Quigong meditation deals with ways for the body to find self healing by removing negative energy through the meridians. It incorporates the basic elements of meditation with breathing and self visualization. Many find comfort in this type of self healing as it promotes over general health within the body by balancing good energy.
Quigong Meditation can help the body heal itself and promote overall health. Please also review AIHCP’s Meditation Instructor Certification
From a more Western perspective, the process of overall health from this type of meditation probably ties to its calming effect on the sympathetic nervous system.
The article, “Qigong Meditation Techniques: Benefits and How to Do It” from Healthline looks closer at this ancient Chinese Meditation technique. The article state,
“Qigong meditation is an ancient Chinese healing practice that combines controlled breathing, gentle movement, and meditation to promote good mental, physical, and spiritual health. Similar to tai chi, qigong meditation is believed to treat a variety of health conditions, including high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, chronic fatigue, insomnia, and leg and back pain, among others. Yet, research backing these claims is limited.”
Please also review AIHCP’s Meditation Instructor Certification and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Meditation Instruction.
Addiction treatment plans differ and vary depending on the severity and type of addictions. For most substances, licensed counselors or professional therapists will prescribe certain medications, as well as supply certain behavioral therapies. Substance Abuse Counselors can play a role in guiding others at a lower level with basic guidance and encouragement and direction.
Addiction treatments vary upon a multitude of factors. Please also review AIHCP’s Substance Abuse Counseling Program
The article, “How Addiction Is TreatedA” by Ruth Edwards supplies an indepth look at a variety of treatment responses to a multitude of different drugs. She states,
“Addiction is a complex chronic brain condition that is characterized by substance abuse or repetitive engagement in preblematic behaviors, such as gambling, which then continues despite causing harm to yourself or others.1 It involves interactions between the brain, genes, and environmental factors. Common treatment approaches include behavioral therapies and medications. Different treatment options are recommended depending on the specific addiction, and in many cases, a combination of approaches is advised.”
The article then covers a myriad of different substances and recommended treatment plans. To read the entire article, please click here
Please also review AIHCP’s Substance Abuse Counseling Program and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a certification in Substance Abuse Counseling Training.
Stress can cause multiple aches throughout the body. During stress our body prepares for fight or flight responses and hence muscle tense up and tighten. It is because of this that many have tension in the neck and shoulders due to higher levels of stress. Through Stress Management and massages and other techniques, stress caused physical ailments can be reduced or eliminated.
Neck and shoulder tension is a symptom of stress. Please also review AIHCP’s Stress Management Consulting Program
The article, “5 Ways to Reduce Stress-Related Tension in Your Neck and Shoulders” from Healthline looks at ways to remove tension from the shoulders and neck due to stress. The article states,
“The areas where you’re likely to feel stress or anxiety-related tension are in your neck and shoulders. Over time, this can lead to chronic pain as well as other health issues. Fortunately, muscle tension in your neck and shoulders responds well to stretching, yoga, relaxation, and other stress management methods. Let’s explore several simple techniques you can use to help release tension in your neck and shoulders, as well as some stress management strategies to help calm your mind and body.”
Please also review AIHCP’s Stress Management Consultant Program and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Stress Management Consulting.
Legal Nurse Consultants can find themselves in many cases where lawsuits are pursued between healthcare providers and patients. They can also play a big role in helping one party determine if the damage was malpractice or negligence. These key terms are important to understand in any case. Negligence is a mistake without intent but still requires compensation.
Legal Nurse Consultants can help in determining cases of negligence or malpractice. Please also review the Legal Nurse Consulting Program
The article, “Understanding the difference between medical malpractice and negligence” from TravelDailyNews reviews these differences. The article states,
“Medical malpractice and negligence are two legal terms that share some commonalities but are not interchangeable. If you are a victim of medical malpractice or negligence, it’s important to understand the difference between the two to build a strong case, support your claim, and ultimately, get your due compensation. To help you understand your rights and your case better, this guide will explain the difference between medical malpractice and negligence.”
Again Legal Nurse Consultants can help determine if a case is malpractice or negligent with their expertise in helping the firm determine. To read the entire article, please click here
Please also review AIHCP’s Legal Nurse Consultant Program and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified nurses seeking a four year certification as a Legal Nurse Consultant.
Heart attacks can kill but sometimes they can so mild that they go undetected. This is dangerous and if not diagnosed could lead to future death. Healthcare professionals are held to a high standard to diagnose these issues and not miss them. When these things are missed, then possible lawsuits can emerge. Legal Nurse Consultants can play key roles in these types of cases.
A legal nurse consultant can help with a variety of malpractice cases. Please also review AIHCP’s Legal Nurse Consulting Program
The article, “Failure To Diagnose Heart Attacks: Medical Malpractice” by Michael John Tario looks at how these possible medical practices can occur. He states,
“It’s a horrifying thought…your life is in danger as you experience a heart attack and the very health professionals you are depending on to help you, fail to diagnose your medical condition. The sad truth is that failure to diagnose a heart attack happens more often than it should. ”
Please also review AIHCP’s Legal Nurse Consulting Program and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Legal Nurse Consulting.
