How awe rewires the brain

Описание: When we experience awe — maybe in nature, art, music, or witnessing kindness — the brain’s default mode network quiets down. That’s the part linked to self-focus and overthinking. So awe literally helps us step outside ourselves.

It also lowers stress and inflammation, boosts kindness and humility,and even expands our sense of time.

Astronaut Edgar Mitchell once described looking at Earth from spaceand feeling a profound sense of universal connectedness.
That’s awe — the kind that changes how we see everything.

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Video highlights:

0:00 What’s in this video
0:41 What experiences trigger awe
2:40 Awe from artistic performances or sports
4:45 How awe impacts the brain and body
6:15 The awe paradox - feeling small and large
7:47 Ways to invite awe into your life

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Link to The Institute of Noetic Sciences: https://noetic.org

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