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"The Mind's Brain" with Sharon Begley (sample)
In this teleseminar, host Cassandra Vieten discusses fascinating developments in neuroscience with author and Newsweek science columnist Sharon Begley. Many scientists believed the brain loses its plasticity with aging, but Sharon tells us that research now shows we can continue to learn throughout life.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-05-13
- 00:07:21
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Distant Healing of Surgical Wounds
An Exploratory Study
Distant healing intention (DHI) is one of the most common complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) healing modalities, but clinical trials to date have provided ambivalent support for its efficacy. To examine 2 potential variables – expectation and belief – we explored the effects of DHI on objective and psychosocial measures associated with surgical wounds in 72 women undergoing plastic surgery.
- Publications Scholarly Papers
- July 2012
- 7 pages
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Essential Shifts Interview: Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly Hill is known for her environmental activism, but she is also a deeply spiritual and reflective being. In this dialogue, she reveals her sense that the most important thing we can do is to hold an image of our world as whole, connected, and complete.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-09-06
- 00:29:18
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Essential Shifts Interview: Van Jones
Van shares intimately about his formative years and his journey into becoming a social activist, as well as the story of Ella Baker, the "secret godmother" of the civil rights movement and mentor to Dr. King. Van advocates a "third way" between Islamic and corporate fundamentalisms and towards a vibrant, global pro-democracy movement that supports "green-collar jobs."
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-08-31
- 00:32:29
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Loren Eskenazi, MD
Loren Eskenazi MD is a board certified Plastic Surgeon and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Eskenazi completed her bachelor's degree with honors (Summa cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa) at the University of Pennsylvania. She did her medical school training at Stanford. She has also undergone additional fellowship training in breast surgery after completing her residency in cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery at Stanford.
Prior to medical school Dr. Eskenazi had many years of fine arts training at Rhode Island School of Design and the Art Student's league in New York. She Also has had training in various mind-body techniques include biofeedback, several types of bodywork, meditation and visualization techniques and ritual.
She has published numerous chapters and papers in the scientific and lay press. She has appeared on CNN, Dr. Dean Edell, Rosanne show, The Learning and Discovery Channels, and is quoted in Cosmopolitan, Wired, The Economist, Allure and many other magazines.
Special interests of Dr. Eskenazi include cross-cultural aspects of body art and cosmetic surgery. She has lectured at Stanford on this topic and psychospiritual aspects of healing. She is currently doing a research study on using prayer and visualization and ritual healing for women undergoing breast cancer surgery.
She is also interested in high-tech aspects of medicine. She did a pioneering study on breast shape and implant design using 3-D scanning (Cyberware as used in Terminator and Jurassic Park). Currently she is collaborating on creating a virtual reality environment for pain control and healing during surgery.
Dr. Eskenazi co-founded the Women's Committee of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. She has been on over 10 trips to foreign countries where she has done free surgery on children in need. She is the founding partner in a unique woman's cosmetic and reconstructive surgical practice in San Francisco.
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World Water Day
Our bodies are made mostly of it (up to 70%) and we can’t survive without it for more than a few days. However, this precious resource is something most ... -
Earth Day 2011
April 20 is Earth Day. Prepare to get inundated with a billion things we can do, SHOULD DO, to save our planet! (Most of these eco-tips are so obvious that ... -
The Swami Beyondananda and Fool Enlightenment
I haven't seen anything about him lately, but I wonder if others remember the Swami Beyondanada? He was basically about humor with a hint of truth. He always said ... -
Edward F. Kelly, PhD
Edward F. Kelly, Ph.D. is currently Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatric Medicine at the University of Virginia. He is author of Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century
, Computer Recognition of English Word Senses and Altered States of Consciousness and Psi: An Historical Survey and Research Prospectus. His central long term interests revolve around mind-brain relations and functional neuroimaging studies of unusual states of consciousness and associated cognitive phenomena.
Dr. Kelly received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Yale and a PhD from Harvard with primary interests in psycholinguistics and cognitive science. His research, carried out at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill as part of a large neuroscience research program, involved non-invasive study of normal and abnormal plasticity in human somatosensory cortex using high-resolution EEG and fMRI techniques. He had previously spent over ten years working full-time in experimental parapsychology, initially at J. B. Rhine’s Institute for Parapsychology in Durham, NC, and subsequently through the Department of Electrical Engineering at Duke University.
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Research/Meditation Bibliography/Meditation Research
Meditation Research Photo by campra The practice of meditation is believed to have existed before written history, and was typically situated within a set of religious beliefs and frameworks. Meditation ... -
Ancient Wisdom and the Perfection of Health
The human capacity for lifelong well-being was well known to wise women and men throughout time and across diverse cultures. The ancient Greeks called it eudaimonia—human flourishing, the flourishing of our deepest nature.
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Twin Telepathy and the Illusion of Separation
Evidence of remarkable synchronicities and communications between twins continues to confound conventional research into human consciousness.
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Adam and Eve UNIVERSAL MIND
Date: 2/25/2012 2:20:39 PM A story by Larry Davis for IONS members UNIVERSAL MIND Chapter One Adam sat quietly in his chair as he opened his ... -
Orchids and Dandelions: The Emerging Science of Emotional Sensitivity
People are sensitive—some more apparently so than others—and how those sensitivities affect one's health is becoming a topic of increased scientific scrutiny.
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Feared Spirit or Life-Giving Creator? In Search of Pachacamac
PACHACAMAC: A Much Needed and Feared Oracle Spirit or an Alternate Pre-Hispanic Perception of the Creator of the World by Giorgio Piacenza Cabrera About the Oracle As a rule, oracles ...