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Spirituality in Health (-deconstructed)

Spirituality in Health (-deconstructed). Enrique Saguil, MD. Disclosure:. I am one with the universe. What is spirituality?.

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Spirituality in Health (-deconstructed)

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  1. Spirituality in Health(-deconstructed) Enrique Saguil, MD

  2. Disclosure: • I am one with the universe

  3. What is spirituality? The spiritual is contrasted with the physical, matter and the temporary. A sense of connection is central of spirituality — connection to a reality beyond than the physical world and oneself, which may include an emotional experience of awe and reverence. Spirituality may also include the development of the individual's inner life through practices such as meditation and prayer, including the search for God, the supernatural, a divine influence, or information about the afterlife.

  4. Advanced theories • Philosophy • Ethics • Quantum spirituality • Bla bla bla • Stop! Kiss! Still the mind.. ….personalize it!

  5. How to get there In english, the word spirit comes from the Latin Spiritus (breath) My “non-offensive”, religion-neutral intro to spirituality is the art of breathing…… -pranayama -tai chi -abdominal breathing -4-7-8 (Andrew Weil)

  6. Concentrate on un-concentrating! Focus! Repetition! “Deflect” distraction! Clear your mind of everything happening now around you to keep on breathing! Enjoy the calm! Got Ya!

  7. Spirituality exposure • School (diluted) • Texts • Seminary, synagogue, mosque, monastery, church • Lectures (theosophical society) …..making spirituality a science…..+/-? look what happened with healing!

  8. What is healthy? • Disease free • Drug free • Physically independent • Intellectually up to date • Family/socially centered • Spiritually centered • Financially independent (with health ins)

  9. Reality: • 1-3 medical problems • 1-6 scripts • Physically Independent (-obese slides) • Intellectually acceptable • Family and social status varies • Spirituality ignorant (two tiers developing) • Current economy requires dependence

  10. The long version • Spirituality plays an “anchoring” role in dis-ease modification – healing • Spirituality improves medication response • Spirituality controls inflammation • Spirituality improves the stress response • Spirituality effects gene expression

  11. -the anchor • Cancer chemo (series taxing) • Arthritic disability (disability is defeating) • Chronic pain (fms,ibs,failed back,migraine-Meds are addictive and meant to be temporary) • Depression/anxiety (too many meds no time!) • Diabetes weight control (hormonal urges) • Hypertension anger/stress control (unlearning old habits) -poor grounding leads to failure

  12. -the prescription response • Lower bp • Lower craving • Better sleep • Better sex • Less hot flashes • Less stomach acid

  13. -the inflammatory response • Allergic reaction (HIS) and relaxation response • IBD response improved with spirituality • Atopic dermatitis controlled with stress-managing psychotherapy, relaxation tech, habit reversal. The effects of psychological intervention on atopic dermatitis. • Abuse in childhood (ace)=crp, wbc, fibrinogen Cumulative Childhood Stress and Autoimmune Diseases in Adults 2009

  14. Brain inflammation inc. ALZ/ meditation inc. brain function • Long-term meditation seems not only to alter brain-wave patterns: early research suggests that it may also result in changes in the actual structure of the cortex, the outer parts of our brains. “We have found that brain regions associated with attention and sensory processing were thicker in meditators than in the controls,” says Dr Sara Lazar, an assistant in psychology at Massachusetts General Hospital.-2006 report by ScienCentral • A PET scan measuring blood flow was taken in these three conditions and the results show that there were a number of changes specific to the experience of religious feelings.-Azari et al. (2001)

  15. -stress response • “Fight or flight” • Adrenalin, cortisol, tachicardia, hyperventilation, hyperacusis, tremor, hypertension, poor digestion, no sex (can be sustained but not without sequela)

  16. -gene expression • Herb Benson “Relaxation response” 35+yrs ago • 2008 PLoS One report:

  17. M • The researchers recruited three groups of people. In the first group (called the M group) there were 19 long term practitioners who had been practicing various ways of producing the relaxation response every day for a long time (for instance with daily yoga, repeated prayer or meditation practice).

  18. N1 + N2 • In the second group were another 19 people who they called the "healthy controls" (group N1), who were not daily practitioners, and the third group was like the healthy controls group, except these 20 people completed 8 weeks of relaxation response training (this group was N2).

  19. results • They found the expressions of a total of 2,209 genes were significantly different between groups M and N1, and a total of 1,561 genes were similarly significantly different between groups N2 and N1

  20. Spirituality changes gene expression. • More importantly, however, was the fact 433 of the genes were common to both sets of comparisons: the same ones were different between M and N1 and between M and N2, so even short term practice of the relaxation response appeared to produce changes in these 433 gene expressions.

  21. Spirituality no longer “soft science” • "This is the first comprehensive study of how the mind can affect gene expression, linking what has been looked on as a 'soft' science with the 'hard' science of genomics."

  22. The Saguil Approach to Spirituality is --it reverses cell damage • The authors said their study showed that the relaxation response changed the expression of genes involved with inflammation, programmed cell death and the handling of free radicals. Free radicals are normal byproducts of metabolism that the body neutralizes in order to stop damage to cells and tissues. He’s Controversial!!

  23. The goal

  24. 1st leg

  25. 2nd leg

  26. “Bandaid”

  27. 3rd leg

  28. The Saguil Approach: • “Bandaid therapy” • Spiritual grounding • Nutrition review/Herbal supplements • Movement therapy • Help others with their “bandaids”

  29. ……self cultivation will bring about peace in society. -Tao Te Ching

  30. …be the change you want to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi

  31. In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. -Albert Schweitzer

  32. Labyrinths in ILLINOIS: • http://www.relax4life.com/labfinder.html Available evidence does not suggest that labyrinth walking can be used to prevent or treat cancer or other serious diseases. People walk through labyrinths to reach any number of goals, such as inner peace, heightened spirituality, personal insight, prayer, relaxation, stress relief, or just "letting go."

  33. Mind body classes • Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine (617) 643-6090 • Dr Keshavarzian Rush (312) 942-3466 -say GI trials • Infinity Foundation (847) 831-8828 • Theosophical society (630) 668-1571

  34. Thanks! Enrique Saguil, MD www.herbal411.com

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