There seems to be some synchronicity in the air. Yesterday I was chatting with someone who turned out to be a specialist in stress reduction. She suggested reading was a great way to relax and recommended setting aside a consistent time every day to read for 15 or 20 minutes.
Then today I visited my favorite blogs and I noticed that Lucy Monroe posted a link on how reading cuts stress levels by 68%. That’s an amazing percentage! The experts quoted in the article say you only need 6 minutes of silent reading to slow down the heart rate and ease the tension in muscles. You can read the full article here.
I have to wonder what reading material they used for the experiment. Novels? Magazine articles? I can’t imagine they used newspapers. Whatever they used, I would need more than 6 minutes. You can’t read much (or relax!) in that short of time.
