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Tuning In With the Body

Move, rest, eat, and sleep in a way that works for you, not against you.

Do you struggle falling asleep? How about eating healthy and exercising?

Eating healthy, getting adequate amount of sleep, and avoiding sedentary lifestyle are almost always included in doctor's prescription when you address your complaints

Everything you feel, think and crave has something to communicate as to what your body needs. Each physical symptom also works as an indicator to how you might need to adjust your lifestyle. It is not to say that you need to fulfill each whims that comes into your mind but those whims might also give insight into your inner landscape of mind. Even psychological issues manifest through physical symptoms sometimes.

Why do you want to eat healthy?

Eating healthy is one of the most important aspect of physical well-being that ultimately also supports psychological well-being. But eating habits should be more concerned with adequate nutrition rather than waistline, body weight or social standards or beauty.

  • Even BMI and waistline measurements are not also accurate in indicating healthy body weight. Even when they can be helpful, these parameters take time to change while you can be frustrated within a week or month when they don’t change.
  • Energy levels, motivation, mood can be indicators of proper nutrition because these can improve faster than changes in weight or waistline
  • Proper nutrition ensures proper bodily functioning, adequate energy and sense of safety in the body as opposed to scarcity and survival
  • Some body fat are indicator of proper health, obsession with flat stomachs are mostly always for aesthetic values. Especially in women who are underweight, there is often prevalence of irregular and painful menstrual periods.

Eating disorders are more than often related to underlying psychological issues of self-image, depression and anxiety just to say a few. It is also an outcome of bad relationship with food and eating.

The dance of rest and movement

Rest and movement are both equally important and necessary for your well-being. Rest gives you time to restore your energy and motivation, regulate your emotions and consolidate what you’ve learned. Another function of rest is to relax and let the body do its housekeeping.

Movement facilitates circulation, productivity and stimulation of feel-good hormones. Though exercising is one of the way to stay in movement, there are several other ways, like doing chores, taking stairs instead of lift, walking whenever practical and dancing.

Researches have shown the grave risks of sedentary lifestyle and yet you are not resting enough even when you are not moving enough. Why? Because laying in bed scrolling endlessly is not rest.

  • Chore can be rest and activities intended to be restful can end up being a chore. Doing the dishes can give you mental rest and art and craft can become a chore when you fixate on creating “good” art instead of using it as an outlet and relaxation.
  • Sleeping and napping can be a great form of rest. Nothing can replace a good night’s sleep. But, spending hours counting how much sleep you’ll get if you fall asleep right now and worrying about inability to fall asleep is not rest no matter how many hours you stay on the bed.
  • Movement and activities help increase quality of sleep. Engaging and exercise, yoga, hiking, walking, dancing, chores, jumping, crawling, squatting, climbing or any types of performative/non-performative movements helps you fall asleep and go into state of deep rest.

However, non-performative movements, done in personal space or among safe people removes the stress of having to look good or having to do it the right way and helps us connect with our own body in a natural way.

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Do you want to take control of your sleeping and eating habits ultimately improving your relationship with food, sleep, movement and your own body? Join one of our communities or be a part of our programs to learn more.

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