Fig. 10

Enhancing biological performance and resilience through the extension of the Hormetic Zone is a potential niche for mind body therapies to exploit. One hormetic stress response will result in a modest amplitude effect and a time-limited response. When hormetic stress responses, perhaps in the form of mind body practices, are performed repeatedly, these responses may summate in stepwise manner and may extend the hormetic zone. From: Leak et al, 2018, [124]. Reprinted from: Dose Response. 2018; 16(3). Leak, R. K., Calabrese, E. J., Kozumbo, W. J., Gidday, J. M., Johnson, T. E., Mitchell, J. R., Ozaki, C. K., Wetzker, R., Bast, A., Belz, R. G., Bøtker, H. E., Koch, S., Mattson, M. P., Simon, R. P., Jirtle, R. L., & Andersen, M. E. Enhancing and extending biological performance and resilience, with permission from Sage Publications