Why feeling taller tricks your brain into making you feel more confident and why your smartphone addiction might be making you depressed?
The next time you’re feeling sad and depressed, pay close attention to your posture. According to cognitive scientists, you’ll likely be slumped over with your neck and shoulders curved forward and head looking down.
While it’s true that you’re sitting this way because you’re sad, it’s also true that you’re sad because you’re sitting this way. This philosophy, known as embodied cognition, is the idea that the relationship between our mind and body runs both ways, meaning our mind influences the way our body reacts, but the form of our body also triggers our mind.
This isn’t just about displaying confidence to others around; this is about actually changing your hormones–increased levels of testosterone and decreased levels of cortisol, or the stress hormone, in the brain.
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Many people think it’s too late to start with ballet and that they can never attain that beautiful grace and posture of a ballerina because they haven’t started as children.
The truth is that not only is it possible, but it’s highly beneficial especially for women and here is why:
We all know about the harm drinks can cause to us, but what happens if we replace them with it completely with water? Chris Bailey, a popular blogger and lecturer, carried out some month-long research, which we would like to share with you.
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