Therese Kravetz - Free Your Voice: Live and Learn Beyond Anxiety

I did a lot of research on the brain for my book, “Why Zarmina Sings.” I had to find out how the brain worked under stress and how the brain worked differently when it was not causing the release of cortisol and other stress related hormones. My research led to HeartMath Institute. The scientists of HeartMath Institute write on the “coherence” between the heart and brain and how this coherence can increase in the presence of trees. The two most vivid memories that I have from my stress induced childhood involve trees. In the first memory, I was sitting in the very simple tree fort we made that consisted of three two by fours at various locations in the tree. I can still feel the
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Finding voice in writing and in life is not a stagnant. Recently I wanted to write more about nature, healing, trees, and animals. This morning I had an interesting experience with the sun. People have worshiped the sun all throughout time. Today’s sun worshipers head south to the beach every year. I wonder now if there is more than the tan propelling them. The sun recently got my attention when I heard from a few sources that the early morning sun helped people heal vision problems. Because of my own vision issues I got up a few times and stared at the first break of the sun, careful to stare just below the center of the sun. And it did feel good on my eyes
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