Ways to Connect Your Mind & Body
What comes to mind when you think about your mind-body connection?
What does that currently look like to you?
What would you like it to look like?
Wherever you are in relation to the idea of your mind and body being connected, we’re exploring below some of the impacts this has on our emotional and mental well-being.
We’ll run through more of the science behind it, some ideas that might spark something in you, and offer initiatives you might be drawn to try.
To read:
The “inner pharmacy” available to us when we move
Is Stutz right? Why we start with lifestyle when talking about mental well-being.
It’s not too late to exercise for brain health
How women are breaking fitness taboos
Body trust can support better mental health
Was body-positivity one big fat lie?
To do:
Add-in psychobiotics to help your emotional and mental health
We still love Yoga with Adriene. Have you also tried Kassandra Reinhardt (join her next 30-day yoga challenge), the Ritual challenge with Breathe and Flow, or Movement for Modern Life
To watch:
To discover:
We Are Fit Attitude (UK)
FitFam (Worldwide)
Soul Melanin Retreats (Worldwide)
Tennis for Free (UK)
Left Write Hook (Australia)
Owning Your Menopause (UK)
Sage + Sound (New York)
She Swims (UK)
How will you rethink what the mind and body connection means to you? How might you shift your ideas around physical wellness to incorporate your mental well-being?
Let us know how you navigate this pathway. What’s something you’re discovering about yourself as you go through this?
