{"id":2330,"date":"2015-06-16T21:36:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T01:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thiscontemplativelife.com\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2015-06-16T21:36:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T01:36:16","slug":"the-neurobiology-of-grace-under-pressure-psychology-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/16\/the-neurobiology-of-grace-under-pressure-psychology-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The Neurobiology of Grace Under Pressure | Psychology Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/the-athletes-way\/201302\/the-neurobiology-grace-under-pressure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thiscontemplativelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/114896-115130.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Researchers continue to confirm that daily habits of mindset and behavior can create a positive snowball effect through a feedback loop linked to stimulating your vagus nerve. In this entry I will show you 8 habits that stimulate healthy \u2018vagal tone\u2019 and allow you to harness the power of your vagus nerve to help you stay calm, cool, and collected in any storm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Healthy vagal tone is indicated by a slight increase of heart rate when you inhale, and a decrease of heart rate when you exhale. Deep diaphragmatic breathing\u2014with a long, slow exhale\u2014is key to stimulating the vagus nerve and slowing heart rate and blood pressure, especially in times of performance anxiety. A higher vagal tone index is linked to physical and psychological well-being. A low vagal tone index is linked to inflammation, negative moods, loneliness, and heart attacks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/the-athletes-way\/201302\/the-neurobiology-grace-under-pressure\">The Neurobiology of Grace Under Pressure | Psychology Today<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers continue to confirm that daily habits of mindset and behavior can create a positive snowball effect through a feedback loop linked to stimulating your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,14],"tags":[86,371,500,501],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}