In the 1960s, a young cardiologist named Dr. Herbert Benson had been sneaking transcendental meditators through the back door of his lab at Harvard University to study what happened to their body when they meditated. The result of his work was one of the major breakthroughs in modern mind body medicine.   Dr. Benson found dramatic physiological changes in the bodies of his subjects. He recorded decreased metabolism in the body, decreased heart rate, decreased rate of breathing and slower brain waves. He called his discovery the ‘relaxation response’ to suggest its role as a counter part to the stress... Read full article »

I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease when I was 24 years old. Although my doctors meant the best for me, they couldn’t offer me a cause or a cure. After traveling the world and meeting some of the leading experts in mind body medicine, I realized that in order to change my health, I needed to change my mind.   Here are 6 things that I did to change my mind and change my health:   1. I Started Practicing Yoga I was jogging about four times a week and doing weights training twice a week when I first... Read full article »

The first thing I am often asked after someone sees The Connection is 'so are you well now?'   The answer is yes?   The next thing I am asked is 'what did you do?'   The answer is that it's not what I did, but what I continue to do.   It's been nearly 10 years since I was first told I had what the doctor suspected was Lupus and a 3 year journey to make the film. Over that time I have learned that the latest science has proven that when it comes to my health, balancing my... Read full article »

I had spent more than $30,000 on specialist doctors, drugs, nutritionists, and alternative therapists. I had tried everything from group therapy, to acupuncture and kinesiology. I had read books about healing my life and changing my thoughts. I was still sick.   I was at a point where I didn’t know who I could trust. People seemed to offer a solution, but often all I received was a bill and another appointment.I didn’t want to imagine a future where I was riddled with arthritis and flat with fatigue. So I kept searching.   I came across a PDF document written... Read full article »

Not wanting to end up like his own mother who ended up in a wheelchair unable to feed herself, Professor George Jelinek went on a search for a cure for Multiple Sclerosis when he was diagnosed with the same disease she had suffered from. He appears in The Connection and has written this guest blog post for us.   The Key Ingredients Three things are necessary for recovery from serious illness. First, one has to have hope. That can come from a single report of someone else recovering. That is all it takes. Hope that you too can be like... Read full article »

"I was a terminal patient. I had Stage IV Melanoma. And here I am, cancer free 6 ½ years later." Scott Stephens is not the typical kind of person you would expect to find meditating under a tree for two hours a day. The Aussie carpenter loved nothing more than going to the pub, having barbecues with friends and surfing. But at 24 years old, he was diagnosed with Metastatic Melanoma, an aggressive skin cancer. "My doctor said, ‘It doesn't get any more serious’… I had Stage IV Melanoma and people with stage IV melanoma didn't get better." Scott had... Read full article »