Mindfulness is window to knowledge about nervous system

While nearly five percent of the U.S. population experiences true Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), the “winter blues” have a way of affecting all of us from a physiological standpoint. For therapy patients, addressing the physical root of the feelings brought on by the dark, cold days of winter, can be, what one expert calls, a game changer. “As the fall starts to arrive and the days are getting shorter and the nights longer, we start to slow down a little bit,” said Rebecca Forkner, Ph.D., a Boston-based clinical psychologist. “We see it throughout the animal kingdom. It is a natural process.” In her practice, Forkner helps clients recogni...