Exercise combined with mindfulness helps improve depression, anxiety
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Exercise combined with mindfulness helps improve depression, anxiety
Heightened mindfulness is associated with increased levels of exercise motivation, study finds
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When I am filled with emotion, big muscle activity helps reduce my stress. “Physical exertion gives your brain a rest,” says Dr. Selye, and “helps us to stop worrying about the frustrating problem.”
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Practicing mindfulness involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax the body and mind and help reduce stress.” They go on to say that research has shown it to help with stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and physical issues such as hypertension.
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The shift began when the first research studies of meditation, notably transcendental meditation (TM), inspired the groundbreaking clinical paradigms of the 1970s and 1980s: Herb Benson’s relaxation response and Jon Kabat-Zinn’s mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) (Beary & Benson, 1974; Kabat-Zinn, 1982).
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Exercise does the following: Helps your brain to produce BDNF, which is like a fertilizer that helps your neurons grow. Improves your understanding, decision-making, and ability to focus. Helps you to switch between tasks. Helps people to recover from mental illness. Releases chemicals that help you get new ideas. Vegetables
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Randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction versus aerobic exercise: effects on the self-referential brain network in social anxiety disorder - PubMed
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