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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"Mind and body"”.
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Retreating to Restore: A Haven for the Athletic Mind and Body
Mental health struggles and suicide rates in athletic populations have been on the rise for the past two decades, with an even bigger increase since the pandemic. Disorders such as stress, depression, and anxiety have been the main causes for these struggles and fatalities. The growing rates of …
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I feel whole today: Mind and body in counselling psychology practice
… the experience of the Yoga Therapy for the Mind (YTFTM) 8-week course, a manualised yoga and mindfulness-based intervention, for mild to moderate depression and anxiety. Eight female students from across four YTFTM courses participated in semi-structured interviews exploring their …
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Mixed culture : experienced through a center for the mind and body
… remain distinct, yet coexist. I identify myself and my culture as an American, but I was also raised with and practice certain traditional Korean customs which were passed down to me by family. I find that I am constantly moving between two states, where I identify with either of my two cultures, …
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Sketching in 3D : towards a fluid space for mind and body
… has been used as an effective way to explore and develop ideas in the design process. However, when designers deal with volumetric designs in 3-dimensional space, current sketching means, including traditional free-hand sketching and contemporary computer-aided design (CAD) modeling have …
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Reconnecting the Mind and Body: Using Bodywork to Help Improve Mental Health
<p>The connection between mind and body has been a topic of study since the beginning of medicine. In Eastern medicine, there has been an integration of the two; however in Western medicine, the paring of the mind and body is becoming a new mainstream form of treatment. This literature review …
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Of Unsound Mind and Body: A Statistical Test of the Association Between Intimate Partner Violence and Chronic Physical and Mental Health Outcomes
<p>A growing body of literature, both academic and in the popular media, has focused on intimate partner violence (IPV) and its consequences. In addition to the acute physical, social, and economic consequence of IPV, IPV clearly causes great stress for IPV women. While research has shown an …
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It’s All in the Mind (and Body): An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Lived Experience of Psychotherapists Treating Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS)
… surgeries are carried out with no relief and the problem persists. As a result, MUS accrue significant financial costs to healthcare systems on a worldwide scale. Symptoms can be transient or chronic and debilitating. Patients can become disabled, withdrawn and unable to work. They may …
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Romantic Languor: Images of Passivity in Romantic Poetry
Late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century poetry is filled with images of passivity to higher forces. Most common is the figure of the reclining poet, who invites inspiration or mystical, visionary experiences by relaxing mind and body and allowing wise, benevolent powers in nature or the
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Louis de la Forge on Mind-Body Interaction and the Case Against Occasionalism
… requires a defense of dualism as well as mind-body union and interaction, all the while keeping to some form of the causal likeness principle. Each of these positions are ones that Descartes maintained throughout his writings. Yet, successors and scholars alike have noted the …
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Analysis in mind
… epistemological idea dominated the philosophy of mind, namely the idea that theses about the relation between mind and body are, if true, a priori truths. Much of recent philosophy of mind is devoted to the question whether that idea is right. My research is largely an attempt to argue that some …
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The Destructive Nature of Suffering and the Liturgical Refashioning of the Person
… is an exploration of the role that physical pain and trauma play in inhibiting moral development and personal relationships; it further asks how the Christian liturgy, as a central act and pedagogical tool of the church, might respond to the crises brought about by pain and trauma. More …
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Drawing Water, Drawing Breath, Drawing Thread, A synthesis of clinical and creative practice through space-time
… research demonstrates the synthesis of clinical and creative practice through the concept of space-time, by addressing the idea of transferable skills and language across science and art. Clinical practice is focussed on the work of a highly specialist respiratory therapist. Creative practice …
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Exploring Fear and Freud's The Uncanny
Fear is one of the oldest and most basic of human emotions. In this thesis, I will explore the topic of fear in relation to literature, both a staple of the horror genre as well as a device in literary works, as well as in my own writings. In addition, I will use Sigmund Freud's theory of the …
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Models of consciousness in the novels of Don Delillo
… with the problems of post-war philosophy of mind is essential to a full understanding of his work. It suggests that he examines various forms of scepticism that prevail in the postmodern treatment of consciousness and traces the disorientation to which they lead, especially the obstacles they …
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Music Theory Pedagogy for the Violin: Cognitive Philosophy and Three Model Curricula
<p>Violin playing promotes a connection between mind and body that allows the performer to internalize, or embody, tactile features of the instrument, such as the distance between strings, the feeling of the fingertips on the fingerboard, the interval size between notes, and many other aspects. …
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"We Are the Thing Itself": Embodiment in the Künstlerromane of Bennett, Joyce, and Woolf
… Künstlerromane of Arnold Bennett, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf and issues of embodiment. Born of the field of aesthetics, the literary genre of Künstlerroman inherits its conflicts. The chief dilemma of the form is how an isolated artistic consciousness connects with the world through a …
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Intersections of embodiment and racism : the impact of a student's identity on their interactions with others.
Embodiment, the reciprocal influence of the mind and body on a person's identity, can be utilized to understand undergraduates' engagement with the world when it is studied in relation to cross-racial interactions and internal motivation to respond without prejudice. The present research used …
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untitled, ambiguity and architecture
This thesis seeks to expand Robert Venturi's concept of ambiguity in architecture to include meanings that, extending beyond the formal and semiotic, are rooted in narrative. It takes as a precedent the work of Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel, two artists whose book Evidence explores both formal and …
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Ecocultural Adjustment: A Peace Corps Sojourn
This work serves as a case study to extend, expand, and challenge the conventionally anthropocentric framing of cultural adjustment. I examine cultural adjustment through an ecocultural lens, reconceptualizing the process as ecocultural adjustment, which combines both cultural (human-centered) …
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Bridging the Gap: Addiction Recovery
This thesis explores the mental, physical, and emotional healing benefits of nature and the built environment to oneself. Strategically located across from downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, along the Cape Fear River, the site serves as a social and active place that promotes engagement with the …
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