Brain Boosting Herbs: The Badass Benefits of Holy Basil Despite the name, Holy Basil is more frequently associated with Buddhism than Christianity and has long been used in Ayurvedic medicine as an all-purpose healing herb. It can be confused with traditional...
Nootropics: A Primer What Are Nootropics? If you’ve watched the movie “Limitless,” then you already know what a nootropic is, at least according to Hollywood. As usual though, Hollywood blows everything out of proportion. Like the pill Brian takes in...
Brain Boosting Herbs: The Power of Bacopa Don't let your brain trick you, Bacopa is not some strange bacon-esque salad topping that's good for mental enhancement. Although the word Bacopa might sound similar, it's way more useful and powerful than the...
Meditation Styles That Boost Mental Performance It’s official. Meditation is in. If you're searching for a brain upgrade, then you’re interested in meditation. The human brain changes in response to what you do with it, a feature called neuroplasticity. Just...
Brain Boosting Herbs: Enhance Your Brain Naturally Much like fantastic beasts, you can indeed find brain-boosting herbs in the wilds of New York City, or any city with a health or herbal supplement store, for that matter. You can also leverage...
The Multitasking Myth and 3 Multipliers For Improving Focus Imagine you are an ancient man or woman swaggering down a jungle path. Up ahead you see something. You're not sure but it could be a tiger. Maybe it’s that man-eater...
The Science of Sleep: Your Path To Better Brain Performance We all know what pulling an all nighter does to our ability to focus and mentally perform. It leaves you feeling wrecked the next day. That's what acute sleep deprivation does. It...
Get some REST: Float Therapy for the Mind and Body It’s common knowledge that most people don’t get enough rest. What’s less commonly known, however, is that most people could also benefit from a little more REST, or Restricted Environment...
tDCS: What to Know About Electrode Brain Boosting Brain zapping. If you’ve heard of it, it was probably in the context of 1960s-style mental institutions and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), neither of which look like very much fun. However, ECT is not...
Hack Your Brain and Body With Light Therapy Increase Productivity, Improve Sleep Patterns, and Beyond Ever wonder why you feel more awake and alert after that 10-minute walk outside? Turns out it’s not all in your head – there’s actually a...
Get Your Sleep On: Better Sleep for A Better You The age of claiming bragging rights for being the most sleep deprived soul in the room has come to an end. Now everyone from Arianna Huffington to any lifestyle guru...
What to Know About Transcendental Meditation Transcendental Meditation (TM) is belied by its lofty name, at least in its technique. Essentially it requires two tune out (mediation) sessions a day and a personal mantra. After that, rinse and repeat. History...
