A Calm Brain
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (744 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008BDO5Z4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 563 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Dr. Here are the keys to a more tranquil, productive, and enjoyable life. With a warm, lucid voice, Dr. You are in your "zone", performing at your peak. Our ancestors used the fight-or-flight mechanism to protect themselves from predators. In a world filled with too many toys, too much technology, and too many choices, how can we possibly keep up? Our bodies have been trained to react to the beeps and alarms of all our different technologies, be it the ever present cell phone, an angry text message, or a frantic voicemail. When you are calm, your mind and body are in a state of focused awareness. Gayatri Devi shows how you can cultivate this optimal mental and
"Prescriptions for calm not easy to fill" according to Dr. Chuck Chakrapani. A Calm Brain is written by neurologist Dr Gayatri Devi who has thought long and hard about calm, investigated it, absorbed it and has the skills to write a very readable book about it. She has all the credentials and the ability needed to write a book like this. She has done a good job. Then why not a five stars rating?The book has two shortcomings shared by most books of this genre. The first is the lack of distinction between the destination and the path to get there. Second, more impor. A. Yeager said nothing new. I found the book nothing more than a rehash of common information. Don't waste your moneyIt is better spent simply by starting your own self-quieting ritual. Create a small altar in some quiet corner of your home. Place objects, symbols of those things that are important in your life. ( a beach stone or shell, a sm. photo or picture that is meaningful, etc and add to it as needed) Buy some incense and a soft cushion for kneeling and spend a few minutes each day being thankful for all that. well written and very useful Kathy I really enjoyed this book. I got the impression that a lot of complex research was sythesized for us and presented so we can understand it. There is a lot of great information about how to calm the brain (and body) and also why our brains go into more primitive modes when under stress.Easy to read and very valuable information.This is a great book for anyone feeling stressed and also for parents because it really explains the different modes that the brain can go into and how different w