Sylwia Niemczyk

is an editor and journalist; a reader and a flâneuse.

Brain on the Move

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Brain on the Move

Giving your gray matter a workout is a great idea, but the brain can also benefit immensely from physical activity. Dr. Joanna Podgórska explains how physical exercise impacts our memory and thinking.

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Soul + Body

Breathe In

Attentive

People suffered, but doctors were unable to help them. They sought new methods of alleviating pain, but in fact, such methods already existed. Everyone carries these methods inside themselves, says molecular biologist Jon Kabat-Zinn.

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Soul + Body

Breathe In

Space for Joy

Peace is within us, as is joy. Sylwia Niemczyk asks Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, spiritual teacher and founder of the Art of Living Foundation, about tough times and ways to deal with them.

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Don’t Stress the Mess

Soul + Body

Good Mood

Don’t Stress the Mess

Environmental psychology – the study of how our natural and built surroundings influence us as individuals – suggests that too much order can be of social detriment.

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Trembling Bodies

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Trembling Bodies

Alexander Lowen – the creator of bioenergetic analysis – developed a psychotherapeutic technique that placed equal focus on the importance of both mind and body.

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The Fabricating Mind

Soul + Body, AudioVisual

Good Mood, Audio

The Fabricating Mind

As the pioneering work of Elizabeth Loftus shows, memory is fallible – and can, in fact, be replaced by imagination when we are asked to recall past events.

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Reality Is Much Scarier than My Films

Art + Stories

Art

Reality Is Much Scarier than My Films

Japanese director Sion Sono talks about the importance of humour in his films, the realities of cruelty and suffering, and what he is afraid of.

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Roots That Heal

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Roots That Heal

In the face of a global health crisis, the Secoya – an Indigenous peoples living in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon – have turned to the Amazon rainforest for help.

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Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Backwards

Walking backwards has many health benefits – it strengthens our muscles, is an efficient form of exercise, and can even prevent disease.

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