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 ...

Lately, everyone seems to be talking about what happens when the nervous system becomes “dysregulated” – including a cascading array of ailments both physical and psychological. Google searches for ...

How Does the Nervous System Work? The messages traveling in your nerves are sent through billions of nerve cells called neurons. The spaces between these cells are called synapses. The cells are ...

Our bodies are full of nerves! How do they work? Why do we have an autonomic and a somatic nervous system? When do the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems kick in? And what's with the vagus nerve?

The sympathetic nervous system, which helps your heart and other vital organs function all the time, increases activity in response to danger or stress, preparing the body for extra demands. Stress is ...

Each part of the nervous system uses internal checks and balances to regulate its activity, responding to various factors like mood, health status, and the external environment.¹ These regulatory ...

Everyone needs downtime and a break once in a while. Summer is often the perfect opportunity to turn the 'out of office' on, head abroad or to the coast, and switch off from the stresses of everyday ...

‘Hummmmm,’ I sing to myself as I exhale loudly. Then I take a big breath in, feel my ribcage expand and hum again. Next, my hands gently stroke my jaw and chin, then float to my forehead for more ...

We are born with a biological survival system that is designed to respond to any environmental or psychological threat presented to us. Our nervous system is constantly processing information and ...

The term “sympathetic nervous system overload” sounds daunting, but the root cause is pedestrian: stress. Stress is, of course, something we all experience all the time, but left unchecked, it can ...

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, ...