perceive Time

Teaching People To Visualize An Outcome Is More Effective Than Teaching People What To Do: Study

How Music and Meditation Address Memory Loss

Study Finds Link Between Meditation and Wisdom

Scientists Discover That Bacteria Have a Collective Memory

15 Simple Lifestyle Changes That Can Add Over a Decade To Your Life

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