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Do you still think Mindfulness and meditation are fringe ideas?  In case you’ve missed it, they’ve appeared on the cover of Time magazine, in Forbes, and even on 60 Minutes. How did [...]

This is the perfect meditation if you have never tried meditation or if you just want a simple time-out from your day. Remember to start in a sitting position with a long, straight spine!

One of the first things we suggest patients start is an actual pen-to-paper gratitude journal.  Patients often look at Dr. Arata like, “What?  A gratitude journal?!  What the heck is that [...]

We spend a lot of time talking about what foods we should or shouldn’t eat in order to be healthy.  What we need to consider is that food is not only what we put into our bodies, but also [...]

Studies show that a whopping 46.9% of the typical person’s day is spent on auto-pilot; mindless existence.  Not being mindful of your thoughts nor actions is fertile breeding ground for [...]