Herbert Benson - The Relaxation Revolution: Enhancing Health Through Mind Body Healing

[@LaineyMccoll]

I been doing muscle relaxation twice a day for over one month ,it does work x

[@tuodekab]

This guy is a G!!! His book is changing my life.

[@GlobalTransformationProject]

Brilliant! Every Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga, and Mind-Body Teacher owes more than they can ever imagine, to Dr. Herb Benson's pioneering work. Bill Douglas, Founder of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day, World Yoga Day, and World Healing Day

[@jillannettejohnson]

+Bill Douglas Hi Bill, My name is Jill My birthday is on April 30, World Tai Chi & Qigong Day, World Yoga Day, and World Healing Day. I just wanted to let you know I will for sure be with the healing intent being sent. Nice to see you here!

[@duncanpeter8062]

No he did his own research and found that you just have to repeat a word as they do in TM, a word that means something to you, could be peace, joy whatever works for you. Bravo for him. We are all human beings and we have been different races so your Caucasian rant is pointless. By the way I am Indian I am extremely pleased with his research. No race has a monopoly on the truth ....

[@jillannettejohnson]

Ideas come from what people call God, creative Source, the One, the All Intelligence, however people choose to refer to this. The ownership of ideas? Go get a room and leave me out of this discussion; if meditation can't be done in peace as I want to do it, then I can meditate in peace by myself with a whole lot of other people who would do meditation just like me because it just occurred to people out of the blue ie; Source, God, The Circular Reason that made that mind that ego seems to think should be the controlled linear property of limitations of which I do not place on self.

[@HarshRaj-yh5cf]

Plagiarism nothing else..

[@jacobpaul2045]

@@HarshRaj-yh5cf Sure it is, just like Silva's, right? That's all it is, a method. Tea Ceremony, "Yoga," and dozens of other methods are found world-wide, I suppose they "plagiarized" Vipassana too? Oh, let me guess, Aboriginal people doing sweat lodge is somehow stealing from Bikram? Some people call their art "meditative," because they are experiencing the same effects using their own path. Must be plagiarism. Do realize how ridiculous you sound?

[@eg6081]

I have experienced much of what he explains through meditation, so it’s great to hear Dr. Benson validate it all. This is life truly changing stuff, if you take it to heart!

[@aijazhaider6179]

Great. Indeed I attended this lecture at Harvard Book Store. It was 2012 or 2013. Since then I am following this practice and have benefited.

[@stelacouto3282]

I love Dr. Herbert Benson so much!❤

[@cristinaantunes9783]

A big thank you Dr Benson. May Lord bless your soul 🙏

[@arnoldhooi6023]

His meditation is the same as TM. Those who discovered him before TM should be grateful as they are saving themselves their money

[@kebbabutton3387]

How powerful to see this icon of medical research speaking to the latest in mind-body medicine! Imagine what we will know in another decade?

[@quantumuniverse5771]

Yes, I am so exciting to hear him. And more powerful, at least for me was my decision several years ago. I've told myself: "You DON'T need science to validate and scientificly prove what is good or bad for you". That was most powerful decision in my life.

[@DrasticKDescription]

Love this type of thinking. Happy to stumble upon it

[@jonboyyadig2388]

Thank you! Great discussion I am a firm believe in rewiring the brain. Self regulated mental help which everyone needs to live a healthy life.

[@lukastheinfinite7311]

Brilliant indeed, I'm happy to have seen this, thank you very much!

[@carlaweil2804]

Wow, so disappointed when this segment was over. What an in-depth discussion regarding the MIND, BODY connection. I feel that when the MIND and BODY are connected, there is HEALth and natural HEALing that is on a subconscious level that translates to the conscious MIND and BODY. When there is the disconnect, is when there is dis ease, "DISEASE" that requires treatment on a natural level, but it becomes sidetracked in a natural and holistic format with the attack of surgery along with drugs. This is only within my most humblest of opinions. This was fascinating!

[@emilywest1302]

It has taken me a while to heal from surgery for cancer. Then doctors recommended a horrible drug which reduces estrogen so much I was in pain from varicose veins. I needed the surgery, but I am now cancer free. by quieting my mind I will stop the cancer from returning despite doctors trying to manipulate me with the fear of high risk of reoccurence. So, as Dr Benson says, surgery may often be needed. but after that the mind can do much. It is very destructive when reductionist doctors try always to scare. One has to be strong and know they are often wrong but have their uses.

