Happiness isn't only in your head — your body is important, too. This week, we're led in a short Japanese calisthenics practice called Radio Taiso.
Check out Radha’s video guide to this practice: https://dose.daybreaker.com/videos/microdose-oxytocin-healthy-spine
Today’s Happiness Break guide:
Radha Agrawal is Japanese-Indian author and a founder of Daybreaker, a company that throws sober dance parties at sunrise all around the world.
Learn more about Daybreaker: https://www.daybreaker.com/
The Science of Happiness listeners get 100% off their first month of Daybreaker’s Dose, using code GGSC at check out: http://dose.daybreaker.com?code=ggsc
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Learn more about Radha and her book, Belong: https://belongbook.com/
More resources from The Greater Good Science Center:
Moving Your Body Is Like a Tune-Up for Your Mind: https://tinyurl.com/2f64na8b
Five Surprising Ways Exercise Changes Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/4pbx3rua
How Tuning In to Your Body Can Make You More Resilient: https://tinyurl.com/328scfjj
Four Ways Dancing Makes You Happier: https://tinyurl.com/yxp6mxdw
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