Hello Friends!
My meditation audio says, "When we are experiencing stress our amygdala fires up and it's difficult to make thoughtful decisions. So if we find our mind is clouded due to overwhelm we can use meditation as a tool to calm the mind down. Ideally we want to meditate in a preventative way so we don't get to that point."
Here is one definition of amygdala: a roughly almond-shaped mass of gray matter inside each cerebral hemisphere, involved with the experiencing of emotions.
And then this: The amygdala helps control our fear response, but it also plays a crucial role in many other cognitive functions. Therefore, damage to the amygdala can cause serious problems, such as poor decision-making and impaired emotional memories.
It's interesting to learn that deep breathing helps calm our amygdala response down. I do that a lot! Something will happen that might be a little stressful or I'll learn something about one of my kids or be in crazy traffic or something that happens often is I'll start feeling overwhelmed and I'll take a deep breath...or several. It really has helped a lot over the years. Now I know why.
My writing and meditation exercises have been going well. I want to keep working on the writing and going deeper with all the stuff on my mind and things that I haven't said.
How are you doing with your meditation and writing?
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