I’ve read Herbert Benson’s book, The Breakout Principle (Scribner, 2003), and decided to search the web for a good article to summarize the concept for me. I found a great article about the principle by Clarence Bass at http://www.cbass.com/Breakout.htm: Harvard Medical School professor Herbert Benson, author of the landmark bestseller The Relaxation Response, has been [...]

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I have been running daily for months, and usually listen to something on my iPod to pass the time. I’ve recently found trance music to be an easy way to run about 10% faster than usual without any additional effort. Trance music is known for having a tempo between 130 and 160 bpm, which is [...]

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