Mind Over Body
The science of mind-body medicine is becoming a field in its own right; here you can explore just how powerfully your mind can affect your body.
Just what is the placebo effect? Can beliefs and emotions affect health? How powerful is hypnosis and suggestion on the body?
Learn about the interconnectedness of mind and body, and how physical health may be influenced by emotional well being.
What is visualisation?
September 26, 2009 by wholesci
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What is visualisation?
Visualisation is also known as Mental Imagery, or Visual Mental Rehearsal (VMR), and is a technique that has been proven to be extraordinarily successful in producing a specific outcome.
Why is it important?
Visualisation evidence suggests that our mind plays an important role in the creation of our experience, and therefore it may be possible [...]
What is biofeedback?
September 26, 2009 by wholesci
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What is biofeedback?
Biofeedback machines are technology designed to measure bodily functions such as heart rate, skin conductance, heart variability, muscle tension, skin temperature and sweat gland activity.
Why is it important?
Biofeedback machines allow the individual to gain control over these physiological processes, which were previously understood to be an automatic function of the autonomic nervous system. [...]
What is the placebo effect?
September 26, 2009 by wholesci
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What is the placebo effect?
The placebo effect is a term used in medicine whereby someone’s beliefs or ideas about a treatment make their body respond to a physiologically inactive procedure- either a ‘drug’ or ‘surgery’.
Why is it important?
The placebo effect is important because it means that our beliefs can alter our physiological chemistry, which [...]
What is meditation?
September 26, 2009 by wholesci
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What is meditation?
Meditation is a focused state of inner absorption whereby the individual consciously relaxes their mind to achieve a deeper state of awareness and inner calm.
Why is it important?
Meditation has recently begun to be scientifically studied, and the health benefits are varied, including improved psychological and physical well being. It is becoming apparent that [...]
10 fascinating facts about hypnosis
August 23, 2009 by wholesci
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Recently, Professor Speigel of Stanford University made headlines by stating “It is time for hypnosis to work its way into the mainstream of British medicine”…
Therapeutic touch ‘promotes DNA synthesis’
August 23, 2009 by wholesci
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Scientists at the University of Connecticut recently showed that Therapeutic Touch (a form of hands-on healing) actually affected the synthesis (replication) of DNA in bone forming cells.
The University of Connecticut scientists took human bone-forming cells, known as osteoblasts, and placed them in a culture, then gave them 2 ten-minute sessions of Therapeutic Touch per [...]