[@plankton50]

Thank you for putting this up this video was very interesting! I heard about Herbert Benson from a small NewScientist piece about meditation for health and this video has answered a lot of questions I had. Looking forward to getting some positive gene therapy into my daily life!

[@estanford826]

All kinds of meditation videos on KZbin. Pick one.

[@SSushamas]

I'm so happy to have seen this - one of the pioneers of mind body reality in Western medicine. Notice how he had to explain/ justify that the Cartesian division ''really had no validity''. Amazing things have been done by 'conventional' western medicine for sure... so this is a balanced and reasonable look at the research.

[@AllanGildea]

Excellent presentation by a wonderful man. Thank you.

[@JudihWeinsteinHaggai]

timeless advice.

[@LynJegher]

Awesome Video thank you so much for sharing these useful information!

[@veraintuizione6497]

Wonderful lecture....Thanks for sharing from Italy❤

[@daboodeef179]

it's interesting how people in the scientific community are coming to some realizations that people have known about for a long long time now...but what these people in the scientific community don't realize is that they have not even scratched the surface when it comes to meditation.

[@quantumuniverse5771]

Totally agree! And not just about meditation, but EVERYTHING about our own possibilities to heal ourselves, to maintain and transform energy/Qi-Chi-prana-mana i.e. lifes energy...They'll catch up one day 😉

[@Ella-td7dh]

Like to hear that anything is possible with the genome and mind body. It's all to do with what genes are turned on or off. Dis regulation of stress genes is common in disease, switching them off by reducing stress is a way to treatment without negative side effects.

[@TheExceptionalState]

Interesting for those that want a scientific breakdown on why meditation is so beneficial to us human being, irrespective of whether we are atheists or believers in some higher power

[@DrasticKDescription]

Agnostic is more like it. You don't hate other religions. U just choose neither because u realize a higher purpose than deity. Even tho I see the brainwashing and conditioning of religions like catholics, Jewish & their narrow perceptions.

[@pewtubeceo4483]

I love it, every sentence he says he says it in this tone of disbelief, it's very funny.

[@lindarauch3906]

Truly like this man, what a sweetheart, you can see his soul peeking through ;-) The content is very interesting indeed. So much to teach to those who haven't known about mind/body healing. I do have a "However!". And that is ~ A person who is holding early childhood development trauma in their bodies, for decades (without realizing it) and there are many ~ most of these wonderful modalities don't help permanently...the reason being that as an infant and for quite a while afterwards, we humans haven't yet brains that are developed, we cannot 'think' ourselves out of the instinctual survival drives...which manifest in fight, flight, freeze. Okay, won't go on about this. The thing is ~ It's mandatory to get to the very foundation, to the places in ourselves that were wired, when we were utterly dependent. When, if our main caretaker did not provide the bonding so necessary to implant 'safety' within the child....'security'....via reflecting back and 'attuning' to the child......Well, the 'fight' isn't in position yet, so it's usually 'overwhelm' feeling in danger with no means of self soothing anywhere in place, and often a huge 'shut down'. SO, learning the language of the nervous system, learning how to get our own selves out of overwhelm and shutdown, taking the time to create a feeling of 'safety' within that for so many was never ever there...needs to happen in order for change to stick. We kinda come at ourselves for healing from the wrong end so much of the time. The mind isn't the place to go, the body most definately is. It holds all we need to know, in order to unravel the places we've been holding onto for decades. Okay, okay, i'll stop. Maybe this makes sense to some of you. Psychotherapist, artist and presently a Student in the Learning the Language of the Nervous System, taught years ago and still is by Peter A. Levine. Taking a course with his student, Irene Lyons. Again, thank you Herbert Benson....What you are explaining is long overdue for so many. ty ty xox

[@Observer-kw7vu]

Mindfulness/relaxation is widely applicable to health. It's fundamental to stress- and anxiety- reduction and even resolution of trauma (including Prolonged Exposure, EMDR, etc.).

[@staceygardiner7420]

Just wondering what dr Benson talked to Dala Llama about at the havard university.

[@mamunurrashid5652]

Thank you....

[@optionsupdate]

at 29:40 how to relax

[@Hypnotica420x]

thanks bro

[@terrymordia532]

Go meditate folks, he mentions that the rr is nothing new etc. listen to the talk!

