As you read this, draw your attention to your jaw. Are you aware of any sensations? Are there areas of tension? Does your jaw feel tight or relaxed? Now imagine releasing any tension. What would that ...

In the popular childhood song, “The Skeleton Dance,” we may recall singing about different body parts being connected, such as, “The backbone’s connected to the neck bone.” However, the more abstract ...

Sensorimotor psychotherapy is a type of movement therapy that can be used to treat trauma disorders. It works to strengthen the mind-body connection in an effort to relieve the physical symptoms of ...

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure and fear. It is late at ...

We talk about mind and body, as if they were two different things that we are dealing with. There’s the thinker, and there’s the mover. And then comes the twist, it’s always chatting. Each thought ...

True professional success doesn’t just come from intelligence or ambition; it starts with how we care for and connect with ourselves. Tuning into the body’s signals and aligning them with the mind’s ...

After a long day, many people experience that tight sensation in their neck or shoulders that slowly creeps in. If you feel these sensations more often than not, you may be holding excess stress and ...

In today's fast-paced world, health is no longer limited to physical fitness alone. International Mind-Body Wellness Day highlights the deep connection between mental and physical well-being, ...

Science is more aware than ever of the myriad complex links between our physical and the mental worlds; from the strange effects of placebos and nocebos, to the explosion of research into ...

It’s just a fact of living: Aging brings with it more physical/medical conditions, things we didn’t experience as younger adults. That’s why the connection between mental and physical health becomes ...