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Mind and Body Workshop
Stress,
depression and other psychological factors can alter our vulnerability to many
diseases including bacterial and viral infections, heart disease and cancer.
Relationships between mind and health are mediated both by our behaviour
and by our biological connection between the brain and the immune system.
These connections work in both directions, so our physical health can
influence our mental state and vice versa.
In
the land of the sick, emotions reign supreme.
Hormones released under stress such as adrenaline, noradrenaline,
cortisol and prolactin, as well as beta-endorphins and enkephalins all have
strong impacts on our immune cells. This
is because stress suppresses immune resistance temporarily as an energy
conservation. If stress is of a
protracted period the suppression can become serious.
The
autonomic nervous system contacts the immune system via lymphocytes and
macrophages, therefore thoughts impact on immunity.
Tests with the cold virus, cancer and heart disease reveal increases due
to stress and depression of 174%, 550% and 400% respectively (New England
Journal of Medicine 1991, No 325).
Two
implications of the above are:
With
all of the above in mind, this seminar deals with techniques to help
delegates reach their true mind-body link potential.
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“Healing
is accomplished the instant the sufferer no longer sees the value in any
pain”.
A
Course In Miracles
“The
greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives
by altering their attitudes of mind.” Albert
Schweitzer
“The
mind is a great healer.” Hippocrates
“Genetic
disease is ancestral stress”. Dr.
Deepak Chopra
“The
immune system, like the brain, can learn”.
Robert
Ader, Univ. Rochester
“All
illnesses have psychological and emotional consequences and causes….” Dr.
Paul Martin – The Sickening Mind
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