Have you ever noticed that, when you sit in silence, the sometimes relentless chatter in your mind eventually quietens down and you can think with clarity and better process your thoughts? That is the power of silence and, in this episode of The Better Prescription, Dr. Minni Malhotra explains why it might be just what you need to nurture your mind, body, and soul in the madness of today’s noisy world. Tuning in, you’ll hear about the studies that have proven the benefits of silence and the negative effects of excessive noise, an ancient spiritual perspective on silence, and Dr. Malhotra’s advice for practicing silence in your daily life. Tune in today!

Key Points From This Episode:

• How silence can help you reconnect with and nurture your mind, body, and soul.
• The powerful physical effect noise has on our brains, causing elevated stress hormones.
• Studies that have proven the correlation between excessive noise and psychological stress.
• Find out how the benefits of silence were discovered by accident, and proven even more relaxing than music!
• Discover how two hours of silence per day can prompt cell development in the hippocampus.
• While noise creates stress, silence releases stress and tension in the brain and body.
• Dr. Malhotra reflects on the reverence with which ancient spiritual masters regard silence.
• Her advice for practicing silence for five minutes when you wake up, or in your lunch break.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

‘Chronic Noise and Psychological Stress’

‘Is silence golden? Effects of auditory stimuli and their absence on adult hippocampal neurogenesis’

Anchor Wellness Center

Dr. Minni Malhotra

The Institute for Functional Medicine