![]() Knowing that it's possible to, like a light switch, turn off our primitive " caveman brain," we can bulletproof ourselves to the well-documented negative effects of stress - with anxiety and depression the first moles to get whacked. The implications of this finding are tremendous. And it didn't take years either, they accomplished this amazing feat in less than two months! ![]() However, what shook the neuroscientific community to the core was that the participants had dramatically decreased (!) their amygdala(e) size/volume. What did they find?Ī staggering discovery, the greenhorn meditators had effectively silenced the "electrical activity" within their primitive amygdala(e), and in effect, had far fewer "anxiety, worry, and fear signals" bouncing around their beautiful brains. In 2011, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers fMRI brain scanned 51 adults before and after 8 weeks of mindful meditation training. Bust Stress Forever By Changing Your Brain It appears that we can take the " Caveman out of the Cave," but we can't take the " Cave out of the Caveman." With an estimated eleventeen-zillion studies pointing to stress as the #1 cause of disease, figuring out a way to downsize our primitive amygdala is critical to the future of mankind. While we live in modern cities free of lions, tigers, and bears - our job stress, money problems, and relationship quarrels still trigger our " fight or flight" fear response eight days a week. ![]() The problem is, our brains are still wired much like our stone-age ancestors. To avoid becoming just another prehistoric lunch statistic, our neanderthal forefathers needed within their noggin a highly evolved "fear center" amygdala. Better grab my spear or get ‘outta here!"Ĭonsidering what they dealt with on a daily basis, our primitive hunting and gathering ancient ancestors certainly needed homed-in survival instincts. ![]() " That saber tooth looks like he wants free-range human for breakfast. The "Fear Center" Amygdala - How Meditation Transforms Your Stress Response, Ends Anxiety Our Brains Are Still Wired Like Cavemen ![]()
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