How Rain Soothes Us

Morning Mantra: "In a world full of chaos, be soft rain." There are therapeutic benefits to a nice long rain. Not just for the Earth, but for us as well. It is a steady presence that nourishes, calms and replenishes. Studies have found that when the sound of rain enters a person’s brain, the brain unconsciously relaxes and produces alpha waves, which are very close to the state of the brain when a human sleeps. When rain occurs, it causes the soil and plants to release a ch...