Is exercise important when healing trauma?

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 22:59:43 +0000

The other day someone asked me how I stay in a good ‘head space’ and on top of things given the sheer number of people I manage in my company, the content I create on a weekly and often daily basis, the social media ‘pings’, not to mention the usual messiness of life, a relationship and everything that comes with it. So how do I do it? EXERCISE. To be fair, I’m regulated in my autonomic nervous system, something I was lucky to have early on because of a solid and secure attachment with my parents. But like everyone, I’ve had my share of traumatic incidents, industrialized stressors and so on. So I’m not immune to stress, bacteria, or viruses, but I do account my strong life force energy to my lifelong love with physical activity, sport, and taking care of my body. Today’s vlog is all about this. The bottom line is this: We need to move. Physically, frequently, and with high intensity. If we can’t do this, then we need to take some steps to get to this, which means doing the work! I can show you those steps. Enjoy this new piece of education!

Resources and people I mention in this vlog:

1 - You can download my ENTIRE Master's thesis via this link: https://irenelyon.com/meet-irene/ - simple go to the 'my shiny credentials' section at the bottom of this page, and it is the final link on that list.

2 - Maria Fiatarone
https://sydney.edu.au/medicine....-health/schools/sydn

3 - More info on the polyvagal theory and the branches of the nervous system and vague nerve: https://youtu.be/8AnHlx3qZ30

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Irene Lyon, MSC. and nervous system expert, teaches people around the world how to work with the nervous system to transform trauma, heal body and mind, and live full, creative lives. To date her online programs have reached people in over 63 countries – but you can often find her teaching with Elia Mrak at their signature Up & Down workshops or hiking in the mountains or along the Pacific ocean in her hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia. She has her Master’s in Biomedical and Health Science and also has a knack for making complex info easy for ALL of us to understand and apply to our lives. She has extensively studied and practices the works of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, Peter Levine (founder of Somatic Experiencing) and Kathy Kain (founder of Somatic Practice).

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