<p>This chapter, from the book <em>Healing images : The Role of Imagination in Health</em>, takes a broad look at the use of imagery in across cultures from ancient times to the present. The author discusses the use of imagery in the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions, including the use of images in shamanic practices, Tibetan medicine, and Hindu-Buddhist yoga. The author also provides an outline of the history of the use of images for the purpose of healing in the Western contexts, including an overview of the modern therapeutic uses of imagery from the begining of the twentieth century to the present. Modern psychotherapeutic approaches discussed look at the use of imagery based on ideas of behavioral (Pavlovian and Skinnerian), humanistic, psychoanalytic, and transpersonal psychology. Also discussed is "depth" imagery and the use of imagery for treatment of emotional and physical problems. (Zach Rowinski 2004-12-28)</p>
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Drawing upon phenomenology and psychoanalytic concepts, we explore and explicate participants' lived experience of the natural world. The authors draw upon Husserl's description of consciousness as intentionality and his later work on the life-world, in exploring experiences which provide a basis for a psychochoanalytic understanding of the human-nature experience. Unstructured interviews were undertaken with nine participants, each of whom regarded nature as being significant for their sense of wellbeing. The lived experiences were explicated drawing upon the two processes: Giorgi's descriptive phenomenological psychological methodology and psychoanalytic researcher reflexivity. Data analysis and explication involved the following steps: (1) a thorough reading of each interview transcript, (2) breaking data into parts by demarcating meaning units, (3) organizing data by translating meaning units into units of psychological experience through coding, and (4) arriving at a summary of the data which involved organizing and reviewing units of psychological experience. The process of reflection led to the formulation of an essential psychological structure of participants' lived experience of the natural world. We argue that the human-nature relationship can be conceived in terms of psychoanalytic concepts, and in particular, constructs based upon an understanding of the primacy of attachment relationships. The natural world is elucidated as (a) nature being experienced as a primary attachment, (b) nature experienced as a secure base, (c) nature experienced as twinship, (d) nature experienced as containing, and (e) nature experienced as embodied. This paper extends previous empirical descriptions of the human-nature relationship by incorporating psychoanalytic processes and theory into a theoretically informed qualitative methodological stance. Beyond the traditional notion of nature as something out there' that we can interact with for cognitive or emotional restoration, participants in this study described the experience of nature as being integral to their sense of self. This study suggests that experiences that facilitate immersion in nature provide opportunities for the development of an integrated sense of self that has a profound impact on a participant's sense of wellbeing. The findings further demonstrate the convergence between phenomenology and psychoanalytic constructs which offers a richness to our understanding the subjectivity of participants and their relationship with nature, a perspective not often attainable through more traditional quantitative research methodologies.
Now in its sixth best-selling edition, The Human Nervous System: Structure and Function continues to combine clear prose with high-quality tailor-made medical illustrations to achieve for neuroscientists and medical students a succinct explanation of the fundamental principles behind the organization, structure, and function of the human nervous system. The distinguished authors take advantage of the many recent advances in neurobiology and molecular biology to include new coverage of such critical discoveries as stem cells, apoptosis, the role of the amygdala in stress, and the significance of dendritic spines. Among the core topics given expanded treatments are pain and pain pathways, the visual system, development and growth of the nervous system, the chemical senses of smell and taste, and the limbic system. There is also fresh material on neuronal stem cells, the auditory and vestibular systems, neurotransmitters as the chemical messengers of certain brain circuits, the cerebellum, and lesions of the spinal nerves, spinal cord, and brainstem. Award-winning medical illustrator Robert J. Demarest has created new and revised legacy illustrations in cooperation with his neuroscientist coauthors, adding 24 figures to the previous 149. His illustrations are designed to extract and visually highlight the essence of the neuroanatomical features embedded in the complexities of the nervous system, thereby allowing the reader to match the structures of the brain with conventional X-ray pictures, and CT, MRI, and PET scans. Highly praised and widely appreciated in its earlier versions, this new 6th edition of The Human Nervous System: Structure and Function incorporates all the latest neuroanatomical discoveries and offers medical students and interested neuroscientists a readily understandable and awe-inspiring view of the organization of the human nervous system. Its explanatory power and visual insight make this book an indispensable source of quick understanding that readers will consult gratefully again and again.
