Want a happier and more creative life? Join Gita for conversations about developing a holistic lifestyle that supports your creativity and wellness. With her trademark inspirational vibe each episode focuses on practical tips and takeaway homework you can put right into practice. Gita is an accomplished writer, musician and yoga teacher who has spent thirty years teaching creativity. Get inspired and create a rhythm for your life that supports your creativity and wellness.
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Want a happier and more creative life? Join Gita for conversations about developing a holistic lifestyle that supports your creativity and wellness. With her trademark inspirational vibe each episode focuses on practical tips and takeaway homework you can put right into practice. Gita is an accomplished writer, musician and yoga teacher who has spent thirty years teaching creativity. Get inspired and create a rhythm for your life that supports your creativity and wellness.
#11 - The Gita Brown Show: Keeping Your Brain Young
The Gita Brown Show
27 minutes 13 seconds
5 years ago
#11 - The Gita Brown Show: Keeping Your Brain Young
Do you want to keep your brain full of energy and creative juice? Have you ever had brain fog or find it hard to keep your focus?
We need your full potential to shine and in this episode you’ll learn a concrete, scientifically proven method keep your brain sharp, young, and healthy!
Meditation doesn’t have to be hard or complicated. You’ll learn two techniques that you can start doing right away. Get benefits like:
Reduce fear response
Reduce stress response
Keep more cognitive ability as you age
Regulate your emotions
Improve ability to learn new stuff
Start simple and start small. Each meditation only takes three minutes to learn and with daily practice you’ll join the millions of people who have experienced the benefits.
Think you don’t have time? Jump to minutes 11 or 21 and give it a try for three minutes! Let’s get started, take action now!
Episode #11 – Keeping Your Brain Young: Three Minute Meditations for Busy People
00:12 – Introduction01:20 – Check in with yourself – Do you have brain fog, can you concentrate, do you rely on caffeine and sugar to make it through?01:57 – Are you doing great but need to kick it into another gear to get more done04:20 – Gita’s story about starting with meditation – helped her feel better, decrease anxiety and helped her during very difficult period in her life10:00 – Short meditation14:20 – You can do meditation anywhere and it doesn’t take a lot of time – keeps your brain young14:55 – A study shows that long term meditation had increased gray matter in several parts of the brain. 50 year old meditators had same amount of gray matter as people half their age (most brains shrink)19:31 – Left Hippocampus part of the brain got larger. This area is learning, memory, emotional regulation.20:50 – People that meditate – blood pressure is lower21:20 – Meditation using a mantra
The Gita Brown Show
Want a happier and more creative life? Join Gita for conversations about developing a holistic lifestyle that supports your creativity and wellness. With her trademark inspirational vibe each episode focuses on practical tips and takeaway homework you can put right into practice. Gita is an accomplished writer, musician and yoga teacher who has spent thirty years teaching creativity. Get inspired and create a rhythm for your life that supports your creativity and wellness.