✨ Your thoughts change your brain: spiritual myth or scientific reality?

For a long time, the idea that thought influences our biology seemed esoteric.

Yet, modern science—particularly neuroscience and epigenetics—now confirms what certain traditions have taught for centuries.

🧠 The Brain Is Plastic: Scientific Proof

Contrary to what was believed for decades, the adult brain is not fixed. It is neuroplastic, that is, capable of reconfiguring itself based on what we experience… and think.

🔬Scientific Reference:

- Doidge, Normand (2007). "The Changing Brain." A reference work that compiles numerous studies on neuroplasticity.

Each thought activates a neural circuit. Through repetition, this circuit becomes anchored and strengthened. It becomes a mental habit… and then a biological reflex.

🌌 Where the mind goes, the energy follows

This witty phrase becomes a neurological reality: our attention guides our brain circuits. The more you think about something, the more you train your brain to automatically return to it.

🔬Scientific references:

- Pascual-Leone et al. (2005). "The Plastic Human Cerebral Cortex." Annual Review of Neuroscience.

- Kandel, ER (2001). "The Molecular Biology of Memory Storage: A Dialogue Between Genes and Synapses." Science.

These studies show that repeated thoughts alter the structure of the brain, creating new synapses or strengthening existing networks.

🚀You can reverse the trend

Neuroplasticity works both ways: what you repeat becomes entrenched, what you abandon weakens. You can translate reprogramming your brain by cultivating emotions like gratitude, peace, or joy.

🔬Scientific reference:

- Davidson, RJ et al. (2003). "Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation." Psychosomatic Medicine

→ Meditation modifies the activity of the prefrontal cortex and strengthens the immune system.

🌀 4 Simple Keys to Reprogram Your Brain

1 - Observe your thoughts without judging them (mindfulness practice).

2 - Write them down to objectify them (cognitive journal).

3 - Breathe consciously to calm the nervous system (cardiac coherence).

4 - Visualize a positive emotion (positive mental imagery).

🔬Scientific references:

- Lutz, A. et al. (2008). "Regulation and Monitoring of Attention in Meditation." Trends in Cognitive Science.

- Farb, N. et al. (2007). "Attention to the Present: Mindfulness Meditation Reveals Distinct Neural Modes of Self-Reference." Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience.

💫 What you think... you become it

Repeating a thought becomes a habit. A habit shapes your brain. Your brain creates your filter. And this filter becomes your daily reality.

🕊️ At AKÅSA Biarritz...

We believe that thinking is a creative act.
That's why we launched this series "From Beliefs to Knowledge": to bring together ancestral knowledge and the most current scientific discoveries.

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