But with practice, the pauses get easier, the recovery gets faster and your presence becomes a practice and a way of being.
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Ashley B. Stewart,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
And in case there were not enough pauses in the action, officials stopped the game several other times for lengthy reviews — some initiated by coaches — on foul calls.
Older research suggests that short intervals of green exercise—particularly low- or moderate-intensity—resulted in self-esteem improvements.
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Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
8 Sep. 2025
Cianfrance also spent years talking with the real Jeff Manchester from prison in the 15-minute intervals allowed in an effort to do justice to the story, and that level of research pays off.
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