Experts call a method that combats stress through moments of inactivity and futility as a form of energy recovery. Idleness may not be the origin of all vice, on the contrary! A tranquility needed in a world that is increasingly becoming active and with the pressure of time. This is demonstrated by "Nixen", the latest trend coming from the Netherlands and promising to overcome stress by doing nothing.
How to practice it?
Also appreciated by the British "The Guardian" this method aims to reconcile with yourself in every place you operate and live or have your daily routine. To test it, simply suspend all activity and shut off your mind for a few minutes (5-10 minutes). Many can choose the method they prefer: close their eyes, rest, listen to music, peer through the office window, etc. The important thing is to experience the meaning of the word "Niksen" by doing something useless.
"Niksen is a celebration of vanity," says psychologist Carolien Janssen in her book. "Idleness should not always be understood as a synonym of laziness, but as a form of energy recovery: Latinos and Hadrian Emperors in particular approached it in the realm of pleasure and knowledge," explains Alfonso Amendola, a sociologist at a university in Salerno. .
In Oriental and Zen philosophy, on the other hand, laziness is close to self-contemplation and mastery. Today the Netherlands has re-enacted the great tradition of thought: Nixen is not at all the comfort of nothing, but the space we need to recover ourselves and our energies.
