S2 E14 How Meditation & Mindfulness Counteract Racism’s Life-Threatening Health Effects | Dr Lamarr Darnell Shields | Balin A. Durr, MD

Racism has a profound negative impact upon our mental and physical health. It affects children and adults, leading to illnesses like diabetes, high blood pressure, and an increased the risk of cancer. 

With my special guest, LaMarr Darnell Shields, PhD, the Founder and Senior Director of Education and Innovation at the Cambio Group, and former professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education, we discuss:
> racism’s harmful impact upon children’s development and mental health, 
> how racism alters our genes and causes illness in adults and children, 
> how mindfulness decreases implicit bias and overeating, 
> how meditation and mindfulness connect you to your deeper sacred self and the sacred in everything, enabling you to counteract the life-threatening health effects of racism. 

5-Minute Meditation to Counteract Stress's Harmful Health Effects: https://youtu.be/ER-x3anugSM
Meditation and mindfulness can literally save your life!   

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