Anger Management is key in helping others control anger. One of the big things is understanding the meaning and intent of others. When they are misunderstood, anger can erupt and cause issues in all aspects of life.
Interpreting why someone responds a way is better than emotionally reacting without thought. Please also review AIHCP’s Anger Management Training Program
The article, “How to Rethink and Manage Anger” by Ilene Strauss Cohen looks at how anger should be understood and how to avoid triggering it. The article states,
“When people respond to situations with anger, there’s usually more to the story. Behind their rage is a fear of being hurt, a fear of not being able to stand up for themselves, or a fear of unjust or unfair things happening. These are all understandable feelings. And anger is also appropriate in many situations. The experience of anger isn’t wrong; it is when we express that anger in negative ways that it can be harmful to our lives. ”
Please also review AIHCP’s Anger Management Training and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The Anger Management Program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four certification in Anger Management
The Emotional Freedom Technique is a great alternative way to fight stress, trauma and phobias. It helps one move negative energy through the tapping process by moving negative energy from the body and freeing the mind from the past.
EFT can help move negative past trauma. Please also review AIHCP’s EFT Certification Training
The article, “EFT Tapping: An effective non-drug therapy for anxiety, depression and chronic pain” by Longjam Dineshwori discusses what EFT is and how it works. The article states,
“The benefits of EFT Tapping have been validated in several clinical trials. Its efficacy for treatment of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been found to exceed those of both psychopharmacology and conventional psychotherapy.”
Please also review AIHCP’s EFT Certification Training and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The EFT program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals who are seeking a four year certification in EFT.
Ethical Wills in the past have left detailed instructions on burial. These older Jewish customs have also become today templates to express emotional or non material things that you hope to hand down to someone. A dying person can hence list things he or she hopes to distill in son or daughter or grandchild. In addition, other family members can create letters or videos that let the person dying what they received most from them regarding their life. This is a difficult step for it involves acceptance of death but it allows for a better death and healing for all involved.
Ethical Wills are an beautiful way for the dying to express the more important spiritual things they impart on their loved ones.
The article, “What is an Ethical Will?” from “Whats Your Grief” looks at the Ethical Wills Origins and how it has evolved to allow one to pass down more spiritual things to the ones they are leaving. The article states,
“I have now recommended ethical wills to many families who have loved ones who are dying. It is an incredible way for families to share what they will keep with them once a loved one is gone. For the person who is dying, the can share what they hope to leave behind that is not physical. Even when you cannot physically gather together, this is something you can still create. Family members can gather everyone’s written, video, or audio thoughts and share it with the person who is dying.”
Please also review AIHCP’s Pastoral Thanatology Program as well as AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Program and see if they match your academic and professional goals. Both programs are online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four certification.
The Relaxation Response reverses the negative effects of the sympathetic nervous system which prepares the body for the flight or fight response. The body during stress infuses the body with an increase of adrenaline and other hormones which raise blood pressure, increase heart rate, increase breathing and tighten muscles for reaction. These effects are not good long term, nor are they needed for modern day stress at home or in the office or on the work floor. The Relaxation Response reverses these issues. Meditation Instructors can also help one learn how to elicit this response.
Studies have also shown, when combined with the Faith Factor, the response can also help with a myriad of health and mental issues. The Faith Factor, or belief in anything, is key to eliciting greater benefit from the Relaxation Response. Again, understand, that any attempt to improve health without discussion with a primary physician is not safe. The Relaxation Response can help, but it should never completely replace medications without physician approval. Many of the natural reactions within the body from the Relaxation Response and Meditation follow many of the same principles of medications used to decrease anxiety but without the side effects. So in time, with physician approval, many medications may possibly be reduced.
One can become overwhelmed with the problems of the day. These problems can haunt us at night and prevent us from sleeping. Meditation Instructors can help one learn the Relaxation Response to help one find sleep
One problem many have is insomnia and this is the primary focus of this short blog in regards to how the Relaxation Response and a trained Meditation Instructor can help with the inability to sleep.
The anxiety cycle plays havoc on the mind and hence also the body. Only until the anxiety cycle is broken can the mind find peace. This is one of the biggest problems with the inability to sleep. Individuals are bombarded with intrusive thoughts or worries from the day. They prevent the body from calming and instead create a cycle of anxiety which induces stress and the stress response upon the body. The reality is many intrusive thoughts or problems cannot be resolved late at night nor does the body have the capability without rest to properly deal with these issues. Many of these issues seem less important upon waking and the worry of the previous night merely clouds the mind the next day.
