You’ve been breathing your whole life and probably never thought about it much. Turns out, how you breathe directly controls your nervous system. And changing it is one of the fastest ways to change how you feel.
There’s a nerve running from your brainstem to almost every major organ in your body — and learning how to work with it might be the most practical thing you do for your mental health this year.
Meditation Was Once Considered Mysticism. Then Scientists Put People in Brain Scanners. For thousands of
Forget the incense and the lotus pose. Meditation is a trainable skill that neuroscience has spent decades studying. Here’s what it actually is, what it does to your brain, and why anyone can do it.