Comment on part one: regulating the amygdala!
My two cents: This is a way of learning to regulate our emotions, our nervous system.
We can also focus on a trigger, visualize being in an awkward stress filled situation, then bring focus back to the breath.
If we can build focus strong enough to let go, our amygdala learns to handle our responses better.
Play with the power of your mindfulness practice, use its strength to heal, to find wellbeinging, to be happy.
Before neuroscience and functional mri's meditators felt the change, now we know more and more.
Amazing how important our nervous system is for living life. It has influence in anxiety, trauma, emotions, ptsd and wellbeing in general. Are we living a calm free existence or an anxiety filled fear based existence.