Resilience

The use of yoga and meditation as complementary medicine is growing. In 2017, 14% of U.S. adults participated in yoga, according to NIH. Depression and anxiety are among the most common conditions self-treated with yoga. Yoga is relatively low cost, easy to access, has high social acceptance, and enables one to focus on the whole person. In this program, experts discuss how to use yoga to enhance mental health. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37851]

Cultivating Compassion and Resilience: Yoga for Enhancing Mental Health 

There is a long history of the interconnectivity of yoga and dance. Many dancers find benefits from the movements in yoga.  In this program, dancers Ishwarya Chaitantya and Varsha Ravikumar talks about what they've learned and experienced as practitioners and teachers of dance and yoga. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37850]

Yoga and Dance: Attuning to Self through Creative Movement 

Dr. Bradly Jacobs, a primary care doctor with Bluewave Medicine, talks about the clinical and experiential research of the benefits of yoga, including demonstrating various yoga techniques. He practices integrative medicine and advocates for a more holistic approach to healthcare.  He started practicing yoga at age 25 and continues with it daily.  Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37849]

Body Breath and Abundant Energy: Yoga for Vitalizing Physical Health 

For thousands of years, yoga has been a path to re-orienting our relationship to body, mind, and spirit, opening ourselves to transformation. At its essence, yoga involves grappling with our perceived limits and transcending them through a shift in consciousness. Dr. Sudha Prathikanti and Dr. Priya Jain discuss yoga's psychophysical approach to self-understanding, and how it offers a creative way to discover, grow and awaken to new possibilities as we meet the challenges of modern living. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37848]

What is Yoga? Perspectives on its Journey from East to West

Neuroscientist and author Darya Rose discusses how practicing mindfulness allows us to interrupt our frequently-used autopilot mode.  Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37533]

Autopilot Mode vs. Mindfulness

Millions attempt some form of diet yet only a small fraction achieve permanent weight loss. Neuroscientist and writer Darya Rose discusses the power of habits as a much needed alternative to dieting.  Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37532]

Health is an Issue of Psychology Not Nutrition

Creating mandalas is seen as an act of meditation that is a therapeutic modality with the potential to contribute to wellness and self care. Dr. Sudha Prathikanti, Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, combines the best-proven conventional psychiatric treatments with the best-proven remedies from ancient wisdom traditions such mandalas.  Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37152]

Mandala Therapy: Art of Centering the Self

Explore how to use the arts for healing with Amy Van Cleve, program manager of Art for Recovery at UCSF, and Healing Harpist Patrice Haan. The Art for Recovery program provides a safe environment where adults can express the intense feelings that arise in life-threatening illnesses. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37153]

Art for Recovery

Physical therapy is optimizes movement to improve the human experience. Alissa Garcia-Sanchez, Physical Therapist at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion, explores the framework behind physical therapy and why it matters. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37151]

Physical therapy is optimizes movement to improve the human experience. Alissa Garcia-Sanchez, Physical Therapist at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion, explores the framework behind physical therapy and why it matters. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37151]

Movement is Medicine

Explore the role of music therapy to support treatment in the pediatric setting. Matthew Logan, Jennifer Goldhammer and Brianna Negrete are part of the Music Therapy Program at Benioff Children's Hospital at UCSF and share their experiences to explain how music therapy improves patient care. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37149]

The Essential Role of Music Therapy in Pediatric Health Care

Mind Body Medicine is one of the fastest-growing areas in healthcare. Find out how modern science and the power of thoughts and emotions work together for better health.

