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She is a Fellowship trained Breast Surgeon who
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his September marks the
seventh year that clinical psy-
chologist Michael Abramsky,
Ph.D., of Birmingham will lead a
short meditation service following the
High Holiday services at Temple Shir
Shalom in West Bloomfield.
"Prayer, medita-
tion and telling
Bible stories are
integrated in this
short service giving
a psychological and
spiritual dimension
to the holidays:' said
Abramsky,
who fre-
Dr. Michael
quently
uses
mind-
Abramsky
fulness as a therapy
with patients.
"Mindfulness, originally an inte-
gral part of a Buddhist meditation
technique, is a system of mental train-
ing that focuses on emotions and a
conscious awareness of the present
moment while recognizing thoughts
and feelings and letting them go as
they appear:' he explains.
"Rather than changing the way you
think [the goal of cognitive therapy],
mindfulness attempts to change the
way you feel as you focus inward with-
out reacting and making judgments.
`Anxiety takes place when you
worry about what happened yester-
day or what may happen tomorrow:'
Abramsky says. "Meditating keeps you
in the present, limiting anxiety, anger,
fear and sadness. We practice learning
to accept what is happening to us and
then to let those feelings go through
meditation:'
The practice of intentional, non-
judgmental awareness of moment-to-
moment experience has been practiced
since ancient times. Now science has
confirmed its benefits.
"The exciting news is that by exam-
ining the upper cerebral cortex, the
center of the brain where emotions are
activated, studies support that with
repetition, an intentionally created
state, such as encouraging positive
feelings over negative feelings, can
become an enduring trait resulting in
long-term changes in brain function
and structure Abramsky says.
Dealing With Pain
Dr. Howard Schubiner of Southfield,
who is board certified in internal
medicine, pediatrics and adolescent
medicine, uses mindful meditation as
an integral part of his life and often
recommends it in his practice.
His book, Unlearn
Your Pain, explains
the concept of
the Mind Body
Syndrome, making
it clear that if your
pain is not caused by
a medical problem,
such as a disease,
Dr. Howard
then it's likely your
Schubiner
pain can be cured by
following a specific
program of mindful meditation to
retrain your brain.
"Pain is misunderstood by most
people says Schubiner, director and