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Here are five evidence-based practices to help you effectively cultivate a harmonious mind-body connection! Do you incorporate any of these practices into your daily routine, and if so, which one is your favorite?
Nature Walks: Taking a walk outside in nature is the perfect way to reset your body and mind. Research shows that nature walks can release stress and tension, alleviate anxiety, boost mood, increase creativity, deepen sleep all while improving cardiovascular fitness and other important biomarkers, including blood sugar!
Hand-Written Journaling: Writing by hand can enhance cognitive processing and emotional regulation. Studies suggest that journaling helps clarify thoughts and feelings, shift states of distress, and improve mental clarity by providing an outlet for self-expression and reflection.
Embodiment Exercises: These exercises can include Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) aka tapping, pendulation, yoga, tai chi, qi gong, and even dancing! Embodiment exercises focus on mindful movement and body awareness.
Guided Visualization: Visualization techniques, where you begin to embody desired outcomes, can enhance motivation and goal achievement while making the next steps clearer along the way. If you are trying to move forward, don’t look in the rearview mirror! Combining these practices help set a positive mindset and stronger mind-body connection.
Heart-Based Practice: The Institute of HeartMath has a quick coherence technique to shift state by focusing in on the heart and cultivating a sense of gratitude. In my practice, I use the heart-based practice, where my patients and the participants in my programs reconnect, resent and remember focusing in on all that they are, have and can do! These practices, which combine meditation and gratitude, can help us return to the moment and shift states for enhanced mental health and well-being.
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More Resources
- Mind-Body Connection – Traditional Chinese Medicine Principle
- Mind Body Connection: The Relationship Between the Mind & the Body
- Two Case Studies Depicting the Mind Body Connection
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Dr. Brooke Stuart is the Founder of Let Go & Grow®, Co-Founder of Lead Lab, and a holistic doctor in private practice, where she works with a unique combination of holistic counseling and functional medicine to personalize treatment plans for her patients as she partners with them to unlock their own, intrinsic ability to heal! She works with patients locally in Orlando, FL, and virtually worldwide. She also works with groups, families, couples and children upon request to address the root cause of a wide range of health issues including but not limited to: stress-related disorders, thyroid and hormonal imbalances, blood sugar dysregulation, compromised detoxification, gastrointestinal and cardiometabolic issues, and more.
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