Chapter 14: Mind-Body intervention

Question 1

Mind-body interventions

Answer 1

-focus on a communication system between the mind and body in an attempt to affect the minds ability to improve health status
-this includes the mental, emotional, spiritual, social, sexual and physical domains of health
-encompasses the idea that healing does not always mean the cessation of physical systems but indicates the power to “make whole”

Question 2

Pelletier six basic principles of mind-body interventions

Answer 2

1. The mind, body, and spirit are connected with one another and environmental influences.
2. Stress and depression contribute to the development of and hinder recovery from chronic diseases because they create measurable hormonal imbalances.
3. Psychoneuroimmunology explains how mental functioning provokes physical and biochemical changes that weaken immunity, lowering resistance to disease.
4. Overall health improves when people are optimistic and have a positive outlook on life. Health and wellness are harmed by anger, depression, and chronic stress.
5. The placebo effect—improved health and favorable physical changes in response to inactive medication such as a sugar pill—confirms the importance of mind–body medicine and is a valuable intervention.

6.Social support from family, friends, coworkers, classmates, or organized self-help groups boosts the effectiveness of traditional and CAM therapies.

Question 3

True or false: people can meditate sitting on chairs, walking and even dancing

Answer 3

true

Question 4

True or false: meditation brings our mind home

Answer 4

true

Question 5

What three main areas is meditation intended to facilitate growth

Answer 5

1. getting to know the mind
2. training the mind
3. freeing the mind

Question 6

Vipassana

Answer 6

-insight mediation
-said to be a rational method for purifying the mind of all those thoughts that cause stress and pain
-mindfullness is employed
-watch breathe
-simple and gentle

Question 7

Transcendental meditation

Answer 7

-helps people to see or transcend beyond their thoughts and to experience the source of their thoughts
-This process is identified as transcendental consciousness of our most inner self, a supposedly very peaceful place and state of mind.
- If this state of “restful alertness” is achieved, our brain is supposed to function with significantly greater coherence and our body would gain deep rest
-does not require a person to concentrate

Question 8

zazen

Answer 8

study of self

Question 9

Zen buddhism

Answer 9

-a way to see clearly who we are and the meditation process is supposed to help us discover insight into the nature of our being
-required to sit

Question 10

taoist meditation

Answer 10

-more practical
-generate and circulate internal energy
-when particular flow of energy is achieved it is known as deh chee
-quiet still calms
-concentrate and focus

Question 11

buddhist meditation

Answer 11

-intended to bring our mind, body and soul to a natural and tranquil balance
-focus minds and attention on a single point

Question 12

mindfulness mediation

Answer 12

involves our focusing on the present
-awaken us to the present
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Question 13

kabat-zinn mindfulness

Answer 13

paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.
-any state of mind can be a meditative state

Question 14

Yoga beliefs

Answer 14

to increase the body’s store of prana or vital energy and due to better posture facilitate energy flow

Question 15

Benefits of yoga

Answer 15

-increasing flexibility
-increasing strength
-increasing posture

Question 16

What are yoga poses called

Answer 16

asanas

Question 17

samana

Answer 17

oxygen is transported to your cells

Question 18

true or false: the first and last form of prana in yoga is breathing in and out

Answer 18

true

Question 19

What is the third form of prana called and what is it

Answer 19

vyana
-energy that governs the circulatory system and makes sure that oxygen reaches all cells in our bodies

Question 20

apana

Answer 20

cleansing breath
It eliminates stale air from our lungs each time we breathe out.

Question 21

what is the last form of prana called

Answer 21

udana
-which means “air that flies upward.” This is energy that starts in our solar plexus and gains strength as it rises upwards toward the throat and mouth. Udana is energy that is said to govern our physical make-up, our ability to stand and move, our enthusiasm, and our voice

Question 22

true or false: long term female yoga practitioners had lower blood levels of a stress-related compound thought to play a role in cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes

Answer 22

true

Question 23

Hypnosis

Answer 23

mind body technique that focuses on awareness and attention to internal stimuli, much like what is learned during mediation

Question 23

true or false: long-term practitioners had five times lower levels of C-reactive protein which serves as a marker for inflammation

Answer 23

true

Question 24

True or false: hypnosis aways produces a trancelike state wherein the participant is highly responsive to suggestion

Answer 24

false, not always

Question 25

true or false: therapeutic hypnosis is different from entertainment type hypnosis

Answer 25

true

Question 26

What is a myth about hypnosis

Answer 26

causes people to lose consciousness and to lose memory of what happened during the hypnotic state (amnesia). A very small percentage might fit this description, but most people remember everything that occurs during the experience.

Question 27

What does the term mesmerize come from

Answer 27

mesmers hypnotism practice

Question 28

neodissociation model

Answer 28

suggests that hypnosis activates a subsystem of both psychological and physiologic parts. This activation results in an altered state of consciousness.

Question 29

social psychological model

Answer 29

suggests that an altered state of consciousness does not occur during hypnosis; instead, hypnosis is explained by suggestibility, positive attitudes, and expectations

Question 30

stages of hypnosis

Answer 30

1.become very relaxed, gain the capacity to deeply contemplate a selected theme or focal point (absorption)
2.dissociation, can let go of critical thoughts and gain the capacity to compartmentalize his or her experience
3.participant returns to usual awareness

Question 31

cure rate of hypnosis to cure warts

Answer 31

27% to 55%

Question 32

Is hypnosis considered safe?

Answer 32

yes under the care of a trained therapist

Question 33

The alexander technique

Answer 33

a process in which people can learn to release muscular tension
-technique will help us learn how to monitor the way we coordinate ourselves in activities so that the activities can be carried out with minimum strain

Question 34

benefits of the alexander technique

Answer 34

results in freer and more comfortable movement, relief from muscle strain and chronic tension, better posture, easier and healthier breathing, increased strength and increased vitality

Question 35

Biofeedback

Answer 35

a mind–body intervention used by many professions to train people to improve their health by using their own body’s electrical signals from the muscles or brain. Physical therapists use it to help stroke victims regain movement in paralyzed muscles.

Question 36

noetic science

Answer 36

Noetic” means the power of inner knowing, and is a branch of metaphysic

Question 37

distant healing

Answer 37

-perhaps the most controversial healing method
-It involves people praying for and healing others great distances away (sometimes without the ill person knowing it). It is also known as intercessory prayer