Individuals turn to medication to try to overcome the anxiety cycle. They look for over the counter medications that relax the body. The Relaxation Response, however, elicits the same mechanisms within the body. It breaks the anxiety cycle and ushers in the soothing effects of peace and relaxation without the side effects. When using the Relaxation Response to illicit sleep the aim is quite different than using this meditation during the day. Its aim is not so much to produce a meditative response but a sleeping response. In this reality, the brain waves will not be the same as if meditating during the day, but will in fact, merely fade into sleep into meditative trance. This is fine but is a different end.
The Faith Factor is also important in delivering the ultimate responses one may be seeking. If one merely routinely utilizes this response in a mundane and insincere way, then the results will be not as beneficial. It will become mechanical in nature and more of a chore. Instead, be utilizing one’s faith, the response becomes stronger. Due to this, Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, or even atheist can utilize this faith factor by choosing the repetitive word to focus on one’s tradition. All traditions universally tap into the Relaxation Response via the power of faith. For an atheist or non religious, that word may be about family, country or self. It still can elicit the response if the word and motive means something to the person. Likewise, if the word chosen is too Eastern, then a Christian may feel stressed using that term and be counter productive. Instead, it is important to turn the meditation into a prayer as well to enhance the natural response of the body.
In regards to insomnia, or any other ailment, a passive mind is required during meditation. While your focus, desire and goal is sleep, your passive mind remains open to merely the meditation. Some may consider this counter productive, but the moment one starts to think about ” Why am I not asleep” or “How long will this take”, then one creates a new anxiety cycle which reduces the ability of the body to relax and internally heal. So with illness, or insomnia, to curtail the maximum results of desired results, we must in some way not desire it but allow the flow of peace to do its thing. The moment, one focuses more on performance outcome over the process itself, then the ability to fall asleep becomes harder to achieve.
The Relaxation Response can help prepare the body for sleep. Please also review AIHCP’s Meditation Instructor Program
In utilizing the Relaxation Response, one should follow the basic guidelines. First, find a quiet place. In regards to insomnia, this is your bed. Sound makers, or any natural sounds that are not distracting can help one find a natural pace. Second, close one’s eyes and began to reduce muscle tension. Focus on parts of your body and work your way systematically, such as starting from a toe to the next toe and up the foot to up the leg. Stretch and allow the body to naturally relax. Third, start to breath in and out. This step actually can be used while your reducing muscle tension. Fourth, focus on your word, usually a word associated with religious or personal conviction. The word or phrase should be short enough to match the rhythm of your breathing. If Jewish, the word could be Shalom, if Islamic, the word could be Allah, or if non religious, one could utilize word that motivates oneself. Christian usually choose the name of Jesus, or a short phrase from Scripture. This word is meant to keep focus.
When distracting thoughts enter the mind, do not deliberately toss them out but slowly, dismiss them. It is natural to lose focus. While trying to sleep, the distractions and problems will attempt to re-enter. When they do, merely return to your focus word while keeping track of your breathing. Do not worry if you are doing something wrong. This leads to the important fourth part, the passive attitude. One cannot actively beyond the focus word, try to control the process. Instead one must remain passive and allow the body’s response to take over. If meditating during the day, this is meant to recharge the body and sleep is not intended, but when utilizing it to find sleep, one should merely allow the peace to lead to sleep. One can fall asleep in this regard in prayer. This is not the ideal intention, and is why religious traditions have imposed postures for prayer that are relaxing but not sleep inducing, but realize, we are utilizing the Relaxation Response and meditative prayer to fall asleep. We have turned something natural into prayer itself which is beautiful.
Distracting thoughts should be peacefully and passively dismissed by focusing on a focus word or mantra.
In following these steps and practicing them, one may be better able to relax the body, elicit relaxation, and if spiritual praise God, while also gently falling asleep without the need of medication. If you would like to learn more about the Relaxation Response, please review Herbert Benson’s two classic works on the Relaxation Response. Also if you would like to help others, please then review AIHCP’s Meditation Instructor Training Program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification as Meditation Instructor.
ADHD affects many children and adults. Identifying it is a critical part in learning how to live with it and have a productive life. Diagnosis though is a long and complicated process. There are numerous tests and screenings that help pin point if one has it or if it is severe or mild.
Early diagnosis of ADHD is important. Please also review AIHCP’s ADHD Consulting Training
The article, “How ADHD Is Diagnosed” by Lauren Krouse takes a closer look how ADHD is diagnosed and and tested. She states,
“A healthcare provider can confirm an ADHD diagnosis with an in-depth interview and physical exam. However, diagnostic criteria vary slightly depending on whether the patient is an adult or a child.:
There are various steps and procedures for adults and children in diagnosing ADHD. To learn more and to read the entire article, please click here
With 5 percent of children and 2.5 percent of adults diagnosed with ADHD, it is important to learn if you or your child has it. If you suspect, take action and get the help that is needed. Please also review AIHCP’s ADHD Consulting Training and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in ADHD Consulting.
