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Your calmer mind is
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A free seven-day email course on the science of breath — why it works, and how to benefit from it. Understand your body's off-switch, with three practices along the way. About five minutes a day.
Each short email builds the case for breath: the problem your nervous system is up against, the science of why slow breathing calms it, and how to make the habit stick. Along the way you'll pick up three practices you'll keep — a reset, an even breath, and an anchor.
The Science
Grounded in real research
Slow breathing is backed by Harvard, the NIH, Mayo Clinic, and the American Heart Association, among other institutions — and documented in randomized controlled trials from labs like Stanford and Brighton & Sussex. Every claim we make traces to a named study, and we cite our sources in every email.
Your calmer mind is
seven days away.
A platform built on the scientifically proven conviction that optimism isn't a mood you're born with or stuck without, but a skill you can train. From the web to real life, Optimism develops and curates trusted expertise, shares it through our flagship inbox brands, and creates community through our Optimism experiences.
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Check your inbox — day one of the course is on its way. Your calmer mind starts now.