Growing the Brain through Meditation
One of the most famous and highly regarded academic institutions in the Americas, and possibly the world, also known for ground breaking research in the areas of medicine, science and statistics, has made the connection between meditation and neuronal growth in the human brain. In a 2006 Harvard publication, scientists have observed how meditation increases…
Binaural Beats
Binaural beats, often referred to as binaural tones, were discovered in 1839 by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove. However, they weren’t the subject of extensive research until Gerald Oster published new laboratory findings in 1973. Among other things, Oster used the beats as a diagnostic tool to assess basic neurological conditions and auditory impairments. He discovered that most women…
Music that Heals – A New Type of Meditation
Using music for healing a behavioral condition, mental stress, or a physical issue is not a new practice. Music dating back to its beginnings as an expressive medium has always found an audience that is uplifted in its presence, even for those who are not afflicted with any condition. Today’s busy world may actually be…
How Sleep and Dreams Help with Painful Memories
Recently at the University of California, Berkeley volunteers were shown images that triggered emotions, then were presented with them several hours later. Those volunteers who were allowed to sleep in between the showings had less activity in the areas of the brain linked to emotion. From the test it was discovered that the part of…
Music Therapy Credited for Helping Gabby Giffords
10 months ago a bullet penetrated Congresswoman Gabby Giffords’ brain and left her in critical condition. The injury forced the medical teams in charge of her recovery to use a lessor known method for growing neurological pathways: music therapy. The injury Giffords sustained resulted in aphasia – the inability to speak because of damage to…
Why an Eyemask for Sleep?
Not many of us consider the small external issues surrounding the bedroom before getting a good night’s sleep. We do have a favorite pillow, a preference in bed mattresses, and perhaps a mild habit like listening to music or reading a chapter of a good crime novel before going to bed. Some of us have…
Introducing HealMyPTSD.com
Michele Rosenthal was only 13 years old when she developed Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome, a strange allergic reaction to a medication that put her in critical condition overnight. In her own testimony, Michele makes it clear in her descriptive About page on her website that a turn for the worse occured. She goes on to…
Reports From the Front Lines of TBI
Traumatic Brain Injury, also known as “TBI” is not as rare as one would think. Take for instance this staggering statistic: A total of 41,059 people lost their lives in motor vehicle crashes in 2007. Another 2.5 million people were injured (NHTSA.com). In another statistic, The Center for Disease Control reports that about 1.7 million…
Lucid Dreaming – Living in Your Dreams
Creatively depicted in the blockbuster movie, Inception, lucid dreaming is the ability to become consciously aware inside the dream world and control its events. Though scientifically proven and theoretically accessible to anyone, lucidity is an elusive concept for many people simply because they’re not trained to recognize when they’re dreaming. However, you can always learn……
Resisting the Cookie-Cutter Approach to Education
Diane Ravitch, a well-known historian of education, and Research Professor of Education at New York University, recently published an indictment of the standardized testing movement in the form of a book titled The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. Her book addresses the basic…