Yoga is not an ancient myth buried in oblivion. It is the most valuable inheritance of the present. It is the essential need of today and the culture of tomorrow.
-Swami Satyananda Saraswati-
Chanting is an ancient practice with mental health effects that might apply to our busy lives
It occurred to me that the thing that made me the sickest, the thing that made me suffer most, was the fact that I felt so compelled to hide what had been done to me. Because I believed it was all my fault.
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.
“The Cost of Hidden Stress”, provides answers to these and other important questions about the effect of the mind-body link on illness and health and the role that stress and one’s individual emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases.
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He covers a surprisingly wide range of familiar health conditions. I think you will find the presentation profoundly relevant to our own health & that of our family & friends.
Emotional granularity is the ability to put feelings into words with a high degree of specificity and precision. Low negative emotional granularity has been associated with stronger reactivity to negative affect and higher vulnerability to poor mental health.
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By balancing the nervous system, chanting regulates the chronic stress and tension that is the norm for many people in today’s hyper-stimulated lifestyle. And by balancing the endocrine system, chanting normalizes hormone production, which balances our moods and overall sense of well-being.
Regular pranayama can extend life and enhance ones perception of life.