Waiting in the Diagnostic Emergency Center (DEC), a busy psychiatric emergency room, can be a stressful and anxiety-producing experience in and of itself. The authors examined the effectiveness of interventions such as therapeutic breathing exercises and music listening on reducing perceived stress levels of clients and visitors in such a setting. These interventions were separately conducted for 30 min once per week over a period of four months. Effectiveness of the breathing and music interventions was measured through a voluntary survey. This survey measured pre- and post-intervention stress levels through self-report on a 10-point Liken scale. The interventions were shown to reduce median stress levels by two to three points on a 10-point scale, reaching statistical significance at the 97% confidence level with a medium to large effect size. The project demonstrated that it was possible to develop music and breathing interventions so they can be utilized in the DEC as well as other branches of our hospital system, providing increased support and comfort to our clients and visitors during their times of crisis. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Using data for 25,780 species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, we present an assessment of the status of the world’s vertebrates. One-fifth of species are classified as Threatened, and we show that this figure is increasing: On average, 52 species of mammals, birds, and amphibians move one category closer to extinction each year. However, this overall pattern conceals the impact of conservation successes, and we show that the rate of deterioration would have been at least one-fifth again as much in the absence of these. Nonetheless, current conservation efforts remain insufficient to offset the main drivers of biodiversity loss in these groups: agricultural expansion, logging, overexploitation, and invasive alien species.Though the threat of extinction is increasing, overall declines would have been worse in the absence of conservation.
Though the threat of extinction is increasing, overall declines would have been worse in the absence of conservation.
After discussing informal feedback from a district workshop for teachers of the gifted on the practice of mindfulness, the authors asked the question: Does research support the shared reactions of these teachers? A review of the literature showed there are a growing number of studies on mindfulness, but research on teachers and mindfulness is limited. However, the existing research supports the concept that teacher training in the practice of mindfulness is positive especially in the area of teacher burnout.
After discussing informal feedback from a district workshop for teachers of the gifted on the practice of mindfulness, the authors asked the question: Does research support the shared reactions of these teachers? A review of the literature showed there are a growing number of studies on mindfulness, but research on teachers and mindfulness is limited. However, the existing research supports the concept that teacher training in the practice of mindfulness is positive especially in the area of teacher burnout.
<p><strong>Creator's Description</strong>: the story of Padmasambhava taming non-human females at the Asura Cave at Pharping is well known. Much less widely known is the wider tradition of <em>asura</em>'s caves as the entrances to Pātāla, the magical underworlds of <em>asura</em>s and <em>nāga</em>s, a colorful and often eroticized and popular belief which played a prominent role in early Indian and Chinese Buddhist tantras. This paper surveys these now largely forgotten beliefs, and then proceeds to raise (but not answer) the question: might further widely attested <em>kriyātantra</em> themes, such as treasure recovery, <em>kÄ«la</em>s, and water magic, have influenced the popular mythology of Padmasambhava?</p>
A film that inspires us to live Hawaii and love Hawaii through food. 'Ingredients Hawaii' tells the stories of Hawaii’s food communities who are growing inspiration to reclaim culture, human health and environmental sustainability in surprising ways.
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Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP; Kohlenberg & Tsai, 1991) aims to improve interpersonal relationships through skills intended to increase closeness and connection. The current trial assessed a brief mindfulness-based intervention informed by FAP, in which an interpersonal element was added to a traditional intrapersonal mindfulness practice. Undergraduate students (N=104) were randomly assigned to a basic intrapersonal meditation, the same meditation with the addition of a FAP-informed interpersonally-based exercise, or a control group. Follow-up assessments were given at post-intervention, and 48 hours and 2 weeks. Results indicated that for those in the interpersonal group, self-reported connectedness with others in the room increased, and experiential avoidance decreased. However, there were no significant changes in general connectedness with others, mindfulness or intimacy. Future studies might increase the length and depth of this intervention, and assess clinical benefits of adding an interpersonal element to mindfulness-based interventions.
A short introduction to Tibetan Vase Yoga Practice with Nida Chenagtsang & Robert Thurman recorded at the 2016 Tibetan Rejuvenation Immersion at Menla Mountain Retreat in Phoenicia, NY.Includes a guided practice demonstration of vase breathing (Tib. རླུང་བུམ་པ་ཅན།, Wyl. rlung bum pa can) by Dr Nida & students of Sorig Institute.
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Abstract An important part of our Theory of Mind?the ability to reason about other people's unobservable mental states?is the ability to attribute false beliefs to others. We investigated whether processing these false beliefs, as well as similar but nonmental representations, is reliant on language. Participants watched videos in which a protagonist hides a gift and either takes a photo of it or writes a text about its location before a second person inadvertently moves the present to a different location, thereby rendering the belief and either the photo or text false. At the same time, participants performed either a concurrent verbal interference task (rehearsing strings of digits) or a visual interference task (remembering a visual pattern). Results showed that performance on false belief trials did not decline under verbal interference relative to visual interference. We interpret these findings as further support for the view that language does not form an essential part of the process of reasoning online (?in the moment?) about false beliefs.
This chapter is a personal account of the author discovering what he calls "a sense of knowing" while walking with the aboriginal Sng'oi people of Malaysia. This "sense of knowing" is described as a deep sense of belonging, life-changing, being a part of this all-ness. The book adds further detail to this "sense of knowing".
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