The Way of the Tourist
The “way of the tourist” involves the paired SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEI of the anterior hypothalamus, the “light center” of the brain, and the light-sensitive protein melanopsin. The suprachiasmatic nuclei are receptive to “broad-capture light cues,” and can be metaprogrammed by heliotherapy, phototherapy, color therapy, or by traveling back and forth across Time Zones (east/west). The suprachiasmatic…