Mindy Body Connection (Audio)

Selena Chan, DO, takes you through a brief history of treating mental health from the stone age to today. She then looks at psychiatry today and how we are at a time when behavioral medicine is uniquely situated to bridge biomedicine and an array of healing modalities.  Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34526]

Selena Chan, DO, takes you through a brief history of treating mental health from the stone age to today. She then looks at psychiatry today and how we are at a time when behavioral medicine is uniquely situated to bridge biomedicine and an array of healing modalities. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34526]

Exploring Physical and Emotional Dimensions of Pain and Loss: The Power of the Mind-Body Connection

Keynote talks at the 2017 Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health are presented here, including Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, of the Harvard Medical School who describes his research with natural products to prevent and treat Alzheimer's; Yumba of Lhasa on the Great Treasury of Tibetan Medical and Astronomical Texts; and Janet Gyatso of the Harvard Divinity School on the Challenges for the Study of Tibetan Medicine.   Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33044]

The Potential for Natural Products in Treating Alzheimer's Disease and Other Keynotes from 2017 Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health

Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra, MD, a leading pioneer in integrative medicine, shares insights from his new book, “The Healing Self,” on how to protect your immune system by managing stress and reducing inflammation – two key factors for lifelong wellness. Chopra is presented by the 2018 Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33478]

The Healing Self with Deepak Chopra -- Writer's Symposium By The Sea 2018

Larry Smarr

The full recording of computer scientist Larry Smarr presenting ten years of his personal health data on the Visualization Wall at his institute, Calit2 at UC San Diego.  Excerpts from this talk are seen in "Future Patient/Future Doctor" (uctv.tv/shows/33132), featuring Smarr and osteopathic physician Michael Kurisu.  Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33705]

The full recording of computer scientist Larry Smarr presenting ten years of his personal health data on the Visualization Wall at his institute, Calit2 at UC San Diego. Excerpts from this talk are seen in "Future Patient/Future Doctor" (<a href="http://uctv.tv/shows/33132" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uctv.tv/shows/33132</a>), featuring Smarr and osteopathic physician Michael Kurisu. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33705]

Future Patient: Larry Smarr at the Visualization Wall at Calit2

Kerri Boutelle, PhD, joins David Granet, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P. to discuss eating habits that often result in obesity and the psychology behind it.  Series: "Health Matters" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33859]

Eating Beyond Nutritional Needs: Overeating and Binge Eating

Erik Groessl

Paul J. Mills

Clinical psychologist Erik Groessl talks about research showing the value of yoga in reducing pain, improving physical function and overcoming opioid addiction in military veterans, among other patients, in this conversation with Paul J. Mills of UC San Diego.  Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32702]

Yoga as Therapy with Erik Groessl and Paul J. Mills -- UC Wellbeing Channel 

Michael Kurisu

A more detailed look at the osteopathic treatment that Dr. Michael Kurisu provided to computer scientist Larry Smarr, as seen in "Future Patient/Future Doctor" (uctv.tv/shows/33132.)   Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33706]

A more detailed look at the osteopathic treatment that Dr. Michael Kurisu provided to computer scientist Larry Smarr, as seen in "Future Patient/Future Doctor" (<a href="http://uctv.tv/shows/33132" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uctv.tv/shows/33132</a>.) Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33706]

Future Doctor: Michael Kurisu DO

Key presentations on research models in integrative medicine feature the use of functional MRI to track changes in the brain during meditation; measuring the effect of intense meditation retreats on the telomeres of participants; and the coevolution of traditional medicine and modern biomedical research. Speakers Thomas Liu of UC San Diego and Clifford Saron of UC Davis joined James Nettles of Emory University as part of the Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health held at Harvard in October, 2017. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33047]

Key presentations on research models in integrative medicine feature the use of functional MRI to track changes in the brain during meditation; measuring the effect of intense meditation retreats on the telomeres of participants; and the coevolution of traditional medicine and modern biomedical research. Speakers Thomas Liu of UC San Diego and Clifford Saron of UC Davis joined James Nettles of Emory University as part of the Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health held at Harvard in October, 2017. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33047]

Models Of / Models For Integrative and Whole Systems Research 

Three dynamic speakers present case studies on the value of Tibetan medicine in treating chronic illnesses, optimizing clinical outcomes and improving mind-body-spirt wellbeing.  Lobsang Dhondup of the Tibetan Healing Center, Cynthia Husted, a clinical consultant in Integrative Functional Medicine and Paul J. Mills of UC San Diego delivered these plenary talks as part of the Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health held at Harvard in October, 2017. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33045]

