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24 – Friday Fix: A Quick Exercise That Calms Your Brain and Your Body
The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin
In today’s episode, I share the exercise and explain the science behind why it’s so effective. It takes less than 60 seconds and it can send signals to your brain that it’s okay to calm down.
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In today’s episode, I share the exercise and explain the science behind why it’s so effective. It takes less than 60 seconds and it can send signals to your brain that it’s okay to calm down.
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Life’s work is to wake up, to let the things that enter into the circle wake you up rather than put you to sleep. The only way to do this is to open, be curious, and develop some sense of sympathy for everything that comes along, to get to know its nature and let it teach you what it will.