Health & Travel - Move to Your Groove, 14 Ways to Overall Health

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Move to Your Groove

Did you know - physical & mental health are connected. If you have poor physical health, it can lower your mental health. And likewise, poor mental health will affect your physical health.

I can attest to this: chronic stress caused a mental health decline which then caused a physical health decline, including: increased illnesses, loss of sleep, teeth grinding, weight gain, and more.

See my Blog: What's Always with You & Healthier than a Gym? If you're having fun & moving your body - then let's not call it exercise? It's your HAPPY JAM.

14 Ways Exercise/Activity Increases Overall Wellness

1. Exercise improves your heart & cardiovascular health, strengthens bones, and keeps your digestive system working properly.

2. It helps maintain a healthy mental & emotional state, which increases your positive emotions & happy hormones. See my blog: 16 Ways to Make Happy Hormones.

3. It helps produce endorphins, your - (que music) - "I feel good, Na-na Na-na Na-na Na" hormones. All types of aerobic type activity, like bicycling or basketball can produce those "feel good" feelings. Even walking does the trick if you alternate average & fast paces.

4. It improves your focus, memory, and cognitive (thinking) function.

5. It strengthens your immune system & lowers the risk of disease.

6. Exercise reduces stress, anxiety, and depression.

7. It helps you relax & get better sleep.

8. It's a type of meditation. With more complicated exercises like tennis, trail jogging, and choreographed dance/cardio your mind focuses on the moves or how to avoid obstacles. This means your mind forgets about the stressful day. If walking: talk to a friend, pray, or see how many animals, flowers, and shrooms you can spot.

9. Your natural "fight or flight" instinct is an acute stress response. The nervous system reacts to dangerous/stressful situations & adjusts your respiratory & heart rates, controlling your sub-conscious reactions. With regular exercise, your body produces less stress hormones like cortisol & the fight/flight reaction is reduced.

10. Exercise helps your body's systems work together, which also lowers the "fight or flight" reactions.

11. Walking at a brisk pace after the onset of stress, helps your muscles relax. You're also breathing deeper which helps calm you.

12. Exercise improves your mood & boosts self confidence.

13. It gives you more energy to handle every day chores & activities.

14. Exercise also helps you control current health concerns: high blood pressure, insulin sensitivity, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, ADHD, and more.

Health Hack

For a mid-day recharge, do this 3 days/week at work. Do a 40 minute fun activity + calming stretch. Then eat lunch feeling refreshed.

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