Here's an article that begins to explain those unique experiences where we feel bonded to others in large groups.
Researchers studied heart rates of fire walkers, and heart rates of friends and relatives who were merely watching them. The heart rates of the walkers and the non-walkers synched up.
I think about yoga classes, people moving and breathing together, and all the physiological shifts that help us to band together for a time in class; creating that anxiety reducing, tension relieving, depression lifting sensation of belonging.
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