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Article: the emotions of pain

October 15, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

“At its core, pain is just something that hurts or makes you say ouch,” says Karen Davis, a senior scientist at the Krembil Brain Institute in Toronto. “Everything else is the outcome of the pain, how it then impacts your emotions, your feelings, your behaviors.” Jon Hamilton, NPR Correspondent www.npr.org/sections/health-shots This NPR Health Shots report looks […]

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Article: Comprehensive chronic pain research

October 9, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

“Pain-trait encompasses the traditional factors that scientists already believe increase the severity of chronic pain, such as catastrophizing about pain and fear of pain. Individuals with this dimension were more likely to report worse pain. “Emote-trait, however, appeared to be protective; this dimension includes optimism, lower levels of neuroticism, and a capacity for mindfulness. “According to […]

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Article: Your brain on pain

October 2, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

This article on Mindful.org summarizes nicely the work of Dr Feidel Zeidan and others about how well mindfulness works for pain relief.

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Ode to Keeping Quiet, by Pablo Neruda

September 11, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

May this poem offer solace as it did eighteen years ago. ODE TO KEEPING QUIET Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still. This one time upon the earth, let’s not speak any language, let’s stop for one second, and not move our arms so much. It would be a delicious […]

Filed Under: Featured, Musings, News, Schedule, Uncategorized, Weekly practice, Wisdom Tagged With: 9/11, healing, mindfulness, Neruda, peace, remembering, wisdom

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Your brain on pain

April 29, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

This article on Mindful.org nicely summarizes nicely the work of Dr Feidel Zeidan and others about how well mindfulness works for pain relief.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: mindfulness, pain relief, yoga

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Mindfulness & exercise

April 22, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

I love living in a time where the effects of mindfulness, Reiki, yoga, and other health therapies are studied. I hope to live to see the day when these practices are considered as basic necessities, like brushing our teeth. Check out this accessible article in Scientific American, summarizing recent research into the effects of mindfulness […]

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Where to start

March 22, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ~ Arthur Ashe

Filed Under: Wisdom Tagged With: learning, mindfulness, presence, transformation

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The art of life

March 15, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

“The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surrounding.” ~ Kakuzo Okakura (The Book Of Tea)

Filed Under: Wisdom Tagged With: adjustment, learning, mindfulness, transformation

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Becoming

March 8, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.” ~ Anais Nin

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Transformation

March 1, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

“Transformation is often more about unlearning than learning.” ~ Richard Rohr

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