All posts tagged: Rewiring

The Science of Breath Rewiring Stress via Hormone Regulation

The Science of Breath Rewiring Stress via Hormone Regulation

Published by Jenni Sidey

Understanding how breathwork, specifically the Sudarshan Kriya Yoga – RP (also known as SKY Breath and related practices) regulates stress requires a look into its effects on the body’s hormonal and neuroendocrine systems. In addition to directly interacting with the sympathetic nervous system (which activates the body’s fight-or-flight response) and the opposite parasympathetic nervous system (slowing the body down, restoring calm, and supporting recovery, healing, and long-term resilience) as discussed in a previous post, breathing is also tied to other hormone-regulating systems.[1] Also key to this process is the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, which governs the release of stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH).[2] When chronically activated, this system can impair mood, immune response, and metabolic stability.[3,4] When looking at research on SKY Breath and how it interacts with these systems, it appears to restore balance by down-regulating stress hormones while enhancing those associated with recovery and emotional well-being, including prolactin and oxytocin.[5,6,7,8] Chronic stress initiates a predictable cascade: The hypothalamus signals the pituitary to release ACTH, prompting the adrenal glands to secrete …

Rewiring the Financial System for Growth – POLITICO

Rewiring the Financial System for Growth – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

An event by MFA. In the year since the Government’s flagship Leeds Reforms and Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Plan, what progress has been made in rewiring the UK’s financial system for a much-needed boost to growth? This event brings together key figures from Westminster, the financial regulators and the financial services industry to consider the impact of the Government’s financial services agenda for the country’s economic growth prospects. Guiding questions to be addressed include:  What evidence is there that the UK is on track to achieve the Government’s objective of becoming the number one destination for financial services by 2035? Where is further focus needed to ensure the regulatory environment contributes to enhancing the UK’s competitiveness in financial services? To what extent has the new growth and international competitiveness objective been genuinely embedded in regulatory decision-making?    How should the growing role of market-based finance be seen: a source of financial instability or a source of resilience? What are the potential unintended consequences of further labour market reforms, such as bans on non-compete clauses, for …

Chronic Pain Can Make Noise Unbearable By Rewiring The Brain, Study Says

Chronic Pain Can Make Noise Unbearable By Rewiring The Brain, Study Says

Published by Sam Flores

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, March 6, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Everyday sounds add to the torment of a person with chronic back pain, apparently because pain rewires how the brain responds to noise, a new study says. People suffering from back pain process sounds differently and more intensely, adding to their agony, researchers recently reported in the Annals of Neurology. “Our findings validate what many patients have been saying for years that everyday sounds genuinely feel harsher and more intense,” said senior researcher Yoni Ashar, co-director of the Pain Science Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine. “This tells us chronic back pain isn’t just about the back,” Ashar said in a news release. “There’s a broader sensory amplification happening in the brain, and that opens the door for treatments that can help turn that volume down.” For the new study, researchers compared 142 adults with chronic back pain to 51 pain-free folks. All of the participants underwent MRI brain imaging, during which they were asked to perform tasks such as …

AI is rewiring how the world’s best Go players think

AI is rewiring how the world’s best Go players think

Published by skeptic

Ten years ago AlphaGo, Google DeepMind’s AI program, stunned the world by defeating the South Korean Go player Lee Sedol. And in the years since, AI has upended the game. It’s overturned centuries-old principles about the best moves and introduced entirely new ones. Players now train to replicate AI’s moves as closely as they can rather than inventing their own, even when the machine’s thinking remains mysterious to them. Today, it is essentially impossible to compete professionally without using AI. Some say the technology has drained the game of its creativity, while others think there is still room for human invention. Meanwhile, AI is democratizing access to training, and more female players are climbing the ranks as a result.  For Shin Jin-seo, the top-ranked Go player in the world, AI is an invaluable training partner. Every morning, he sits at his computer and opens a program called KataGo. Nicknamed “Shintelligence” for how closely his moves mimic AI’s, he traces the glowing “blue spot” that represents the program’s suggestion for the best next move, rearranging the …

OpenClaw and Moltbook Are Rewiring Human Identity

OpenClaw and Moltbook Are Rewiring Human Identity

Published by Jenni Sidey

Something shifted recently. Not gradually, the way technology usually reshapes us, but suddenly—the way a fissure opens in ice. OpenClaw, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) agent that runs locally on your device and acts autonomously on your behalf—sending emails, negotiating with insurers, managing your digital life—crossed a threshold. It didn’t just assist but performed as you. And then Moltbook arrived: a social network built for AI agents, where more than a million bots now converse, debate, and philosophize while we watch from the sidelines like spectators at a play we wrote. Is the technical narrative gradually escaping our control? At their core, these tools are staging an experiment in human identity. And the results are quickly beginning to feel uncomfortable. Micro: Your Agent Is Becoming You When OpenClaw sends an email in your voice, it does more than just complete a task. It enacts a version of you in the “real” world. Psychologically, this is not neutral. Self-determination theory holds that well-being depends on three needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Each is now quietly under …

Overthinking Is Rewiring Parents to Fear Adult Children

Overthinking Is Rewiring Parents to Fear Adult Children

Published by Jenni Sidey

Most parents who reach out for coaching say they can’t recall the moment(s) when it began. I’m talking about when they started pausing, maybe several times, before responding to their adult child’s texts. Or, those parents softening their opinions (or straight-up twisting them) so as not to spark reactivity in their adult children. Or, they bite their tongues altogether and avoid certain topics. These parents confide that they aren’t afraid of their adult children per se, but they are afraid of the daunting challenge of having calm, constructive conversations with them. Overthinking Slowly Rewires the Parental Nervous System How can parents not have memories of swaddling and nurturing their adult children as infants, toddlers, and young kids? How the heck did things go from all that affection and awe to the current strain and emotional pain? Over years of disconnects, unresolved conflicts, and consequent hidden anxieties, parents’ love for their adult children, which was associated with connection, now becomes cautious. The overthinking patterns I am referring to can best be illustrated with a few examples …