In the U.S., and most western cultures, we largely ignore essential freedom. Instead, we pursue material objects, accomplishments, and other indicators of success. In fact we are the land of the (existentially) free (although with erosion of our civil liberties, surveillance, and uneven application of justice in our justice system, we are becoming less so), but …
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The Ground Is Alive with the Sound of Trees
A massive web of hair-like mushroom roots transmit secret messages between trees, triggering them to share nutrients and water with those in need. Click on the picture to go to the article.
Mother Nature: Designer-in-Chief
When I was still a student in music school at Boston University, I became aware of what I felt to be a subtle motion, or flow, in music that nobody was talking about. It was something slow, smooth, and not a direct component of the usual suspects: rhythm and harmony. At the same time, since …
A Visual Device That Enhances Meditative Practices and Mindfulness – The “Flow Machine”
A unique visual device, designed to accompany music, can help the viewer develop a higher capacity for mindfulness and getting into the meditative “groove”. Biofeedback research demonstrates that repetitive viewing of this device can reduce stress and likely enhance/strengthen our right brain hemispheres, putting that hemisphere on a rightfully equal par with the left. This …
Stress Reduction and Right Brain Hemisphere Activation – a Research Study
This article is an overview of a study conducted at the Nova University Biofeedback Lab, resulting not only in a new approach to stress reduction, but also an innovative method to “exercise” our right brain hemispheres promoting its rightful and equal dominance with the left. Doing so results in an increase in creativity, mindfulness, and …