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    How Mindfulness Rewires the Anxious Brain

    Feb 19, 2019 2 minutes

    Anxiety from speaking in front of a crowd starts in either the amygdala (via fight-or-flight physical sensations) or the cortex (via thoughts). It ends up involving both. A person trained in mindfulness can short-circuit anxiety from both directions.

    STRESS-PRONE BRAIN

    In a situation like public speaking, the reacts to the crowd as a

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