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Your gut’s instincts

Cultural historian Elsa Richardson explores the stomach’s influence over our emotions, and why trusting your gut is often good advice.

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How shame makes us sick

The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.

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Yoga gets physical

Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.

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The soul in the stomach

A 17th-century physician’s controversial theory about the link between the emotions and the stomach reminds us that we shouldn’t ignore our ‘gut feelings’.

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  • The physiognomical system of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim; founded on an anatomical and physiological examination of the nervous system in general, and of the brain in particular; and indicating the dispositions and manifestations of the mind / Being at the same time a book of reference for Dr. Spurzheim's demonstrative lectures.
  • The physiognomical system of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim; founded on an anatomical and physiological examination of the nervous system in general, and of the brain in particular; and indicating the dispositions and manifestations of the mind / Being at the same time a book of reference for Dr. Spurzheim's demonstrative lectures.
  • Lec̦ons sur la physiologie et la pathologie du système nerveux / par Claude Bernard.
  • Lec̦ons sur la physiologie et la pathologie du système nerveux / par Claude Bernard.
  • Lec̦ons sur la physiologie et la pathologie du système nerveux / par Claude Bernard.
  • Observations on the structure and functions of the nervous system. Illustrated with tables / By Alexander Monro.
  • Observations on the structure and functions of the nervous system. Illustrated with tables / By Alexander Monro.
  • Observations on the structure and functions of the nervous system. Illustrated with tables / By Alexander Monro.
  • Observations on the structure and functions of the nervous system. Illustrated with tables / By Alexander Monro.
  • Observations on the structure and functions of the nervous system. Illustrated with tables / By Alexander Monro.
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