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Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week, Monica in West Hartford, CT asked, “We’ve all heard the phrase, ‘take a deep breath,’ and ...

While we’ve evolved to be able to respond well to immediate threats, our stress-response system is less able deal with the ...

Gargling water and humming might sound strange but new research shows they activate your vagus nerve and calm anxiety within ...

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The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is the system of nerves and ganglia outside the brain and spinal cord. The PNS consists ...

Source: Photo by Pixabay / Pexels We all carry more than just cognitive memories throughout our lives. We carry nervous-system imprints, which include embedded energetic threads of survival, longing, ...

Many people finish the workday not just tired but wired. Their mind keeps racing, their body feels tense, and even in moments ...