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Meditation: does it really work?
Season 1, Ep. 84
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Meditation activates your default mode network, but how? Can meditating help other people around you? What is the best way to meditate? We answer it all and also have some v centred, chill and relaxed scientific convoszszzz!
What Did We Learn This Week:
5:08 - why collagen in skin creams is FAKE
8:00 - why being a jerk doesn't help your life
Meditation STUDYTIME:
11:18
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