Comments on: Using Your Hands to Soothe the Brain: Part 1 https://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.25 By: J Radell https://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/#comment-72835 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 03:02:16 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=67124#comment-72835 I am a quilter. I find calmness in sewing. I get into a mental zone and tune out everything else but the task at hand. It’s definitely my happy place; I am at once very very relaxed but very focused on the technical aspects of the task at hand. I do my best work in long, almost marathon sessions of piecing and pressing, and I have caught myself actually craving sewing time when I am especially stressed. I always thought it was more like hypnosis than anything else. I’d also like to mention that while in a rehab hospital, my great-aunt folded a lot of towels. She told me that if she was just going to sit around and do laundry, she might as well be at home where the food was better.

]]> By: Happiness is… Using your hands « whoblogtheworld https://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/#comment-38629 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:32:17 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=67124#comment-38629 […] http://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/ […]

]]> By: Our Conversation « KristenMakes https://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/#comment-38607 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:37:22 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=67124#comment-38607 […] from eco-salon called ‘Using Your Hands to Soothe the Brain’ which expands on this idea.  Read part 1, part 2, and part 3 if you have the […]

]]> By: Some great articles on depression and crafting « Black Mood Craft https://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/#comment-35596 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:58:23 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=67124#comment-35596 […] EcoSalon: Does Hand Work Help the Brain? […]

]]> By: Anonymous https://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/#comment-34660 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:33:00 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=67124#comment-34660 Good eye! Thanks for letting us know.

]]> By: Donna Hrynkiw https://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/#comment-34659 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:19:00 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=67124#comment-34659 typo: “it not only peaked my perception”

“peaked” should be “piqued”.

]]> By: Another reason to knit « in the rail https://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/#comment-34397 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:20:57 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=67124#comment-34397 […] news, keeping our hands busy can fill our brains with feel-good chemicals, according to a study. Score one for the likes-to-keep-busy […]

]]> By: ElisVermeulen https://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/#comment-34284 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:13:00 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=67124#comment-34284 I found your post via the one from Abigail. it gives me the ‘see? I am not mad.’ expression on my face.
🙂
thanks
elis

]]> By: Amytropolis https://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/#comment-34248 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:30:00 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=67124#comment-34248 I wish I were better working with my hands but writing does that for me too? I like watching people work, just the sound of knitting needles clicking relaxes me!

]]> By: Vanessa Barrington https://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/#comment-34244 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:19:00 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=67124#comment-34244 Great piece Amy. A massage therapist encouraged me to take up knitting aimlessly as a way to “find my joy”. So I knit with no particular goal in mind. And it does help my mood. That will only last so long as I’ll eventually want gloves. Or something, which will stress me out if I can’t do it right…Still, I think this is so true.

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