Movement helps us connect to our own embodiment and bring mind and body back together, when mind tends to time travel away from what is happening right now.

practices for downregulating

Combatting Increasingly Sedentary Lives

“We’ve built a world that rewards stillness,” Diaz says. “Our workplaces, our commutes, even our homes - everything is designed around sitting. The question isn’t how to get people to exercise more. It’s how to rebuild the systems that keep us sitting still.” 1

Footnotes

  1. Built to Move: Redefining Everyday Health