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A Calm Brain: Unlocking Your Natural Relaxation System
by
Gayatri Devi
When you are calm, your mind and body are in a state of focused awareness. You are in your “zone,” performing at your peak. Now, Dr. Gayatri Devi shows in A Calm Brain how you can cultivate this optimal mental and physical state by tapping into your body’s hard-wired natural relaxation system.
Our ancestors used the fight-or-flight mechanism to protect themselves from preda...more
Our ancestors used the fight-or-flight mechanism to protect themselves from preda...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
June 14th 2012
by Dutton Adult
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**Top-notch, bottom-up approach to calm**
Once upon a time ago, our core brains were pretty good at keeping us calm. But, the modern day sea of anxieties (hello non-stop technology alerts and intrusions/uncompromising performance expectations/unlimited choices/reduced in-person intimacy) has diluted the soothing functions of the intuitive core brain. As a result, we’re in a state of constant high alert.
So, how do we reprogram our brains and reclaim our natural state of calm. (?!!!!!?)
Gayatri Dev...more
Once upon a time ago, our core brains were pretty good at keeping us calm. But, the modern day sea of anxieties (hello non-stop technology alerts and intrusions/uncompromising performance expectations/unlimited choices/reduced in-person intimacy) has diluted the soothing functions of the intuitive core brain. As a result, we’re in a state of constant high alert.
So, how do we reprogram our brains and reclaim our natural state of calm. (?!!!!!?)
Gayatri Dev...more
I found this book very helpful. I listened to it while I walked (I know multitasking...) here is My Summary;
Clam comes from soothing your core brain: Your core brain is where the ancient fight/flight/faint (parasympathetic) response lives. The frontal lobes (sympathetic) are where the logic/multitasking/monkey mind lives. Calm comes from being able to sooth the core brain and turn off the frontal lobe activity. To be able to do this one needs good vegal tone (Vagal Tone has been proposed as a st...more
Clam comes from soothing your core brain: Your core brain is where the ancient fight/flight/faint (parasympathetic) response lives. The frontal lobes (sympathetic) are where the logic/multitasking/monkey mind lives. Calm comes from being able to sooth the core brain and turn off the frontal lobe activity. To be able to do this one needs good vegal tone (Vagal Tone has been proposed as a st...more
"A Calm Brain" is only part of the title, the rest is: "Unlocking Your Natural Relaxation System." I discovered no key that fit that particular lock. If you flip to the last three pages of the book there is a list of practical suggestion by the author to "increase vagal tone" and "amping up the parasympathetic relaxing system." It is a pleasant list that includes having more sex, getting more sleep, and finding a good life partner, scheduling more downtime, and spending more time with your pets....more
Readers maybe looking for more practical techniques in this well written book about the neuroscience behind the "calm" brain. I found the background studies fascinating. The chapters about male and female coping styles really hit home and reassured me that I'am not going crazy....
Common sense tips backed by neuroscience research.
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