Vernon Barksdale, MD, MPH, was invited to participate in the Featured Speakers Series of the “Today in Miracles” show, available to view online at afriquecanada.tv. The show is hosted by Mwila The Queen and represents inspirational themes of life-changing messages.
As a practicing psychiatrist and clinical researcher, Dr. Barksdale speaks with Mwila about his theories of how spiritually oriented techniques can be used in response to stress, anxiety, psychiatric issues, and other health disorders. Using techniques that he developed with his wife, Louise Taber Barksdale, MD, FACP, Dr. Barksdale shares how health-promoting activities such as meditation can counter the effects of stress and other disorders that can cause damage to brain tissues.
Medical science proves that depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other major psychiatric illnesses, as well as diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes, have causation components that are stress-related and can lead to destruction of brain tissue. However, with mindfulness meditation techniques and practice, improvements can be observed in the brain tissue affected by these significant stressors. Mindfulness meditation has also been shown to improve the sense of well-being and manage chronic disease.
The Successful Living Series is a collection of specially designed meditation trainings for improving deep relaxation meditation ability to promote better physical, mental, and spiritual health. In particular, the Successful Living Series promotes theta-level meditation techniques utilizing alternating tones.
