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S3 Ruby Wax: ‘We live in a society where the thoughts never shut down’

How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John

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The Importance of Mindfulness

When I went to university, you couldn't open a body and watch how it thinks. So once we could start looking into how brains work, that was my thing. Oxford were offering a course so I jumped in on that bandwagon. But mindfulness isn't actually a relaxation. It's exercising a part of your brain just the way you go to a gym and get a six pack if you keep this exercise going. And there's other things. You know, Tai Chi does it too. And so does martial arts and so does athletes train in a similar way.You can actually enhance bits of your brain. As soon as you bring your focus to sound, smell or tune into listening - another

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