Mindy Body Connection (Audio)

Iman Crosson and Natalie Spilger learn about kundalini yoga, a more esoteric style of yoga that has them chanting, giggling and doing some funky postures. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31270]

The Food Network's Julie Zwillich discusses how the signs of aging can be reversed with Deepak Chopra. The Chopra Center's method of age reversal is through changing the perception of the body, time and the meaning of aging, deep rest, whether through sleep or meditation and body supplements or vitamins. Exercise also helps keep the body feeling and looking young. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31275]

Julie Zwillich is introduced to the seven spiritual laws of yoga in part three of her trip to the Chopra Center. She learns that the qualities you learn and develop on the mat often translate to life off the mat. So as yoga helps the body become stronger and more flexible, those qualities translate into the rest of your life. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31282]

What happens in your brain when you fall in love? Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31283]

How does meditation affect your brain? Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31284]

Deepak Chopra defines meditation and discusses it's history and context in Vedanta. He also explains some of the benefits of its practice. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31285]

Deepak Chopra explores the meaning and role of the ego in our consciousness. Is it good or bad? The ego is our self-image, not our true self. It is characterized by labels, masks, images, and judgements. The true self is the field of possibilities, creativity, intentions, and power. We can go beyond the ego through self awareness - awareness of our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and speech. Thus we begin to slowly move beyond the ego to the true self. Deepak reads a beautiful poem by Rabindranath Tagore, entitled "Who is this?" which describes the ego as "my own small self." Can you go beyond your own small self, your ego, to discover your true self? Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31288]

Artist Yuko Kodama shares her inspiring story of healing and transformation and the role of yoga in her recovery. Yuko's cancer began in her mouth, and her art reflects the pain and memory associated with that part of her body. We visit her studio to get an in-depth look at the relationship between her struggle with cancer and her art. We also follow her to the yoga studio with Eddie Stern, Yuko's yoga teacher for almost two decades, who shares his perspective on her illness and recovery, and how yoga practice contributes to spiritual strength and perseverance. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31289]

Sleep is much more than just a time of rest and repair. Deepak Chopra discusses the deeper significance of sleeping and dreaming, so critical to our health. Sleeping gives our brain necessary time to process short and long-term memories. But it can also allow us to reconnect with our original, higher state of consciousness, like the freshness of a newborn baby. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31290]

Dr. Deepak Chopra shows how, through simple meditative exercises focusing on self and environmental awareness, you can shift your perception of time to the present and ground yourself in the now. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31173]