Dr. Martha Beck

If we're stuck in anxiety, we truly believe that nothing else exists. But when you get out of anxiety, you see so much more, but you also see the part of you that's anxious, and you can include it in a sort of circle of compassion. And that makes the brain balance. And then you can use your left hemisphere for data to make and learn things that only human brains can learn. And that is a joyride.

If we're stuck in anxiety, we truly believe that nothing else exists. But when you get out of anxiety, you see so much more, but you also see the part of you that's anxious, and you can include it in a sort of circle of compassion. And that makes the brain balance. And then you can use your left hemisphere for data to make and learn things that only human brains can learn. And that is a joyride.

If we're stuck in anxiety, we truly believe that nothing else exists. But when you get out of anxiety, you see so much more, but you also see the part of you that's anxious, and you can include it in a sort of circle of compassion. And that makes the brain balance. And then you can use your left hemisphere for data to make and learn things that only human brains can learn. And that is a joyride.

Well, one thing you can do if you have a pen and paper there is write your name. I don't, unfortunately. I'll let you do it. I don't have a piece of paper here. Okay, you write your name forward. Then, this is in the book as well. Then you go to the left side of it. Oh, here's a piece of paper I could use. And you write your name backwards. So I'm going to do this here. All right, Martha.

Well, one thing you can do if you have a pen and paper there is write your name. I don't, unfortunately. I'll let you do it. I don't have a piece of paper here. Okay, you write your name forward. Then, this is in the book as well. Then you go to the left side of it. Oh, here's a piece of paper I could use. And you write your name backwards. So I'm going to do this here. All right, Martha.

Well, one thing you can do if you have a pen and paper there is write your name. I don't, unfortunately. I'll let you do it. I don't have a piece of paper here. Okay, you write your name forward. Then, this is in the book as well. Then you go to the left side of it. Oh, here's a piece of paper I could use. And you write your name backwards. So I'm going to do this here. All right, Martha.

And then I'll go to the other side. It's not as clear, but I can do it.

And then I'll go to the other side. It's not as clear, but I can do it.

And then I'll go to the other side. It's not as clear, but I can do it.

Well, it comes from learning to open your right hemisphere. I actually taught in the art department at Harvard under a brilliant professor named Will Ryman, and he did lots of these exercises to help awaken the right side of the brain. And, um, this was one of the things that he did and, um, you can do it upside down.

Well, it comes from learning to open your right hemisphere. I actually taught in the art department at Harvard under a brilliant professor named Will Ryman, and he did lots of these exercises to help awaken the right side of the brain. And, um, this was one of the things that he did and, um, you can do it upside down.

Well, it comes from learning to open your right hemisphere. I actually taught in the art department at Harvard under a brilliant professor named Will Ryman, and he did lots of these exercises to help awaken the right side of the brain. And, um, this was one of the things that he did and, um, you can do it upside down.

You can now, as I'm doing this, I'm writing my name upside down and then upside down and backwards. I am less able to talk to you because as just lost it completely, you can't talk and do this at the same time because the right hemisphere, um, Doesn't talk. As it says in my favorite book, the Tao Te Ching, the Chinese Tao Te Ching, that which talks does not know, that which knows does not talk.

You can now, as I'm doing this, I'm writing my name upside down and then upside down and backwards. I am less able to talk to you because as just lost it completely, you can't talk and do this at the same time because the right hemisphere, um, Doesn't talk. As it says in my favorite book, the Tao Te Ching, the Chinese Tao Te Ching, that which talks does not know, that which knows does not talk.

You can now, as I'm doing this, I'm writing my name upside down and then upside down and backwards. I am less able to talk to you because as just lost it completely, you can't talk and do this at the same time because the right hemisphere, um, Doesn't talk. As it says in my favorite book, the Tao Te Ching, the Chinese Tao Te Ching, that which talks does not know, that which knows does not talk.

Drawing anything is helpful. Drawing with your non-dominant hand, with your left hand, if you're right-handed. Any kind of motion through nature, tracking that we were talking about earlier, is one of the most powerful ways to wake up your right hemisphere that I have ever experienced. I had a client once who ran a sports empire, and he specialized in what he called the spiritual sports.

Drawing anything is helpful. Drawing with your non-dominant hand, with your left hand, if you're right-handed. Any kind of motion through nature, tracking that we were talking about earlier, is one of the most powerful ways to wake up your right hemisphere that I have ever experienced. I had a client once who ran a sports empire, and he specialized in what he called the spiritual sports.

Drawing anything is helpful. Drawing with your non-dominant hand, with your left hand, if you're right-handed. Any kind of motion through nature, tracking that we were talking about earlier, is one of the most powerful ways to wake up your right hemisphere that I have ever experienced. I had a client once who ran a sports empire, and he specialized in what he called the spiritual sports.

And these were skiing, surfing, golfing, oddly enough. I know, sailing, rock climbing. Things that demand extremely focused attention on the body kinesthetically moving through space. That is, you have to drive hard into your right hemisphere to make that work. Left hemisphere cannot do it.

And these were skiing, surfing, golfing, oddly enough. I know, sailing, rock climbing. Things that demand extremely focused attention on the body kinesthetically moving through space. That is, you have to drive hard into your right hemisphere to make that work. Left hemisphere cannot do it.