Light and Our Mood

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), this is where we try to draw your attention to things that matter and the importance of our attention, why is that? Now ‘let us remember this again, ‘What we give our Attention to matters,’ as Our life’s experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to.

Attention: is as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about, seeking ways to assuage the craving, instead of learning how to provide ourselves with what we need, sensibly and calmly. Once our attention is drawn to the mechanism of why and what we give attention to, it is as if a veil has been stripped off and we become freer in our action and choices. And that is our endavour.

This week I bring to your attention another excerpt which we have titled – Light and Our Mood from the book titled ‘Healthy Pleasures’ by David Sobel and Robert Ornstein.

Playing to the natural strengths of mind and body, Healthy Pleasures explores the many ways to extend our lives as we enrich them, by understanding the crucial role of pleasure in our health.

Using the latest research in medicine, biology, and psychology, the authors — a renowned brain researcher and a leading expert in preventive medicine — propose a new way to manage health, with less effort and more fun. 

Light and Our Mood

Almost everyone experiences some change in mood related to the presence or absence of sunlight. On bright, sunny days we tend to feel better, perhaps more energetic, and “sunny.” On dull, gray days, we may feel moody, blue, and out of sorts. Most of us seem, at least to some degree, to be biologically programmed to follow the sun.

It appears that light talks to the brain via the pineal gland. This tiny gland, buried deep within the brain, secretes a brain hormone which can induce sleep as well as depress mood.

Excerpt from ‘Healthy Pleasures’ by David Sobel and Robert Ornstein

I am sure that you will enjoy reading this book; you can buy your copy from the following link:

Enjoy reading it with your family, friends and near and dear one’s.

Namaste!