All Stressed Out? Lean In and Breathe.

Posted by on Mar 29, 2013 in Blog | 0 comments It’s not a big surprise to anyone that meditation leads to increased feelings of peace and tranquility. Thanks to scientists at UC Davis, we now have a better biochemical understanding of how this happens in our bodies. A newly published study by the Shamatha Project at the UC Davis Center for the Mind and Brain shows an inverse correlation between mindfulness meditation and that nasty “stress...
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Drug Free Approach to ADHD

Posted by on Jan 7, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments When working with young children, I often find that a number of the adults in their lives are ready to label them with ADHD. I have been historically steadfast in my reticence to do so. The question is why? If this disorder is so prevalent now, and so many children are simply medicated for it, and with striking results in terms of a quick turnaround in externalizing behaviors and...
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