Mind Body Medicine  

Mind-Body medicine practices include meditation, pranayama (breath awareness exercises), asana (physical postures), yoga, Tai Chi, and Qi Gong, to name a few. Massage therapy, acupuncture, and biofeedback can also be considered Mind-Body practices and they are administered by licensed providers. All these practices complement extremely well healthy eating and lifestyle habits as well as evidence-based nutraceutical and herbal formulations which we may recommend. For instance, yoga is a loving and life-lifting practice to help us slow down enough to be present with our life; it helps us remember our True Nature which is gentle, patient, loving, trusting, kind, and stress-free.  

Mind-body medicine practices have consistently shown the ability to: improve concentration/focus and mental clarity as well as reduce stress, depression, and anxiety. Many practices lead to the release of endorphins and/or lowering or balancing cortisol. Such neuro-chemical changes help reduce the effects of mentally and/or physically traumatic experiences and thus have many positive benefits including: improve quality of one's sleep, lower blood pressure, improve digestion, balance hormones, stabilize mood and increase feelings of well-being, prevent the onset of mental health conditions, improve mental and physical flexibility, strengthen and tone muscles, reduce pain in joints and back (including migraine headaches and muscle soreness), improve lung capacity and stabilize breathing, regulates metabolism. There are so many fantastic mental and physical health benefits of Mind-Body Medicine practices! We love introducing patients to the Mind-Body medicine practice(s) that seem most evidence-based and appropriate depending on the person, their condition(s), and preferences.

Some of the Mind-Body healing practitioners we refer to include…

For massage therapy we highly recommend Lita Ongart/Yin Dee Thai in our San Ramon office suite.

For QiGong coaching we highly recommend Dr. Cynthia Li MD in Berkeley and virtually