"Neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran outlines the fascinating functions of mirror neurons. Only recently discovered, these neurons allow us to learn complex social behaviors, some of which formed the foundations of human civilization as we know it."
Canadian novelist Howard Engel had a stroke and lost the ability to read, but he could still write, even though, shortly after writing a piece of text, he was unable to read it.
Speaker: Philippe Goldin. Mindfulness meditation, one type of meditation technique, has been shown to enhance emotional awareness and psychological flexibility as well as induce well-being and emotional balance. Scientists have also begun to examine how meditation may influence brain functions.
I love that ' bump up against' people and ideas counter to those which we' ve previously aligned-that' s kind of how I see aging gracefully-being able to see many more and others viewpoints-otherwise aging can seem like becoming caricatures of ourselves-we so believe our own thoughts (beliefs are after all only our much/most repeated thoughts!) and there' s no room for anyone or anything else!
Mmmmmm yeah but now to live it!
My mother had a stroke and now she has big problems to communicate. She understands allmost everything, but have great problems to express herself speaking. Aging is not easy thing if you have problems with your health.
Truly! It' s alot slower to align with our preferences for sure when sick. I sincerely recommend www.bruno-groening.org as a resource The Bruno Groning Circle of Friends-all volunteers!. It' s a type of Faith healing that I recognise as quite remarkable. It has strong old world Germanic Christian vibe and/but dont let that put you off the ' healing stream' which is very easy to teach to yourself/your mother and available to all regardless of religious affliations.
In The Sound of Tea, Frank Ferraro demonstrates what happens to his manual dexterity and his gait when he goes off his regularly prescribed Parkinson's medications for an hour or two.