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Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention During Pregnancy on Prenatal Stress and Mood
Results of a Pilot Study
Stress and negative mood during pregnancy increase risk for poor childbirth outcomes and postnatal mood problems and may interfere with mother-infant attachment and child development. However, relatively little research has focused on the efficacy of psychosocial interventions to reduce stress and negative mood during pregnancy. In this study, we developed and pilot tested an eight-week mindfulness-based intervention directed toward reducing stress and improving mood in pregnancy and early postpartum.
- Publications Scholarly Papers
- February 1, 2008
- 8 pages
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"Bridging the Science of Emotion with Contemplative Traditions" with Margaret Kemeny (sample)
This teleseminar journeys to the frontiers of stress and healing with Dr. Margaret Kemeny, who is Professor of Psychiatry and director of a joint PhD program in Health Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience between the UCSF and UC Berkeley campuses. She talks with host Marilyn Schlitz, identifying the links between psychological factors, the immune system and health.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-11-04
- 00:03:00
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Healing and Transformation Through Self Guided Imagery
Tapping into the heart's wisdom through creative visualization is an ancient practice, but today guided imagery is used as an adjunct to conventional medical therapies for health issues ranging from cancer and heart disease to post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction.
- Publications Books
- February 1, 2009
- 224 pages
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"The Use of Psychedelics in Psychiatry and Medicine" with Charles Grob
This discussion reviews the history of psychiatric research with psychedelics from the 1950s to the present. Particular focus is applied to recent approved investigations with normal volunteers and with specific ...
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2011-02-23
- 00:56:51
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"Sound, Stress, Healing, and Inner Peace" with Steven Halpern (part 1 of 2)
Steven Halpern is a composer and recording artist of music for relaxation, wellness and "sound health". For over 30 years, he has pioneered and promoted the healing powers of music through his recordings, books, media appearances and workshops.
- Audio Lectures
- 1996
- 00:40:42
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"Sound, Stress, Healing, and Inner Peace" with Steven Halpern (part 2 of 2)
Steven Halpern is a composer and recording artist of music for relaxation, wellness and "sound health". For over 30 years, he has pioneered and promoted the healing powers of music through his recordings, books, media appearances and workshops.
- Audio Lectures
- 1996
- 00:42:11
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"Optimal Health and Human Flourishing" with Elliott Dacher (class 3 of 8)
The End of Suffering
ACCESS RESTRICTED TO COURSE MEMBERS
Week 3 of the course Optimal Health and Human Flourishing.
This class explores the way to progressively alleviate stress, and suffering while simultaneously promoting the qualities of human flourishing – optimal health, enduring happiness, and a stable and profound peace of mind, body, and spirit.
- Audio Optimal Health
- 2011-10-14
- 01:51:58
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The Happiness Trip
A Scientific Journey
The search for happiness is quintessentially human—a concept that figures foremost among our deepest desires, yet an emotion late to evolve and as yet barely understood.
- Publications Books
- June 18, 2007
- 160 pages
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Monkeyluv
and Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
How do imperceptibly small differences in the environment change one's behavior? What is the anatomy of a bad mood? Does stress shrink our brains? What does People magazine's list of America's "50 Most Beautiful People" teach us about nature and nurture? What makes one organism sexy to another ...
- Publications Books
- September 15, 2005
- 224 pages
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"HeartMath" with Rollin McCraty (part 1 of 2)
Practical Science-based Tools for Personal, Social, and Global Transformation
Experience a balanced blend of the science of how heart-brain coherence facilitates intuition, energetic connections, and intentions, using practical tools for building personal and global coherence. Rollin discusses the Global Coherence Initiative and surprising data that indicates how deeply intertwined we are in a two-way dialogue with the Earth at an energetic level.
- Audio Lectures
- 2009-06-21
- 01:09:16
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"HeartMath" with Rollin McCraty (part 2 of 2)
Practical Science-based Tools for Personal, Social, and Global Transformation
Experience a balanced blend of the science of how heart-brain coherence facilitates intuition, energetic connections, and intentions, using practical tools for building personal and global coherence. Rollin discusses the Global Coherence Initiative and surprising data that indicates how deeply intertwined we are in a two-way dialogue with the Earth at an energetic level.
- Audio Lectures
- 2009-06-21
- 00:53:26
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"Building True Wealth" with Catherine Austin Fitts (excerpt)
IONS Editorial Director Matthew Gilbert and radical financial guru Catherine Austin Fitts engage in a thought-provoking conversation based on the analogy of big business as a "tapeworm." Catherine argues that If we want clean water, fresh food, sustainable infrastructure, sound banks, lawful companies, and healthy communities, we are going to have to finance and govern these resources ourselves.
- Audio Shorts
- 2006-01-03
- 00:13:20
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"Consciousness and Downward Causation" with Noël Radcliffe
Seeing Mind-Body Medicine from Another Perspective
The science of medicine looks to the cellular level to explain what is happening. However, there is a fundamental difference in world view between western medicine and eastern philosophy, the origin of mind body medicine. It is based on whether change happens from the cellular level (bottom up) or from the level of consciousness (top down).
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2010-06-16
- 00:55:46
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"Transformative Practices" with Fred Luskin
Fred Luskin makes the distinction between justice, reconciliation, condoning and forgiveness. Forgiveness does not mean you condone the action. It doesn't mean you have to reconcile with or like the person who did it. He says that forgiveness is a skill that can be learned and he will describe tools and techniques we can use to transform our lives through the practice of forgiveness.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2010-11-10
- 00:57:16
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"Unexplained Mystery of Spontaneous Remission" with Brendan O'Regan (part 1 of 2)
Since the 1970s, Brendan O’Regan was fascinated with spontaneous remission from normally fatal diseases, and committed to learning all he can of its occurrence. In this two-part audio presentation, Brendan provides an overview of the research findings he has uncovered and the results of his own data collection.
- Audio Lectures
- 1987-12-02
- 00:45:47
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"Unexplained Mystery of Spontaneous Remission" with Brendan O'Regan (part 2 of 2)
Since the 1970s, Brendan O’Regan was fascinated with spontaneous remission from normally fatal diseases, and committed to learning all he can of its occurrence. In this two-part audio presentation, Brendan provides an overview of the research findings he has uncovered and the results of his own data collection.
- Audio Lectures
- 1987-12-02
- 00:44:39
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The Biology Underlying Positive and Negative Emotions with Sarina Rodrigues Saturn
Science of Peace Week Teleseries
In this Science of Peace Week session from the Summer of Peace 2012 Telesummit, host Cassandra Vieten talk with guest Sarina Rodrigues Saturn: Assistant professor of Psychology at Oregon State University.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2012-07-27
- 00:59:52
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