Guest guest Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Many Ancient Hindu [and possible, Buddhist too] rituals had four things in common: - Incense/Aroma/scent [mostly sandalwood] - Sound/music [OM... mantra] - Mudra/posture - Light/Fire Now, scientists are discovering that all of these [scent in particular] have instant [and even long-term] positive effect on the Brain - thereby having positive effect on emotions, feelings and... mood! Good smells like sandal, rose, flowers trigger Amygdala in a positive way causing it to send pleasant signal to Frontal Lobe! It works to increase pleasant emotions as well as to increase focus and concentration by energizing the frontal lobe! Good smells such as Sandal work even further to strengthen the memory and decreases chances of diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkinson! ... Positive effect of good music and harmonious sound is all too well known and fairly well documented. ... Postures too is found to greatly linked with brain states and resulting thoughts, emotions, feelings and mood! Lying down is found to decrease focus, concentration and problem solving and be more conductive to dreams! Sitting with back and head slumped over and bent is found linked to recurring and in particular depressive thoughts. Walking with and head slumped over and bent too is found linked to recurring and in particular depressive thoughts. Whereas, waling with heads and backs erect is found linked with open positive thinking and cheerfulness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 In a message dated 2/11/2006 1:52:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, Nisargadatta writes: Adithya K <adithya_comming Rituals, Brain and Science . . . Many Ancient Hindu [and possible, Buddhist too] rituals had four things in common: - Incense/Aroma/scent [mostly sandalwood] - Sound/music [OM... mantra] - Mudra/posture - Light/Fire Now, scientists are discovering that all of these [scent in particular] have instant [and even long-term] positive effect on the Brain - thereby having positive effect on emotions, feelings and... mood! Good smells like sandal, rose, flowers trigger Amygdala in a positive way causing it to send pleasant signal to Frontal Lobe! It works to increase pleasant emotions as well as to increase focus and concentration by energizing the frontal lobe! Good smells such as Sandal work even further to strengthen the memory and decreases chances of diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkinson! .... Positive effect of good music and harmonious sound is all too well known and fairly well documented. .... Postures too is found to greatly linked with brain states and resulting thoughts, emotions, feelings and mood! Lying down is found to decrease focus, concentration and problem solving and be more conductive to dreams! Sitting with back and head slumped over and bent is found linked to recurring and in particular depressive thoughts. Walking with and head slumped over and bent too is found linked to recurring and in particular depressive thoughts. Whereas, waling with heads and backs erect is found linked with open positive thinking and cheerfulness! Do you mean to imply that posture causes mood changes, or is it possible that posture is reflective of mood? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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