by Madeline | Oct 2, 2025 | Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Complementary Practices, disease, Health, Healthcare, Integrative Medicine, Longevity, MBSR, meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, science, stress, Uncategorized
Meditation has a lot of benefits for those who practice regularly. New studies are suggesting that meditation can even help slow down the complicated process of aging. While the work is still new, it’s quite interesting and finds support in a wide variety of studies....
by Madeline | Jul 24, 2025 | Change, Health, Integrative Medicine
To reap the benefits of a habit, you must practice! Most of us have good intentions: meditate daily, eat mindfully, take daily walks, eat healthy meals. So why is it so hard to form a new habit and what’s the best way to do it? HOMEOSTASIS and NEUROPLASTICITY...
by Madeline | Jul 10, 2025 | Acceptance, Behavior Change, Body Awareness, communication, Health, Integrative Medicine, kindness, meditation, Mindfulness, personal growth, stress
Research continues to support the many health and quality of life benefits of mindfulness practice: stress reduction, greater physical well-being, and a happier, more stable mental state. Did you know that if you practice mindfulness, you are more likely to be...
by Madeline | Aug 22, 2025 | Acceptance, anxiety, Behavior Change, Body Awareness, Change, Health, Integrative Medicine, meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, stress
Many of the people who come to Integrative Mindfulness for mindfulness training suffer from anxiety, just as I once did. Several years ago, when I was in the midst of a very stressful period in my life, I experienced anxiety attacks on a regular basis. For me, this...
by Madeline | Jul 11, 2025 | Acceptance, Behavior Change, depression, Health, Integrative Medicine, meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Pain, stress
Chronic pain affects 30 to 40 million U.S. adults, costing an estimated $600 billion a year. But researchers have learned more about the physiology of pain in the past ten years than in the previous thousand. Pain is created by the brain in response to what it thinks...
by Madeline | Jun 6, 2025 | Body Awareness, disease, eating, Health, Integrative Medicine, Longevity, Mindfulness, nutrition, spirituality
Mindful eating is as common a practice at many monasteries, meditation retreats, and Zen centers as walking or sitting meditation. Like the more formal mindfulness meditations, mindful eating is a practice of presence, noticing sensations, and observing one’s...
