Eve Ekman gives a clinical definition of emotion, including their utility as we understand it, how they arise in the mind, and the ways various emotions are felt in different people. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31341]
Thirty years ago, our internal regulatory systems were much more capable of preventing obesity and overeating than they are now. Dr. Robert Lustig wonders what happened to produce this change, and why we are now in less control of our impulses. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31250]
Katie Ferraro speaks on the various benefits a diet high in fiber can provide as well as where to find this fiber on the food pyramid. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31246]
Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife, mindfulness teacher, and originator of the Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting program at UCSF has been assisting birthing families for more than four decades. She explores the benefits of mindfulness meditation for childbirth and parenting. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31009]
Katie Ferraro runs through the dieting needs of human beings, highlighting that one very important nutrient we often don’t get enough of: fiber. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31244]
Elissa Epel explains what a telomere is, what it does, and why it’s important to protect them from excessive stress. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31224]
Best-selling author Dr. Deepak Chopra explains the benefits of living presently as opposed to reaching ahead to the future, and speaks on the paradoxical notion that those who worry about time the most often have the least amount of it. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31177]
How does mindfulness and meditation improve health? Helen Weng, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, explains that training our internal mental lives can have positive effects on our minds, health, and relationships. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31008]
Dr. Kevin Barrows provides a general description of mindfulness, which includes it as a form of awareness and a way of paying attention. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31366]
Dr. Kevin Barrows relates some of the historical roots of mindfulness and how it evokes the revealing of the unconscious processes of the mind. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31365]
Dr. Kevin Barrows explains the difference between meditation focused on mindfulness and that practiced purely for relaxation, and describes how to two are also interconnected. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31337]
Dr. Kevin Barrows explains the term “mindfulness based stress reduction” (MBSR) and why he recommends the process to anyone, especially those suffering from certain psychological and physiological conditions. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31325]
Sleep is much more than just a time of rest and repair. Deepak Chopra discusses the deeper significance of sleeping and dreaming, so critical to our health. Sleeping gives our brain necessary time to process short and long-term memories. But it can also allow us to reconnect with our original, higher state of consciousness, like the freshness of a newborn baby. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31290]
Artist Yuko Kodama shares her inspiring story of healing and transformation and the role of yoga in her recovery. Yuko's cancer began in her mouth, and her art reflects the pain and memory associated with that part of her body. We visit her studio to get an in-depth look at the relationship between her struggle with cancer and her art. We also follow her to the yoga studio with Eddie Stern, Yuko's yoga teacher for almost two decades, who shares his perspective on her illness and recovery, and ho...
Deepak Chopra explores the meaning and role of the ego in our consciousness. Is it good or bad? The ego is our self-image, not our true self. It is characterized by labels, masks, images, and judgements. The true self is the field of possibilities, creativity, intentions, and power. We can go beyond the ego through self awareness - awareness of our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and speech. Thus we begin to slowly move beyond the ego to the true self. Deepak reads a beautiful poem by Rabindranat...
Deepak Chopra explains why we need to look past the limited views of ourselves to feel completely loved. Do you feel completely loved and completely lovable? Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31287]
What is the relationship between sleep, brain health, and Alzheimer's disease? Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31286]
Deepak Chopra defines meditation and discusses it's history and context in Vedanta. He also explains some of the benefits of its practice. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31285]
How does meditation affect your brain? Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31284]
What happens in your brain when you fall in love? Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31283]
Julie Zwillich is introduced to the seven spiritual laws of yoga in part three of her trip to the Chopra Center. She learns that the qualities you learn and develop on the mat often translate to life off the mat. So as yoga helps the body become stronger and more flexible, those qualities translate into the rest of your life. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31282]
Iman Crosson and Natalie Spilger visit laughing meditation instructor Stephanie Nash to learn the art of laughter. The exercise takes them out of their comfort zones, but one burst of Stephanie's infectious laugh is enough to get them giggling. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31271]
Dr. Andrea Garber speaks on the ways in which the food industry and associated advertising agencies promote a combination of foods lacking nutritional value and unhealthy representations of body image, cultivating an anti-nourishment culture among the youth. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31230]
Margaret Chesney walks us through the powerful results of positivity, explaining how being a positive person can benefit both your physiology and your lifestyle, leading to decreased risk of health problems later on. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31221]
Dr. Elissaios Karageorgio explains the link between broken sleep patterns that are characteristic of insomnia and dementia. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31201]
Dr. Mimi Guarneri, President of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, summarizes the current healthcare climate in the United States, arguing that shifting our focus from fixing bodies to fixing lifestyles would result in a much healthier society overall. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31196]
Dr. Deepak Chopra hopes that the future will bring a better understanding of the influence cast by a person’s electromagnetic field, and how those fields interact with one another. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31182]
Drawing on yogic tradition, best-selling author Dr. Deepak Chopra explains the essence of creativity, how the artist implicitly taps into higher stages of consciousness, and why artificial intelligence cannot be creative. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31180]
Dr. Deepak Chopra shows how, through simple meditative exercises focusing on self and environmental awareness, you can shift your perception of time to the present and ground yourself in the now. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31173]
Mindfulness is the practice of maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of one’s thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and environment. Dr. Kevin Barrows, the Director of Mindfulness Programs at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and a Clinical Professor at UCSF. explores mind-body medicine, with a special focus on the application of mindfulness practice in health care settings. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31007]
