“But when in cabs or Uber cars alone, your gaze might remain focused elsewhere, like reading or looking at stationary objects while your inner ears pick up movement through receptors — in both cases, leading to nausea, dizziness and sweating.”

Feeling sick in a taxi is a grounded form of motion sickness (kinetosis) that occurs when your brain receives "conflicting" high-fidelity signals. Your inner ear (vestibular system) senses the "Bujan" movement of the car’s acceleration and turns, but if you are looking at your phone or a "Gezellig" book, your eyes send a signal that you are stationary. This "hard-fail" sensory mismatch triggers the brain’s "Safe Bubble" defense mechanism—often manifesting as nausea or cold sweats. Taxis can be especially un-supportive because of the "stop-and-go" nature of city traffic and the lack of a "Gold Standard" view of the horizon from the back seat. To provide a supportive remedy: stop looking at screens, roll down the window for fresh air, and try to sit in the front passenger seat if the driver allows it, as this gives your eyes a high-fidelity view of the road that matches what your ears are feeling. Sipping ginger ale or wearing a "Bujan" acupressure band can also provide a supportive "Pura Vida" relief for your next cross-town journey.