Marina Gomez
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Visualization Techniques That Make Meditation Easier
If you've ever tried to meditate, you know the challenge: your body sits still, but your mind runs marathons. Thoughts come rushing in, distractions multiply, and the whole experience feels more like mental chaos than calm clarity.
By Marina Gomez7 months ago in Longevity
Using Temperature and Touch in Somatic Meditation
What if your body held the key to calming your mind—not through thought, but through sensation? In the world of mindfulness, meditation is often seen as a mental activity: observe your thoughts, follow your breath, return to the moment. But somatic meditation offers something deeper. It invites you to anchor awareness in your felt experience—what your skin senses, what your muscles hold, and how your body meets the world.
By Marina Gomez7 months ago in Longevity
Barefoot Meditation: A Sensory Reset for Your Nervous System
When was the last time your bare feet touched the earth? Not just sand on a beach vacation, but actual grass, dirt, stone—natural surfaces that humans evolved to walk on. For most of us, the answer is: not recently enough.
By Marina Gomez8 months ago in Longevity
Grounding Meditation: Connecting With the Earth in Urban Spaces
You walk down a city street: horns blaring, concrete stretching in every direction, neon lights flickering through glass towers. You’re connected to Wi-Fi, notifications, deadlines—but disconnected from something deeper.
By Marina Gomez8 months ago in Longevity
Meditation and Memory: Can You Improve Recall Through Mindfulness?
We tend to associate memory improvement with flashcards, brain-training apps, or drinking more coffee. But what if one of the most powerful ways to enhance memory doesn’t involve doing more—but doing less?
By Marina Gomez8 months ago in Longevity
Breathwork vs. Meditation: What’s the Difference and When to Use Each
In the world of mindfulness and mental well-being, two practices often come up: breathwork and meditation. While they’re frequently mentioned together—and sometimes even used interchangeably—they’re not the same. In fact, each has its own unique approach, purpose, and impact on the brain and body.
By Marina Gomez8 months ago in Longevity
From Chaos to Clarity: How Meditation Affects Cognitive Load
In our hyper-connected world, the brain is constantly juggling an overwhelming amount of information. Notifications, emails, meetings, endless to-do lists — all contributing to what psychologists call cognitive load, the mental effort used to process and store information.
By Marina Gomez8 months ago in Longevity
Meditation vs. Doomscrolling: What Neuroscience Says
It starts innocently. You pick up your phone to check one notification. Then you’re scrolling — news, memes, tragedies, hot takes, more news. Your thumb moves, but your breath shortens. Somewhere in the pit of your stomach, you feel it: unease, tightness, maybe even dread. You’re not just reading headlines—you’re doomscrolling.
By Marina Gomez8 months ago in Longevity