[@Nowhereoh]

T.B. is making a comeback in Ukraine. R.R. works better for me than TM. Compliments my William Chen Short Yang form Tai Chi that uses the inhale for waking up the body mind. Thank you.

[@g5alive]

There isn't a scientific explanation of what to do because the technique is not science. The science is in the analysis of the changes going on in the body as a result of regular meditation. There are lots of places online which explain the relaxation response, search for "relaxation response technique" in google, I just found one on some AOL site, Don't get lost in the simplicity of this technique with regards to it's effectiveness,, it is just that... simple,, but effective. hope this helps

[@shashiprabha8283]

He has borrowed the entire technique of meditation called Transcendental Meditation by a great teacher Maharishi Mahesh. Isn't it plagiarism ?

[@Addictedtobleeps]

Nobody 'owns' spirtualism (if you want to call it that). Maharishi was inspired by his teachers, and so on, the lineage went down all the way to the Buddah. Herbert Benson was one of the original researchers (back in the 60's) who researched throughly what benefit the Buddahs teachings have on our well-being. He's spread the word and science for a better, happier society, here in the West. And unlike TM, you don't have to pay for that privelage, which should be a human right.

[@stelacouto3282]

2:43

[@SJ23982398]

Lol a book right behind him displayed prominently: "More money than God" Could not contrast more with the subject of the speaker

[@Fernando-kh9oo]

Am I the only one who thinks he looks very similar to Warren Buffett?

[@ajmarr5671]

Benson, Herbert: (1921-2022) Cardiologist and bad psychologist, known for the ‘relaxation response’, the psychological equivalent of bottled tap water and the financial equivalent of printing money. Thus, following the following time worn formula, Benson helped thousands to realize peace, relaxation, and to enthusiastically part with their money. Below is an outline of his winning formula, similar to real estate investing: Create Bad Idea: Staring at a doorknob makes you relaxed. Write Bad Book: about how staring at a doorknob makes you relaxed. Create Bad Institute: teaching others (for a fee) how staring at a doorknob makes you relaxed. Lather and repeat with more bad books, a bigger institute, and a bigger bank account from Dr. Mezmer's Bad Psychology Dictionary at doctormezmer.com

[@quantumuniverse5771]

So what? You're making money too, on the way you think is best! This way of thinking empower quantum, and humans too. Trolling is so obvious when you're one with Source. Blessings

[@PostMortemPie]

Ok, where the hell is the process online? Why doesn't the guy put up a goddam video tutorial instead of selling books? Why is there supposed science but I can't for the life of me find an actual scientific description of just what the hell I'm supposed to do? "Meditate." Gee, thanks that's fucking helpful.

[@chinmayjoshi3592]

this guy is such a fraud . he took all these Ideas from the Indian schools of thought, appropriatized them for the westerners, put to rest the Hindu concepts and presented his theories as though they were original. I curse him for life!!

[@gunner9936]

@@alegriart these ideas are from India and needs to recognized, he can profit of it but atleast he cam talk about the maharishi that taught him everything. Just like Tumeric Lattes which is Haldi Dood, Yoga turns into Christian Yoga, dont be so arrogant, you westerners dont have claim of over our culture.

[@lazcano5596]

@@gunner9936 Probably you are upset because the Dr. discovered that transcendental meditation and all types of meditations have nothing special all work the same without the subjectivity stuff praying, tai chi, yoga even jogging have the same therapeutic effect.

[@jacobpaul2045]

@@gunner9936 How ironic, a universal ability shared by all humans, yet someone from a culture claims ownership and accuses arrogance.

[@quantumuniverse5771]

Chinmay Joshi you're so funny 😅😊 You will spent all your life to curse a lot others too, because THERE IS NOTHING NEW in all of messages about Source and humans, which are not explained in some book, culture, country etc. I wish you to find peace within, and then-only then you'll realise messages through evolution.

[@horednaxela6919]

Chinmay, I suggest you read Benson's book 'The Relaxation Response'. He makes it very clear that he credits his technique to the study of various contemplative practices of the world's religions (starting with TM by the way which is from India). The RR is nothing more than a distillation of the elements in those practices to elicit a beneficial physiological response. So chill out and meditate my friend if after 2 years you're sill angry. Namaste )🙏