AMYGDALA, 2019

MEDITATION TOOL

58% of the Austrian population are experiencing a medium to high amount of stress and 1/3 of Austrians are at risk for burnout. I looked into the physiological aspects of stress. The feelings of fear or depression are centred in the amygdala. When under stress this part of the brain shows a high activity. The functional part of the amygdala in the human brain can be trained after only 8 weeks of meditation to experience less anxiety and stress. ‘Amygdala’ consists of three Tools for Selfcare.