Böcker av Julia F. Christensen

Improve your calm, focus and sense of purpose by harnessing the everyday power of creativity.If you've ever experienced the blissful feeling of being fully immersed in a project, of ideas come to you naturally, or of getting lost in thought when cooking, playing music, or dancing, then you've accessed the flow state. Sometimes we stumble into it by accident, but what if you could access and unlock the healing properties of the flow state whenever you need it?For everyone who has ever struggled with writer's block this may sound too good to be true, but Dr. Julia F. Christensen, neuroscientist and former ballerina, taps into cutting-edge science, research and case studies from everyday people to show us how we can use the arts to alter our emotional state, tap into our ability to focus, release our creativity and improve our overall wellbeing. Using ancient solutions to solve modern problems, Pathway to Flow will show how to harness the flow state at will through seven simple steps and build a routine that will help you be more calm, focused and creative.

Viral dance videos consistently trend on TikTok: with hundreds of millions of views globally and coverage in media outlets like The Cut, CBC, BBC, and Buzzfeed. Online dance fitness classes exploded in 2020: many instructors shifted in-person classes to virtual and thousands of new instructors cropped up during the pandemic.Dance is a therapeutic activity for disabled people. Dance is a possible treatment for disease: dancing has been shown to improve chronic pain, Diabetes, Parkinsons, arthritis, back pain, obesity, inflammation, IBS, heart disease.Written by neuroscientists: Unlike other dance fitness books, this one is authored by two neuroscientists who explore the science of dance including why it benefits the brain (boosting creativity, reducing stress, and more psychological benefits).Authors are also dancers: bringing their personal experience of dance to the book.Dance and mental health: Addresses how dance can aid in recovery from psychological disorders such as eating disorders, PTSD, depression, and anxiety.Dance and the immune system: Shows how dance boosts the immune system, timely during the Covid-19 pandemic.A section on dance for weight loss: explains how to dance your way to fitness.Writing is accessible and light-hearted: an easy and fast read.Authors are award-winning researchers: Julie F Christiansen's research into dance has been published in The Washington Post and The New York Times. Both authors have received acclaim and awards for their research.