Mind Body Practise

3 Types of Stress you are likely Suffering with...

Physical Stress - from injury, pain, training

Chemical Stress - from s**t food, toxins, drugs, health issues

Emotional Stress - from our thoughts, expectations, traumas, memories, relationships, family, life challenges etc

These Stresses can be Good or Bad and effect our neuro-chemistry and our bodies state

Breaking the Stress Response with Elevated Emotions In this video, Dr. Joe shares how you can break the stress response with elevated emotions and what is happening on a biological level when you are greater t...

Training for Joy
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Training is the Practise of an Act or Action. The more we Practise, the better we get at the given Activity.

Our Brain sends a Signal throught the Nerves to the body and the Action is Achieved. When RESISTANCE is added to this our Brain, Signal, Nerves and Body must work Harder to achieve this Action. Aka TRAINING.

The Brain adapts to this by Growing new Neurons (neuroplasticity) and the Body adapts by Growing new Bone, Joint, Tendon, Organ, and Muscle Cells. This Adaptation is to make it easier for us Next time.

This can work For or Against us depending on what we choose to Practise. If we Practise Yoga, Running and Strength Training we become more Mobile, Healthier and Strong. If we Practise Sitting watching our Phone or Tv, Eating Junk Food and taking Drug we become Lazy, Fat and Addicted. We cant choose the hand we are dealt, but we can choose how you play it...

Our TRAINING and PRACTISE will either ADD to our Mental and Physical Health or TAKE from it. WE CHOOSE THAT.

Sadly most people Choose badly for their health. They say things like "you only live once" "lifes to short" "I don't care anymore" or "so what, Im going to die anyway"...
This is because they have lost the JOY of life and have become dependant on addictions to bring them any pleasure. Without JOY, COMPASSION, LOVE & HAPPINESS inside us, we can all end up here.

To get out this Bad Mental & Physical state we MUST PRACTISE finding JOY! But how in this Crazy World???

With all the Bad News and S**t we have to deal with, it is a challenge to Practise JOY. It take time and a lot of Practise/Training.

There are however MANY ways to Practise JOY at ALL of our fingertips. Here are 40 for you!
https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/40-simple-ways-practice-joy-every-day.html

Training and Practising these are Natural Ways to get Seratonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin and Endorphines. This is all being Proven to Physically change our Brain (neuroplasticity) to make it easier for us next time.

Train and Practise JOY

YOU are an ARTIST
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What do you want to see? What do you want people to see? What will you Portray?

You are a work of Art in a Beautiful and Scary World. How will you sculpt yourself in it?

If we are not thinking about the Person we want to be, the world will decide it for us. We must have a 'Clear' image of what we WILL be. What experience do we want people to have when they meet us? What do we want them to Hear, See and Feel?.... WE DECIDE THIS EVERY DAY

This is our Character, our Attitude, our Personality. This is US in every way that matters.

Finding a Clear 'Mindset' is not always easy and maintaining it even more so. S**t Happens. We get ill, we get Bill's, our Washing machine packs up, some one dies and thats without worrying about the Coronavirus coming for us...

Fear, Anger and Sadness are always just around the corner and our Brains have to take it in an Deal with it... But luckily, we have a Choice on the Matter. We can Dwell on it, sitting waiting for the next Dark thing to happen or We Can Combat it...

We Can get up, Get out and FIND LIGHT. We can Laugh, we can Play, we can Sing and Dance. We can DO things that bring us Joy & Happiness.

Everyone is FORCED into Dark Times but Everyone CHOOSES to go back into the Light.

Observe the Dark Times in all its Intensity... then Refind JOY, HAPPINESS, LOVE, COMPASSION, GRATITUDE and FULLFILLMENT.

Be Very Clear on the Person we are going to be RIGHT NOW!

Activity - Create some Postive Affirmations to repeat to yourself. Every other Morning take a 20mins Walk or Light Run to Breathe and Clear your head. As you do, Slowly Exhale through your mouth and repeat to yourself "I am Happy, I am Healthy, I am Loved, I am Beautiful..." Try to say as many of your affirmations as you can during your Exhale. Take a DEEP inhale from the Stomach, through the nose and Repeat. This will wake up our Parasympathetic Nervous System giving us a Hit of Seratonin, Dopamine, Oxytcine and Endorphines.

