Sardello: “The living body is an open field, a locus for the convergence of relationships- with the world, with the other people, with the soul realm, with the spirit realms.”

What doctors learn from the study of cadavers would not include…”Fear acts on the organs of the body, affecting them directly.”  (Sardello)

Also “The presence of fear interferes with the capacity to concentrate.” Without concentration I, for one, can’t be mindful and mindfulness is very necessary in my cognitive paradigm for wellness.

“Because the breath becomes shallow and the body becomes tense when the mind is disturbed, lengthening the breath calms…more important, it causes the mind for the space of time it’s attending to the breath, noticing it in descriptive terms, to drop the story of discontent.” (Boorstein)