November 2, 2020
Joe Brady
A strong mind and a strong body go together. Healthy activities that fully engage the mind and body are some of the most popular activities in the world today. More enjoyable than activities that are done absentmindedly, activities like tai chi, yoga, meditation, relaxation techniques, and therapies such as massage therapy, and acupuncture all have…
March 8, 2020
Joe Brady
Spring Lectures To Discuss New Approaches for Treating Mental Health and Pain The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health will host three lectures this spring part of the Center’s Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series on “Novel Approaches at the Intersection of Mental Health and Pain.” These new approaches for treating mental health and pain help…
February 23, 2020
Joe Brady
Mindfulness meditation encompasses a wide variety of meditation practices. Everything from formal meditations like prayer, Zen or transcendental meditation to active meditations like tai chi and yoga are forms of mindful meditation. Even reading a good book is meditation at a very simple and enjoyable level. Anything that forces us to focus the mind on…
April 14, 2019
Joe Brady
One of the most valuable things you can do for your health and sanity in our high tech/high stress world is to take time each day to meditate. We can all learn to handle the physical and emotional effects of stress. Meditation may be the antidote to stress. Studies have found that those who practice…
February 5, 2017
Joe Brady
by Joseph Brady and Jacqui Shumway “Aging is a question of mind over matter — if you don’t mind it it doesn’t matter,” once quipped Mark Twain. Modern Biomedical research has verified that he was right, to a large extent. As we get older we look forward to enjoying our golden years and doing everything…