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]
Aug 22, 2016•1 hr 28 min
Dr. Kevin Barrows explains the psychological effects of mindfulness and how the practice has overall effects on the body. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31364]
Aug 19, 2016•5 min
Dr. Kevin Barrows lays out the component pieces of mindfulness, what each means, and how this formula and the elements within impact your day-to-day life. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31324]
Aug 19, 2016•4 min
Dr. Deepak Chopra explains what he means when he says the brain is a verb, and speaks on how the interconnectedness of people allows for separate brains to interact and thus form a collective consciousness. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31255]
Aug 19, 2016•2 min
Those with sleep disorders often fail to get enough recuperative sleep, and suffer some unpleasant and potentially dangerous consequences. Dr. Sean Drummond describes the ways in which sleepiness can interfere with your life. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31243]
Aug 19, 2016•1 min
Marcia Degelman explains what the notoriously long-lived people of Okinawa do and eat on a day-to-day basis that may drastically impact their long term health. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31222]
Aug 19, 2016•4 min
Dr. Mimi Guarneri notes an influx of patients who she says are, “ill to the pill,” and discusses more efficient ways to treat the root of a problem rather than merely minimizing symptoms. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31186]
Aug 19, 2016•4 min
Dr. Deepak Chopra discusses various yogic practices and the distinct forms of enlightenment that accompany them. He claims the neural correlates to this enlightenment are now available to us, we just have to go looking for them. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31179]
Aug 19, 2016•5 min
Dr. Deepak Chopra, author of “Super Genes”, enlightens us as to when a child is first ready to begin cultivating his or her awareness. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31178]
Aug 19, 2016•2 min
Does the science live up to the hype? Dr. Rck Hecht, the director of research at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine looks at the effects of meditation on health and behavior. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31006]
Aug 15, 2016•1 hr 27 min
Dr. Rick Hecht talks us through a study that indicates the prominent effects regular mindfulness meditation can have on those trying to kick their cigarette addiction. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31314]
Aug 12, 2016•2 min
Dr. Rick Hecht explains that not all stress should be actively avoided, and shows that mindfulness can increase the likelihood that you respond properly to challenges and stay calmer when presented with threats. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31313]
Aug 12, 2016•5 min
Dr. Rick Hecht shows the statistical evidence that seems to demonstrate those who suffer from depression may be less likely to relapse into a depressed state when practicing mindfulness based cognitive therapy as compared to those using medication. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31312]
Aug 12, 2016•3 min
Dr. Rick Hecht goes over the distinction between mantra meditation and mindfulness since the two seem to affect one’s physiology in different ways. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31311]
Aug 12, 2016•2 min
Dr. Rick Hecht shows empirical evidence suggesting the strength and stability of someone’s social life may actually alter their stress response architecture, making them more or less prone to high levels of stress. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31309]
Aug 12, 2016•3 min
Dr. Rick Hecht points out the various functions of the autonomic nervous system and explains the division between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31307]
Aug 12, 2016•3 min
Dr. Rick Hecht discusses the flip side of the immune system, highlighting how it can actually damage our body if its pushed too hard, or if it experiences one of many possible malfunctions. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31306]
Aug 12, 2016•2 min
Dr. Rick Hecht explains how cortisol, a hormone commonly associated with stress, impacts the body, showing it to be one of the most influential and complicated chemicals the body produces. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31305]
Aug 12, 2016•3 min
Jean-Pierre Changeux discusses how general anesthetics hint at the chemical nature of consciousness. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31264]
Aug 12, 2016•2 min
Dr. Robert Heaney shows the consequences of inadequate vitamin d intake, demonstrating just how critical it is for a multitude of biological processes. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31261]
Aug 12, 2016•2 min
Dr. Deepak Chopra describes the causal relationship between states of consciousness and physiology, and how we are now able to measure the correlation between the two. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31256]
Aug 12, 2016•2 min
Steve Hickman, Executive Director of the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness, explains the process of achieving mindfulness and what it means to reach this mental state. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31253]
Aug 12, 2016•3 min
Much is still unknown in the arena of sleep study, and even less is well understood by the average person. Join Dr. Sean Drummond as he explains that sleep is actually a combination of different types of consciousness. In addition, he describes the various benefits of sleep as well as its related mysteries. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31242]
Aug 12, 2016•2 min
Dr. Gary Small talks about how to reprogram brain chemistry through repetition, and highlights which foods the brain-conscious dieter eat. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31229]
Aug 12, 2016•2 min
Barbara Reuer, executive director of Resounding Joy, explains how she uses music medicinally, applying the neurological benefits to victims of strokes and other degenerative neurological disorders in order to help them achieve better quality of life. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31216]
Aug 12, 2016•1 min
Dr. Rochelle Zak speaks on the characteristics of narcolepsy, and the disorder’s accidental discovery by scientists investigating obesity. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31199]
Aug 12, 2016•4 min
Dr. Mimi Guarneri, President of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, explains the concept of epigenetics, or the activation and deactivation of specific genes, and how our lifestyle choices play a much larger role in our overall health than our genes. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31187]
Aug 12, 2016•4 min
Best-selling author Dr. Deepak Chopra shares the exciting results of a recent study he conducted showing the numerous health benefits of frequent meditation. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31170]
Aug 12, 2016•3 min
Sudha Prathikanti describes the way of life one ought to undertake prior to pursuing the physical tradition of yoga, and why this way of life is at the tradition’s core. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31219]
Aug 05, 2016•2 min
Social Anxiety Disorder can feel crippling, but as Dr. Murray Stein explains, there exists a variety of treatment options that can help someone suffering with Social Anxiety disorder feel comfortable in social settings. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31214]
Aug 05, 2016•2 min
