Posts Tagged ‘Breathing’
A few slow-paced breaths are enough to significantly reduce physiological stress
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, sharing important brain & mental health news plus a couple fun brain teasers to test your mental self-rotation skills. #1. Study: Education and lifestyle helped over a million older Americans avoid serious cognitive problems in 2017 Let’s kickstart 2022 with some good news: “The prevalence of serious cognitive…
Read MoreTrend: Harnessing digital tech to improve mental health and wellness
From mindfulness apps to virtual therapy sessions, digital tools offer instant access to wellness resources (The Globe and Mail): In 2015, Brie Code was working at leading video game company Ubisoft as lead artificial intelligence programmer when she realized that many people she knew – about half, by her estimation – found video games boring.
Read MoreThe latest on Brain Health and Resilience, plus a few fun Brain Teasers
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring fascinating neuroscience findings and tips, combined with fun brain teasers. #1. To celebrate this quite-challenging Thanksgiving, here are five fun brain teasers that readers have enjoyed the most this year so far. It is always good to learn more about (and appreciate) that most precious resource…
Read MoreNew book shares science and techniques to breathe better and promote calmness not anxiety
Scrolling social media, amid frantic election-related posts and news of escalating COVID-19 cases, you may have come across a friend reminding everyone to just breathe. But can just-breathing really make a difference? In his new book Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, journalist James Nestor argues that modern humans have become pretty bad…
Read MoreThree evidence-based ways to develop a resilient mind
___ Life throws chaos at us on a regular basis—whether it’s our finances, our relationships, or our health. In the work world, around 50 percent of people are burned out in industries like health care, banking, and nonprofits, and employers spend $300 billion per year on workplace-related stress. In response, we just keep on pushing…
Read MoreStudy: Mindful meditation works. Now, how to navigate the most popular options?
—– Many beginner meditators, myself included, start out with a mindful breathing meditation: one breath in, one breath out, the mind wanders, you bring it back. Armed with an app guiding me through
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