Ingredients of Wellness

Mind-body wellness is the use of therapies that change thought patterns, emotions, behaviors and attitudes to improve health, support healing and promote wellness. I recently talked about mind-body wellness and the role of mind-body therapies play as we attempt to take control of our own wellness and healing, and how the research is supporting the […]

As the name suggests Mind-Body Wellness considers the effect of the mind and emotions on the physical body.  A definition I relate to is this: how mental activities (like beliefs), influence health and how using mental interventions (like meditation or hypnosis), can change the content of these mental activities by either reducing stress or affecting […]

A friend recently shared her concern of a great anxiety she was experiencing and how it was impacting her ability sleep leaving her regularly relying on sleeping tablets.  Sleep did not come partly because of what many refer to as the ‘monkey mind’ working overtime. You’ve heard the yoga teacher refer to the monkey mind […]