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Once we have took in Our World and with our Senses we now decide whether it is Good or Bad. If we decide what we are feeling is Bad we get the Cascade of Negative Hormones, Emotions, Thoughts and Actions. If we decide its Good then the cascade leads to Joy, Happiness, Healing and Growth...

But we know it's not always that easy...

Sometimes what the Senses pick up can be so INTENSE it can make us TENSE. Like the Sore Muscles after Training for example... This uncontrollable Spasm of Tension and Stress can hold us Back from getting to this Positive Perspective and Hormonal Cascade. In Muscle and Strength Building terms this all = Less Gains. This principle also applies in our Mental Health too

Hitting this Wall can be difficult to over come as what most people try to do when they get to this place is try an 'Push Through it'. They push down harder on the Gas Pedal and try Force there way out of the Discomfort. This only adds to the Tension even further.

What the Body is asking us to do is RELEASE Tension. It wants us to Take the foot OFF the Gas, De-Stress and Unwind.

There are many ways to release tension either from within or outside ourselves. Meditation, Relaxing, Napping, Playing, Walking, Stretching/yoga, Massage are all great ways to Release Tension. Here a Quick one that you can do right now...

Activity - Cats and Dogs stay Supple, Mobile and Stress free most of their lives, unlike humans. They use a Tense & Relax Technique to first Engage their Muscles Intensely then Relax and Shake in order to Release the Tension from them. It also works for us. Taking a Muscle to maximum Contraction for a few seconds then relaxing reduces overall tension and tone of the muscle. Try working your up through your body, one body part at a time start with the feet. Contract for 5-10 seconds as hard as you can and Then Relax and Shake it off. This is call Tense and Release Method or Progressive Muscle Relaxation

All the Worlds Centenarians have one thing is Common... They dont worry about things that they can't change. This keeps their Stress down and their Mind and Body at Ease. Worry Little = Live Alot.

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Pain is a Friend
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It's difficult to control what goes on in and outside of our bodies. In fact there are only a few things we can control. We can choose our Environment, our Diet, our Company, our Self Image our Job/Actions and our thoughts. But how many of us really have FULL control over these things all the time?

We can’t control the weather, other people, our age and most of our bodily functions and the list goes on. So what can we do when the weather is cold and wet, the food is crap, the job gets too much, friends and family are unhappy, when we are broke, when we are ill, sad, angry or anxious and our thoughts are confused and chaotic?...

When we try to control these things that are out of our control, it means that we are looking at these events with a Negative Perspective. This results in adding Tension and Stress to our Body. It does this by releasing Stress Hormones from our Brain and Body. Hormones like Cortisol, Adrenaline and Norepinephrine are released and activate our Sympathetic ‘Fight or Flight’ Nervous System. This is not going to help us. It will however lead to Bad Emotions, Bad Thoughts, Bad Actions and Bad Consequences.

Instead of trying to ‘Fight’ the issue, the first thing that will get us moving towards a positive outcome is OBSERVE it...
Turn off ‘DO’ and turn on ‘BE’. Sit back and OBSERVE the Chaos in all its Sensory Glory, without trying to control it one way or the other.

It is temporary and Pain and Discomfort is there to tell us what parts of us need work. It can be intense and chronic but it is there and it will be felt... This is where meditation can help.

Activity – There are many ways to meditate. One of the most simple, effective and scientifically tested forms is called Yoga-Nidra. This involves Laying Still and Observing different parts of your body. It can be done in anywhere from 10-60 minute (link to 20 minute session below) and is an effective Daily Routine to lower stress levels. The trick is to take a small amount of time out of your schedule to do it EVERY DAY. It helps you keep an eye on what’s going on internally preventing you from being a VICTIM to your own feelings, emotions and thoughts. Do it before bed, first thing in the morning or take a break at work and get to know YOU.

Benefits for Building Muscle & Strength:

+Increases Mental and Physical Fortitude
+Teaches Us Proper Breathing Technique
+Lowers Cortisol & Improves Recovery

Check out this quick 20 minute session that will turn your life around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0FKzeuVVs

The Mind Body Cycle
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Every second our Brain and Body is Communicating with each other in a Cyclical fashion. The Cycle Starts by Processing all our Sensory Input, deciding whether this input is Good or Bad, Releasing Hormones to priming our Mind/Body to create a Programme from which we ACT.... and repeat.

