{"id":5139,"date":"2009-10-03T23:25:26","date_gmt":"2009-10-04T04:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=5139"},"modified":"2009-10-03T23:25:26","modified_gmt":"2009-10-04T04:25:26","slug":"brain-scientist-has-ringside-seat-to-her-own-beautiful-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/brain-scientist-has-ringside-seat-to-her-own-beautiful-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Scientist Has Ringside Seat To Her Own &#8211; Beautiful &#8211; Stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity<\/a> few brain scientists would wish for.\u00a0 One morning, a blood vessel in her brain exploded. Taylor had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions &#8212; motion, speech, self-awareness &#8212; shut down one by one.\u00a0\u00a0 As a brain scientist, she realized she had a ringside seat to her own stroke.\u00a0\u00a0 She recounts her experience of living in the right hemisphere of her brain while her analytical left side shut down.\u00a0 Taylor spent eight years recovering her ability to think, walk and talk.\u00a0 Although the stroke damaged the left side of her brain, her recovery unleashed a torrent of creative energy and intuitive awareness from her right.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;How many brain scientists have been able to study the brain from the inside out? I&#8217;ve gotten as much out of this experience of losing my left mind as I have in my entire academic career.&#8221;<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html\" target=\"_blank\">The video<\/a> gives an excellent explanation of the functions of the brain hemispheres.\u00a0 Taylor suggests we all &#8220;Step to the right of your left hemisphere.\u00a0 We are the life force power of the universe, with manual dexterity.\u00a0 Which (hemisphere) do you choose?\u00a0 And when?\u00a0 The more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner peace circuitry of our right hemispheres, the more peace we project into the world, and the more peace there will be in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/faves?sub=addfavbtn&amp;add=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.technorati.com\/pix\/fave\/tech-fav-1.png\" alt=\"Add to Technorati Favorites\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">LISTEN FREE<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/CD_Page\/Downloads.html\" target=\"_blank\">Out of Body Experience<\/a><br \/>\nand <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/CD_Page\/Downloads.html\" target=\"_blank\">Connecting with your Angels, Guides<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">,\u00b8\u00b8,\u00f8\u00a4\u00ba\u00b0`\u00b0\u00ba\u00a4 :\u00a6:- Visit<\/span> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.horizonsmagazine.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/brain-scientist-has-ringside-seat-to-her-own-beautiful-stroke\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Brain Scientist Has Ringside Seat To Her Own &#8211; Beautiful &#8211; Stroke&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/brain-scientist-has-ringside-seat-to-her-own-beautiful-stroke\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/brain-scientist-has-ringside-seat-to-her-own-beautiful-stroke\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/brain-scientist-has-ringside-seat-to-her-own-beautiful-stroke\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Brain%20Scientist%20Has%20Ringside%20Seat%20To%20Her%20Own%20&#8211;%20Beautiful%20&#8211;%20Stroke&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/brain-scientist-has-ringside-seat-to-her-own-beautiful-stroke\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for.\u00a0 One morning, a blood vessel in her brain exploded. 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