Expanding & unwinding

After an intense day, it’s common to leave feeling depleted and contracted. But at that point, putting more and more effort to make yourself ‘relax’, can exacerbate that sense of contraction and easily turns into more problem solving. Instead, consider that powering down has a physical correlate: expansion. Research suggests that a different way to change the patterns of our brain activity from the task-oriented, me-focused work of the day to renewal is to contrast contraction to expansion. Which you can do in about 11 minutes.