Bodily Intelligence: The Surprising Discovery of How the Body Shapes Our Emotions, Behavior, and Temperament
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Bodily Intelligence: The Surprising Discovery of How the Body Shapes Our Emotions, Behavior, and Temperament
14.99 €
George Orwell said that the main thing is not to stay alive, but to remain human.
For centuries, Western medicine has been teaching us to perceive the body in fragments. Even our doctors were mainly engaged in one organ. At the same time, the primacy in the body was uncompromisingly given to the brain, and everything else was only the elements controlled by it. In this sense, Oriental medicine stood apart (and was not recognized as official) because it perceived the body as a unity: the body and mind were and are two sides of the same coin, and postures and body movements affect human psychology.
But things have changed — we are now on the verge of a revolution: the body has finally reconciled with the brain. This book is a road map for this reconciliation.
- You will begin a journey through the brain and learn about the functioning of neurons.
- Read about the most prominent areas of the brain, which are of particular importance in the relationship with the body.
- Learn how skin, gestures and body postures shape emotions and attitudes.
- Discover the ocean of microorganisms that inhabit our intestines and form the psychological growth factors of neurons, without which the process of studying them would not occur.
- See how breathing affects neural activity and imprints attention, memory, and emotional expression, and how it helps make neurons plastic.
- Understand how the heartbeat affects the activity of neurons in the areas of the brain most involved in subjective perception of the real world.
And, of course, learn to use this knowledge in real life in everyday situations: to calm down, concentrate, relax or feel a surge of energy.
For centuries, Western medicine has been teaching us to perceive the body in fragments. Even our doctors were mainly engaged in one organ. At the same time, the primacy in the body was uncompromisingly given to the brain, and everything else was only the elements controlled by it. In this sense, Oriental medicine stood apart (and was not recognized as official) because it perceived the body as a unity: the body and mind were and are two sides of the same coin, and postures and body movements affect human psychology.
But things have changed — we are now on the verge of a revolution: the body has finally reconciled with the brain. This book is a road map for this reconciliation.
- You will begin a journey through the brain and learn about the functioning of neurons.
- Read about the most prominent areas of the brain, which are of particular importance in the relationship with the body.
- Learn how skin, gestures and body postures shape emotions and attitudes.
- Discover the ocean of microorganisms that inhabit our intestines and form the psychological growth factors of neurons, without which the process of studying them would not occur.
- See how breathing affects neural activity and imprints attention, memory, and emotional expression, and how it helps make neurons plastic.
- Understand how the heartbeat affects the activity of neurons in the areas of the brain most involved in subjective perception of the real world.
And, of course, learn to use this knowledge in real life in everyday situations: to calm down, concentrate, relax or feel a surge of energy.
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