This is the Cycle that determines whether you chronically watch TV and Eat Junk Food or Go to the Gym and Eat healthy food. It is also the Cycle that decides whether you are Happy or Depressed, Ill or Well, Failing or Succeeding, Addicted or Satisfied.

If we wish the Advance or Grow in any part of our lives, we must first understand how this cycle works. I will start with Two Examples of the same Situation... In this case, going for a Run and Falling Over

Negative Outcome
Feel ‘Pain’ from Falling ➡️ Perceive it as Bad from previous memories➡️Become Angry, Release Adrenaline and Cortisol ➡️Mind/Body seeks Escape➡️ Avoids Running again

Positive Outcome
Feel ‘Pain’ from Falling➡️
Perceive it as Good from Outlook ➡️
Become Happy. Release Dopamine, Serotonin and Endorphins➡️Mind/Body feels satisfied➡️Continues Running Daily

Everything we go through can be processed as either Good or Bad and the result decides which hormones we release, which decides what part of our Brain and Nervous system is activated, and so on. If we attach a Positive Perspective to things it removes the stress response and it negative long term effects. We must be able to feel stress to be able to react in survival situations, but not towards every non-life threatening stimulus we receive.

Activity – The Next time you feel Pain, Stress, Tension, Discomfort, Anxiety or Fear... Give yourself permission to feel it. Be WILLING and OPEN to the Sensation no matter how intense. Tell yourself “I am Happy to Feel you”. By doing this you remove the Negative Stress Response to the to whatever/however you are feeling and will allow your body to release Positive Hormones that will make you Heal, Grow and feel Joy and Happiness (we will get into this more later).

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We can sometimes only appreciate our lives and start living when we find ourselves in a dark place. A place of misery, depression, illness, injury, years of bad practises and stress. But the instinct to Push through, Grow and Thrive CAN prevail. Through Passion, love for life and actively trying to escape these problems in search of a Better self, we can discover and learn tools to make our GREATEST Self. So how can THIS page help you? This page will share the latest research and discovery into becoming an Optimal Human Being. From Cold Showers, Fasting and Meditation to Bio-hacking, Stem Cell Research and Red Light Therapy. Mind Body Practise is keeping its ear to the ground and sharing the latest and most effective things we can do to optimise our overall Health and Fitness.

The discovery of the connection between the Mind and the Body is relatively new. It has existed in Yoga, meditation and other almost spiritual forms of practise for millennia but science is only recently able to quantify these practises and measure there effectiveness. These age old techniques are now being measured and tested to see how effective they can be effective in combating stress and illness and growing our minds and bodies.

Understanding the Autonomic Nervous System is where a lot of these focus lays. The Sympathetic and Para-Sympathetic Nervous system decide whether we Rest, Digest and Grow OR Stress, React and if so for too long, degenerate and die.
Chronic 'Sympathetic' stimulus of the Autonomic Nervous System, aka Fight or Flight, is what leads to long term Inflammation and ill health. In fact the word DIS-EASE sums it up. Asthma, Heart Disease, Obesity, Alzheimer's, Depression, Gastrointestinal Diseases are all related to Chronic Stress and Tension aka being stuck in Sympathetic nervous system overdrive.

Our bodies and minds are bombarded from the moment we wake to the moment we sleep. With fear, stimulus, work, interruption and all manner of bullsh*t that takes us away from being in a Relaxed, Happy and Health Promoting STATE. The majority of the population are unaware that they are in this 'Sympathetic' state most of their waking lives. They are so far from feeling GOOD they believe it is normal to feel BAD. Too many struggle to find Happiness and health of Mind and Body. When was the last time you felt REALLY GOOD? if its been a while then stop!... take a different route today.

If we stand any chance of curing these kinds of diseases we must learn to harness our Nervous system and give the Mind and Body what it needs to relax, de-stress and get ourselves in this Para-sympathetic, Rest and Digest mode. Not only to prevent getting these Life shortening diseases but to also live a Long HAPPY life in a Body we Truly LOVE.
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On this Page you will find Ground Breaking Information that will help you become the BEST you can be, Physically and Mentally.

The Aim of this Page is to find the missing pieces to your life in Fitness, Health and Happiness. Fill in those little gaps and cracks in your Personality, Daily Routing, Outlook, Diet, Training and Recovery that Stop you Being the Person you want to BE.

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