Becoming Happier
Honestly, happiness seems to be a relatively new phenomenon in the US workplace. Finding an article like this in Forbes gives hope that businesses see the value for employees becoming happier. Where anything other than a medical procedure or pharmaceutical was often derided, there is now growing interest in non-clinical health determinants. Forbes Contributor Alice G. Walton shares 7 ways to become happier, including one our our favorites… just breathe.
Breathe slowly
This goes at the top of the list because it’s not only the most immediate way to help shift us out of a negative state, but it has the ability to override our logical mind and go right to the areas of the brain that control arousal and calm. Last year, a study illustrated how slow breathing works in more neurological detail than had previously been shown. The authors knocked out a particular area of the breathing center of the mouse brain, and saw that the mice became extremely chill and breathed slowly in a novel environment.
This tiny region of the brain plays a “key role in the effects of breathing on arousal and emotion, such as seen during meditation,” said study author Jack Feldman in a statement. “We’re hopeful that understanding this center’s function will lead to therapies for stress, depression and other negative emotions.
”Indeed slow breathing works for humans, too, as studies have shown. And it’s been used in yoga and meditation for centuries, as well as in the relaxation response, a technique developed at Mass General Hospital decades ago. The great thing is that slow breathing works even when you think it won’t.
Source: 7 Ways To Become Just A Little Happier In The Moment
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