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Or you can also join the Walking Rebellion and restore your mind at three miles an hour :) My husband Peco and I are inviting readers to join us in going for a daily "tech-naked" walk for the next month (see post for details). Over 140 readers have alreay joined and anyone can participate!

"There might not be any natural remedy in the world as protective as walking against the deadening impact of our sedentary, chair-bound, screen-mesmerized lives. Walking is the original form of scrolling. Yet it doesn’t lead us down online rabbit holes, but past real rabbit holes. It keeps us grounded, literally by keeping our feet on the ground. It keeps us softly fascinated by ever-changing scenery. Walking is calming, head-clearing, and social and even spiritual when we do it together. If walking were a food, it would be a celebrated superfood packed with nutrients that feed our mind, body, relationships, and contact with nature—and it would cost nothing."

https://schooloftheunconformed.substack.com/p/the-walking-rebellion-restoring-the

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Thank you for sharing my poem! 😊 (Hi, everyone! 👋)

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Good links and ideas! Since this is a link fest I’ll add my own medical/scientific angle from last week: hacking the parasympathetic nervous system while resting and digesting with your vagus nerve:

https://mccormickmd.substack.com/p/a-parasympathetic-panacea-via-our

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Oct 30Liked by Substack

Thank you going thru three family deaths in one week and the election cycle is about to force to me hide under the bed! 🔵🇺🇸

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That’s rough

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Very very…I’m worn out!

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I swear by 4-7-8 breathing in all types of situations. It can't quite knock me out at 1.30am after too much YouTube but in combination with ASMR, we're on the cusp of change 😴

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In addition to listening to music, making it can be exceedingly relaxing.

A friend refers to practicing guitar as "Therapy Time".

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Try putting on some rock music (or Shreks soundtrack) and dancing as weird as possible in your room. Don't look at a mirror or you'll laugh at yourself. Or maybe do so.

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People giggle at this but it’s an excellent form of somatic release.

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Absolutely! Not taking oneself too seriously is a daily must! Keeps things in the right places

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Thanks for the mention! A warming tantanmen ramen for these darker nights. I hope you enjoy the recipe, I'll be teaching it as part of a live online cookalong in November. There'll be time for Q&As too. That brandy old fashioned and the oatmeal cookies look perfect for a cosy evening.

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These are great ideas that work.. and oh so very necessary!

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thanks for the mention! I've really been enjoying sharing photos on here

https://substack.com/@benmercer/note/c-74867917

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It's always the cats that do it for me.

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Cats and music according to Albert Schweitzer, is the balm for the soul. Loving both and having both every day, I can agree. Nothing like a purring cat and some Mozart to calm one day and remove the mind from that which bothers you.

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So lovely to have a list of options for relaxation. Thanks for sharing these. And (I'm completely unbiased btw😉) Adam Lombard's poetry is one of my favorite ways to slow down and notice the world in a new way.

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A lovely soothing selection of links, thank you! 🙏

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I needed that, I shared it with my Son as well...

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What happens in the booth, stays in the booth! 💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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