What is mind/body medicine & how does it work?
Mind/body medicine focuses on the way the brain, mind, body and behavior interact. It also looks at the powerful ways that emotional, mental social, spiritual and behavioral factors affect health.

Evidence demonstrates that stress may exacerbate or cause illness and that mind/body interventions can improve your health and overall sense of well being.

What medical conditions can it be used to treat?
Mind/body medicine can be used to treat many illnesses and diseases. The mind affects everything in our life, so even diseases that cannot be cured can benefit from mind-body interventions as adjunctive therapies.

What therapies does Dr. Khaneja use in her practice?
Dr. Khaneja works with children and adults to assist them in learning useful tools that can help them develop effective skills in managing stress. She works with methods such as imagery, guided meditation, affirmations and cultivating mindfulness and awareness.

She is a trained hatha yoga teacher and also teaches individual and group yoga classes, with a special focus on relaxation training with breath awareness.

How are infants and children affected by stress?
Children are affected by stress as much as adults. Even infants can sense ambient stress levels in their caretakers.

Children gauge their environment by the responses of their caretakers. If a parent is not able to deal with stress in a skillful fashion, his or her stress level can adversely affect a child’s mood, behavior, play activity, sleep and appetite.

Stress can also have an impact on children’s overall immunological functioning, making them more susceptible to illnesses such as colds, upper respiratory infections and ear infections. Children with chronic illnesses may have more exacerbations of their illness when they face increased environmental stress levels.