The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) is an integral part of the human body that helps regulate many vital functions and processes, such as heart rate, respiration, digestion, and blood pressure. It is responsible for maintaining homeostasis in the body, which is the balance between the body’s internal environment and the external environment.

One of the things that I look for in health and wellness practices is efficiency. Although in certain respects advertisements of quick fixes and shortcuts can be misleading, I do believe that there are certain tools and practices that have such efficiency that I consider them true shortcuts because of the value they provide. These are the practices that grab my attention and are the ones that I feel may best fit given the current state of most humans I know.