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the rare state where your body forgets it's been bracing for impact all day.
means Free from tension, anxiety, or strain — physically loose and mentally at ease.
from From Latin 'relaxare,' to loosen or open up, built from 're-' (back, again) and 'laxare' (to slacken), itself from 'laxus,' loose or slack — the same root that gives us 'lax.' It arrived in English through the 14th century, first describing things physically loosened or eased; the sense of a person being mentally unwound came later, as if the mind were a muscle that could finally let go its grip.
- brain waves
- Alpha waves spike when the mind drifts calmly
- opposite of stress
- Cortisol drops as muscles release their grip
- fit etymology
- From Latin relaxare, meaning to loosen again
- contagious calm
- A relaxed face slows others' heart rates too
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