Brain Science and Mental Health

In December, we were focused on ART and creativity in uncertainty. We spoke with artist Will Day and Gail Folwell. We asked them what they were questioning about the world around us.

Continuing Professor Hiroshi Ishii's model - ART > SCIENCE > TECHNOLOGY > DESIGN - we kicked off 2021 with SCIENCE to help us explain the world around us. We invited human performance experts Cody Burkhart (Robotics, Neuroscience, NASA) and Brian Mackenzie (Founder, CEO SH//FT) to help lead the conversation.

Cody discussed current research, studies, and technology happening in the field of brain science. We shared out statistics around the severe impact COVID has had on mental health across the board. Then Brian, walked us through the science of breath and lead us in a breathwork exercise that we could all apply in our daily routines. We had some interesting findings come from the poll everyone took just before and then again just after the breathwork. Pretty incredible shift across the board (see image below).

If you missed our event you can watch the replay below For more on Brian’s work and to learn how to make stress your superpower visit: shiftadapt.com

If you would like to continue the conversation from January here how to contact us or our speakers:

Cody Burkhart: cody.burkhart@gmail.com or IG: @nerdreinvented

Brian Mackenize: bmack@unscared.com or IG: @_brianmackenzie

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During our conversation, we took a poll to check-in and see where everyone was from a stress/anxiety level standpoint. Then we took that same poll right after doing a breathwork exercise with Brian Mackenzie. as you can see we saw a significant shift from a majority of us feeling slightly stressed or moderately stressed to most of us feeling slightly calm, moderately calm, and for 29% extremely calm. WOw! For more on Brian’s educational content visit: https://www.brianmackenzie.com/

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