Say how you are.
Mantl opens with one question. When people put a feeling into words, activity went down in the amygdala, the part of the brain that reacts to threat.
UCLA · Psychological Science, 2007 Get MantlThe Sigh.
Two breaths in, one long breath out. People who did five minutes a day for a month had the biggest improvement in mood, ahead of meditation.
Stanford · Cell Reports Medicine, 2023 Try The SighEye Movement.
Follow a dot from side to side. Moving the eyes side to side lowered activity in the amygdala, and a fear people had learned in the lab came back less the next day.
Radboud University · Journal of Neuroscience, 2018 Try Eye MovementNS Radio.
Faster music, faster breathing. Slower music, slower breathing. The stations are built on the same idea.
Heart, 2006 Play NS RadioThe studies tested the techniques. Mantl puts them on your phone, with a voice to take you through each one. Try one and see for yourself.