Three dynamic speakers present case studies on the value of Tibetan medicine in treating chronic illnesses, optimizing clinical outcomes and improving mind-body-spirt wellbeing. Lobsang Dhondup of the Tibetan Healing Center, Cynthia Husted, a clinical consultant in Integrative Functional Medicine and Paul J. Mills of UC San Diego delivered these plenary talks as part of the Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health held at Harvard in October, 2017. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33045]

Tibetan Medicine's Place in Integrative and Whole Systems Medical Practice

Hollis King DO

Hollis King and Michael Kurisu, both osteopathic physicians (DO's) at UC San Diego, describe how osteopathy is a hands-on medical treatment that focuses on the structure and function of the whole body, not just symptoms of disease or pain. As they explain to host Paul J. Mills, doctors of osteopathy learn the same curriculum as traditional medical students, but they approach their patients with a more integrative philosophy of healthcare.  Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 32568]

The Appeal of Osteopathic Medicine with Hollis King DO; Michael Kurisu DO; and Paul J. Mills - UC Wellbeing Channel   

Douglas Ziedonis, MD, MPH, Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Diego, discusses some informal practices of mindfulness. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 33710]

Mindfulness is Easy

This presentation continues the conversation on the value of Tibetan medicine in treating chronic diseases, optimizing clinical outcomes and improving mind-body-spirt wellbeing.  Alejandro Chaoul of the Integrative Medicine Program at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center joins scholar Mona Schrempf and anthropologist Tatiana Chudakova of Tufts University as part of the Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health held at Harvard in October, 2017. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33046]

This presentation continues the conversation on the value of Tibetan medicine in treating chronic diseases, optimizing clinical outcomes and improving mind-body-spirt wellbeing. Alejandro Chaoul of the Integrative Medicine Program at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center joins scholar Mona Schrempf and anthropologist Tatiana Chudakova of Tufts University as part of the Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health held at Harvard in October, 2017. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33046]

Tibetan Medicine's Place in Integrative and Whole Systems Medical Practice - Part 2

Can (Martin) Zhang of Harvard Medical School leads off the panel with a detailed discussion of factors leading to Alzheimer’s disease and the potential benefits of curcumin in treatment.  He is followed by Rinchen Dhondrup of Qinghai University, who presents on treating chronic atrophic gastritis and Chenchen Wang of Tufts University who explains her work using Tibetan medicines and Tai Chi to treat rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia and other chronic diseases as part of the Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health held at Harvard in October, 2017. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33048]

Can (Martin) Zhang of Harvard Medical School leads off the panel with a detailed discussion of factors leading to Alzheimer’s disease and the potential benefits of curcumin in treatment. He is followed by Rinchen Dhondrup of Qinghai University, who presents on treating chronic atrophic gastritis and Chenchen Wang of Tufts University who explains her work using Tibetan medicines and Tai Chi to treat rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia and other chronic diseases as part of the Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health held at Harvard in October, 2017. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33048]

Models Of / Models For Integrative and Whole Systems Research -- Part 2   

It is difficult to effectively manage our weight when the world around us is full of enticing and unhealthy options. Kerri Boutelle, PhD, joins David Granet, MD, to discuss how our minds become conditioned to overeat.  Series: "Health Matters" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33433]

Overeating Cues and Conditioning

What is spirituality and spiritual health? How can we effectively assess our own spirituality and identify spiritual distress in ourselves and others? Douglas Ziedonis, MD, MPH, Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Diego, discusses the link between healthy aging and spirituality. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 33227]

Spirituality and Healthy Aging - Research on Aging

Rev. Denah Joseph, Chaplain and Associate Director UCSF Palliative Care Service, discusses the psychology of suffering when serious illness or loss occurs. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33866]

Illness Identity and Suffering

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