Why Practice Gratitude?
Practicing gratitude helps decrease negative thinking this also includes the notion that positive emotions beget more positive emotions. This allows our thoughts and perspective to expand and broaden, our minds are then relaxed enough to fully utilize our brains, not just the amygdala sending the distress signals in fight or flight.
Our brains are hard wired to see danger and that is how humans have survived throughout the ages.
Today, chances are you do not have a saber tooth tiger sitting on your doorstep, nonetheless, we are still wired to see the negative and danger. How do we shift this? How do we break the cycle?
Neuroscientist Dr. Rick Hanson says “our minds are Velcro for negative information but Teflon for positive”
1st off: What is the big deal about gratitude:
Well, for my science junkies out there here it is
“Don’t go Changin”
Well, let’s consider another perspective
Changing up our environment, learning new things, getting enough rest & exercise, can improve the neuroplasticity (the ability for your brain to change).
Why do we want to improve this?
It helps adult learning helps improve emotional intelligence & intuition improves overall cognitive functioning helps prevent Neurodegeneration
What are the best ways to improve our brain plasticity?
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Food, transportation & recycling “oh my”
Here is what I have experienced in “markets” category.
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Food, transportation & recycling “oh my”
Here is what I have experienced in “markets” category.
Have you “awe” walked lately?
Walking improves both your psychological and physical health.
There is a great way to practice mindfulness and increase your physical activity, it is called an Awe Walk. An “Awe walk “is a mindfulness practice that shifts your attention from the internal to the external. This walk can be as short at 15 minutes with the purpose of taking in your surroundings in a focused way this includes utilizes your senses like, sight, smell, sound and even touch. Take a few breaths to center yourself and then begin to take is the surroundings and looking at it with awe and wonder. “Awe” is recognizing something that is larger than you from a metaphoric sense, looking at the world with wonder, reverence and admiration. The feeling of awe is a positive emotion, by feeling positive emotions our mood becomes elevated, our perspective broadens and we feel happier. Both Awe and walking produce “happy hormones” put them...
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