The Art of Rest - with Claudia Hammond

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At a time when our lives are more frantic and stressful than ever, switching off has never been more challenging. Claudia Hammond interrogates "The Rest Test" - the largest global study ever done into the vital activity of resting.
Claudia's book "The Art of Rest: How to Find Respite in the Modern Age" is available now: geni.us/M6cyj
Claudia Hammond is an award-winning broadcaster, author and psychology lecturer. In her work she shares the ways that psychological and medical research can help us in our everyday lives, whether through radio, TV, podcasts, public events or books.
Claudia is the presenter of several podcasts and radio shows including All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 which covers psychology, neuroscience & mental health and the weekly global health show Health Check on BBC World Service.
She is Visiting Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Sussex. Claudia gives talks on psychology around the world and often chairs public events on psychology, medicine and science. She writes a regular column on medical myths for BBC Future.
This talk was recorded on 12 January 2021.
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@ashurean 3 года назад

For me, rest is a state of mind. I have chronic anxiety, and sometimes the only thing that helps during an attack is doing something that helps me get into that "restful" mental state. The most common thing I find myself doing is cleaning. Sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, scrubbing. It gets me in this more meditative state where I'm just focused on that task, and not on whatever nonsense is going on in my head.

@ExistentialistDasein 3 года назад

It's wonderful that these lectures are made publicly available given the circumstances, and I appreciate all the efforts that go into making them. But would it not be possible to provide the lecturers with a better microphone and camera?

@aperson2730 3 года назад

I find that a good microphone is very important. She sounds fine here though. Also pretty sure the speakers are using their own hardware.

@chriscohen97 3 года назад

I solute this lady for shouting out the voiceless, around 22:00 she gives examples of supermarket workers and people in prison around 23:00. I takes the right type of mind for these examples to come to mind.

@watleythewizard2381 3 года назад

Salute

@regular-joe 3 года назад

I was feeling breathless just listening to her, so I put it on .75 speed. Better!

@243david7 3 года назад

how do you do that?

@pratn 3 года назад

@@243david7 Settings - Playback Speed

@MrElvis1971 3 года назад

Sometimes they increase the speed of videos to cut the time down

@243david7 3 года назад

@@pratn Thank you :-)

@golagaz 3 года назад

Nope. She speaks in normal speed.

@oneworldonehome 3 года назад

"Peace is the full enjoyment of your natural mind and the complete utilization of your opportunity to be in the world. At the very core of this experience is stillness. From this stillness emanates a potency of action that is rarely to be matched in the world. So at the very core of peace, it is absolutely still. At its outer perimeter, it is very powerful action. Therefore, those who are engaged in this kind of experience are very still on the inside and yet can function very competently in the world. As a matter of fact, they can function at a far greater level of efficacy than the average person because their mind is concentrated. To concentrate your mind, to focus your mind to this degree, you must be still because stillness is what focuses you and concentrates you. This naturally emanates into the world and exerts influence in all aspects of human endeavor. Your world has been saved many times because of the cumulative effect of this. The few minds that are engaged in this kind of concentration have been able to protect the world from aggressive forces and from internal conflict. The calling for this concentration will certainly increase as time goes on." A quote from the beautiful free online book entitled *Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1* - Chapter 35: Achieving Peace

@regular-joe 3 года назад

Thank you for this reference, I hadn't heard of it before. Am investigating now.

@oneworldonehome 3 года назад

@@regular-joe Enjoy!

@piafilms2804 3 года назад

Thank you, Ivan.

@julieann1975 3 года назад

Thank you

@darielblackburn9771 3 года назад

@ivan these quotes are so powerful and I resonate so fully with them. Thank you for posting them here.

@TheRogueRockhound 3 года назад

Look at minerals and cool rocks to relax, works similar to trees and clouds. I put mine under magnification and then start exploring.

@gerulfdosinger9869 2 года назад

This sounds like an interesting and mentally freeing thing to do.

@desperatelyseekingrealnews 3 года назад

15 mins? I've spent hours doing nothing it's god for the soul

@McLKeith 3 года назад

I find watching this video tiring. There is too much information and not enough practicality. But then who would buy the book, if she told us all that we needed to know?

@DrSporea 3 года назад

To do lists before bed - works a treat.

@syther4405 3 года назад

My summary: rest is something done by ppl on their own even the most extroverted ones don't consider socializing as one of the top 10 things they consider restful from a poll: 10 mindfulness and meditation 9 watching TV 8 daydreaming 7 having a hot bath 6 a walk 5 doing nothing in particular 4 listening to music 3 being alone 2 spending time in nature 1 reading a way to rest before bed is to make a to do list find your particular 2-3 activities that are restful and do them for 15 min per day somehow for the sake of your mental health for ppl who are really busy , re-frame wasted time as rest you don't have to be in the flow state to rest flow state and rest have one thing in common is that they stop the thoughts procrastination may be because you are scared to fail at something ppl who score high in perfectionism tend to procrastinate more as they are afraid to get started and fail at the thing or not do it as well they liked to ppl might procrastinate as it is hard to focus

@karate4348 Год назад

actually healthy indigenous folk living with healthy culture and environment of homelands sleep together like puppies... We are animals and if we are grown up with people who love snuggling up, that's what's restful. .. whether its sleeping or resting.

@surfacereflection8298 3 года назад

Energy conservation is as vital as energetic activity. Maybe even more. An old folk saying here went something like: Rushing is the devils work. :) I do my best to maintain the ancient traditions of relaxing, doing things slowly and generally chilling out.

@dhindaravrel8712 3 года назад

I used to hate breaks in school because it just meant it took more time out of my day overall. Fewer breaks would have meant getting home earlier, and getting free time to myself sooner on any given day. Nowadays, if I have to work a certain number of hours, I'm happy to just pull through in one go and be done with it. If I have to get a project done, in no matter how much time it'll take, I take breaks so I'll be more effective overall. So I've come to the conclusion that breaks are good for people who work goal-oriented, such as craftspeople, and annoying for those who just want to get the time at work over with because they have to put the time in, e.g. cashiers and some such.

@JayPixx 3 года назад

Great content. Incredibly interesting!

@julianbassk 3 года назад

Omg the shout out to russell hurlburt! Thats the research i do and its interesting to hear in this context i wasnt expecting it

@duncanbisatt4392 3 года назад

There's a certain irony that, 50 minutes into this, we're not yet offered a rest...

@alan2here 3 года назад

restfulness is important :) thank you

@MegaAadhar 3 года назад

It would be so cool if brilliant talks as such could be published as podcasts. The last update from RI was in march 2020, would it be possible to put these new ones there ?

@bearcatracing007 3 года назад

I sit by myself and stare at my motorbikes, works for me.

@alan2here 3 года назад

Pain sensation like walking though nettles, I used to mind a lot, but I've got more mellow over time and feel so indifferent about it now that I'd barley be motivated to change direction to avoid them. It's just a sensation, like the colour blue is, that's all.

@tejasdeepsingh456 3 года назад

If haven't watched the full talk yet but it definitely sounds very interesting and exciting. I am busy rn but I am gonna come back later this day and update this comment on whether I liked it or not!

@RottnRobbie 3 года назад

Um... So it's a week later, and no update. Did you watch it through? Did you forget that you said you'd update the comment? Or are you just on a really long break?

@tejasdeepsingh456 3 года назад

@@RottnRobbie lol no I wasn't on a long break but I forgot to update. I'll update it soon now thanks