TEDxBoulder - Shannon Paige - Mindfulness and Healing 

1991, Stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma and my story of healing, given a sentence of a 40% chance of living 10 years, is remarkably similar. Horses, working with children, being the change I want to see in the world, and yoga.... 26 years later, 16 years past my highest expiration date and healthier than ever. There is something to this and it needs to be shared.

Mindfulness is one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone! This women is a living proof of that!

This is wonderful, she's a fantastic speaker. Really special that she's willing to be so vulnerable in order to help others.

Powerful and gentle reminder to be fully alive.

I love what yoga practice has done for my anger and aggression. It calmed me to be in touch with my body and brings out the compassion.

Very inspiring, thank you Shannon. I think I have also come to the conclusion that a person can't use their brain to cure depression when it is the brain that is the problem in the first place. In other words, you can't use a faulty brain to 'think' your way out of depression! It makes total sense to me that the body must be used to heal the mind.

As this was one of only two talks I got to see live that night, I'm thanking you for changing the way I breathe :)

This is excellent! She's an amazing speaker. So much truth in this and so inspiring. Will be sharing.

Shannon Paige is Terrific . Look at all she has gone through and come out even stronger

As a holistic therapist I have seen how mindfulness can transform a persons life.

Thank you for your time and consideration and sharing ❤️🙏

You have the voice of reason. Thank you!

This is the first time I've known someone who named this...this experience that feels like my hidden reality...

What she said about yoga is absolutely true. Love and respect this woman. Breathe...

What Mindfulness Research Neglects Mindfulness is defined as non-judgmental or choice-less awareness. Choices in turn may be divided into non-perseverative choices (what to have for breakfast, what route to take to go home, or choices with no dilemmas) and perseverative choices (worries, distractions, and rumination, or mental dilemmas wherein every alternative is bad). All meditative procedures, including mindfulness, avoid both. The consistent avoidance of perseverative choice alone represents resting protocols, wherein the neuro-muscular activity is sharply reduced. In other words, when we want to be relaxed we isolate ourselves from distractive and worrisome events and thoughts. These states in turn correlate with increased levels of endogenous opioids or ‘endorphins’ in the brain. The benefits of this are manifest, as the sustained increase of endogenous opioids down regulates opioid receptors, and thus inhibits the salience or reward value of other substances (food, alcohol, drugs) that otherwise increase opioid levels, and therefore reduces cravings, as well as mitigating our sensitivity to pain. Profound relaxation also inhibits muscular tension and its concomitant discomfort. In this way, relaxation causes pleasure, enhances self-control, counteracts and inhibits stress, reduces pain, and provides for a feeling of satisfaction and equanimity that is the hallmark of the so-called meditative state. It may be deduced therefore that meditative states are primarily resting states, and that meditative procedures over-prescribe the cognitive operations that may be altered to provide its salutary benefits (that is, you just need to avoid perseverative choices, not all choices), and that meditation as a concept must be redefined. Finally, the objective measurement of neuro-muscular activity and its neuro-chemical correlates (long established in the academic literature on resting states) is in general ignored by the academic literature on mindfulness, which is primarily based upon self-reports and neurological measures (fMRI) that cannot account for these facts. The problem with mindfulness research is therefore not theoretical, but empirical, and until it clearly accounts for all relevant observables for brain and body, the concept will never be fully explained. More of this argument, including references, below including a link to the first study (published last year) that has discovered the presence of opioid activity due to mindfulness practice, as well as the 1988 Holmes paper which provided the most extensive argument to date that meditation was rest. www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(16)30302-3/abstract www.scribd.com/doc/284056765/The-Book-of-Rest-The-Odd-Psychology-of-Doing-Nothing www.scribd.com/document/291558160/Holmes-Meditation-and-Rest-The-American-Psychologist

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WOW a FAB clip :-) Thanks you for posting / hosting :-)

My God, you are able to articulate everything I believe. Thank you so much.....

a heart wrenching talk x

Yoga is not to do with exercises on a mat but a way of life mind, body, spirit but unfortunately in the west it’s just a series of exercises. She is a great educator

thank you very helpful indeed such a brave smart woman.

There are numerous studies linking stress with cancer and numerous studies saying yoga helps with stress/anxiety. Breathing any deeper that you are already breathing doesn't give you any more oxygen; everyone's blood is already maximally saturated with O2, even if you breathe shallowly. Yoga and mindfulness do help you manage stress though and that makes you less likely to get sick, as stress hormones suppress your immune system (and that's important for cancer too).

Fantastic talk thank you for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When she started with "It's 1994..", had I been in the audience, I would have been very tempted to shout out, "My time machine!...IT WORKS!".

Breathing is very impactful in my case. I m 83 years and to take care of my hypertension and sugar problem. I regularly monitor my blood pressure. It is sometimes more than prescribed range. In that situation I lie down and start belly breathing that is concentration on air coming in and air going out. I continue for 10 to 15 mnts. Thereafter on measurements I notice a fall of 10 points in systolic range. It happens and I donot understand how? So I donot need to increse dose of medicine.such is the power of mi ful breathing.

How can I connect with you. I am really impressed and would like to talk to you.

Wow that was incredible, I'd love a conversation with this fabulous woman 😊❤

Thank you!

Great explanation of disease and healing.

Wow! You are such an inspiration.

Is it just me who thinks her first husband was trying to help her by trying to get her to not focus on the illness?

Thank you

Oh wow Shannon, that was beautiful xxx

Very interesting !!

THank you so much for this!. It touched my heart, An gave me valuable tools in my life. :}

just awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing talk!!

Wonderful!

Inspiring video - thanks!

Wow just wow.

powerful.

Does anyone know of a similar talk from a man - this is a superb TEDtalk but I find that such stories are most often told by women and I'd like to share some to men by men. Shannon is pretty amazing.

wow! That was beautiful

thanks ,,,

“Yoga works by creating a ‘mind, body, breathe’ connection” “Cancer can not live in a high oxygen environment, interestingly enough neither can depression or anxiety”

Excellent message ❤️❤️

9:52 John Hopkins Study, High Oxygen Environment

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Most of these stubs people talking about on Tedx are old stubs taking from eastern traditions. Nothing new. Most of these speakers I noticed are here to advertised themselves and it’s their career. I don’t know what they went through or experiences are real. It’s hard to verify what they said. But I don’t doubt that the mind can cure the body of diseases. I would preferred those people that actually cured themselves giving testimony. Like I said most these speakers are on Tedx to enhance their career.