There’s a reason you come
up with your best ideas while
you’re exercising: Going for
a casual walk fosters more
creative thinking than sitting,
according to a Stanford
University study. Experts
think it’s because walking
makes the heart pump more
quickly, which circulates
more fresh, oxygenated
(read: energizing) blood to all
of your organs—including
your brain.Do a quick body scan.
This style of meditation is more than simply
relaxing; it can also help you tap your creativity
to solve problems. One study published in the
journal Mindfulness found that a meditation
practice during which participants were receptive
to every thought and sensation in their body
made them better at divergent thinking—the
creative process of coming up with numerous
possible solutions to a problem—than when
their meditation involved focusing on a
single thought, mantra, or object.surprising
ways to spur
innovation
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