Psychologists have long studied resilience— the ability to bounce back and move on. But post-traumatic growth, which has been documented in hundreds of studies, is different; it’s what happens when trauma changes and deepens life’s meaning – not everyone experiences growth after trauma. In recent years, psychologists have studied survivors of cancer, war, and terrorist attacks and found that …
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The Science behind Yoga and Stress
What does bending your body into yoga poses do to your brain chemistry and nerve connections? Every time we are ‘holding’ a posture, staying very still to concentrate or trying to balance, our logical brain is being activated. This is partly why yoga seems to have a positive effect on depression and anxiety, where sufferers have a tendency to dwell on negative life events. Stronger connections …
The World of Dualities
"The truth is that unless we have something spiritually fulfilling on which to focus the mind, the mind will not stay controlled. Determination is rarely enough. The mind wants to taste. In its mundane form it relishes the material emotion evoked by the worlds dialogues. When we think of pleasant things - our family or friends, for example - we feel the heart, the seat of the minds emotion, …