Mindfulness program proves a secret weapon against post-traumatic stress
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Mindfulness program proves a secret weapon against post-traumatic stress
words ‘I am safe, and I am at peace’ as you place your hands on your heart. Do this three times throughout the day. First thing in the morning or right before bed is a great time for this. Be conscious about your consumption of information. When you consume information, your nervous system consumes it, too. Be mindful of how you feel in your body a
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Jon Kabat-Zinn, one of the pioneers in mind-body medicine, founded the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979,