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MOVEMENT SNACKS
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The Top Ten Benefits of Movement Snacks!
- You do them! This creates a movement habit and consistency that leads to lasting results.
- Rebalances your body and decreases the risk of injury.
- Create a solid foundation to enjoy other activities and sports
- Increases mobility - the gateway to all movements.
- Helps release unconscious tension that you didn't know you were carrying.
- Your brain and body thrive on a little bit of variety.
- Increases neuroplasticty and positive ageing with co-ordination challenges
- You'll always have options for active recovery as well as a workout.
- You can do them anywhere.
- They energise you and won't leave you exhausted, and you'll enjoy your day and life more.
When it comes to movement, people often take on an all or nothing approach. You might align with one of these two personalities. Maybe you have found your movement practice, but you don’t push yourself out of that box much— you like to stick to your comfort zone, and do what you love as much as possible!
On the other hand, some people never find a form of movement that works for them. You hesitate to dive into anything because you feel like you have to put in an hour a day, or a ton of gym time, to ever feel strong.
Movement Snacks in their most basic form are little bite sized practices you can do for 5-10 minutes each day. This can range from rolling, to mobility, to simply getting up and down off the ground. The reason I cherish this idea so much is because Movement Snacks are beneficial for the lifelong athlete, or the everyday person who just wants to feel better.
EveryBODY should feel pain free and at ease in their movements.
I think it’s important for everyone to liberate themselves from whatever limiting beliefs you may have around movement. Maybe you think you’re too busy, you want to spend more time with your loved ones, or you just don’t want to step away from the form of training you adore.
Or that you’re too old or injured to start moving again.
You’re not.
Movement Snacks are all about diversifying your movement, and identifying the parts of your body that might not get as much attention.
If you made a sculpture of your body at the end of the day based on your movement, what would it look like?
1: BREATHING
The benefits of:
How well you breathe will determine how well you move. The body is always scanning its environment for threats and your breath is a determining factor.
How you breathe tells your body whether you are safe or not. Imagine if you could conserve energy and calm your nervous system by shifting how you breathe. YOU CAN. Train it and see how it creates more opportunity in your movement practice.
Pay special attention to -> Chin tucked in, looking between the legs, tongue on the roof of the mouth (you can find this position by swallowing) nose breathing, mouth closed. Make sure that the belly is expanding and contracting. If this isn’t possible go back to the previous drill and get comfortable there first.
2. Rolling:
Rolling engages various muscle groups, stimulates the vestibular system, and encourages cross-body movement. These actions promote body awareness and coordination, triggering a calming effect on the nervous system.
3. ROCKING:
Rocking motions, whether in a rocking chair or gently swaying back and forth, mimic the comforting movement experienced in early childhood. This rhythmic motion soothes the nervous system, promoting relaxation and reducing stress.
4. CRAWLING:
Engaging in crawling movements activates both sides of the brain, improving coordination and stimulating the nervous system in a way that can have a calming effect.
5. 360 Degrees STRONG:
If you aren’t a generalist in your movement, your body isn’t prepared to take on new physical challenges in your daily life. For example maybe you’re amazing at lifting weights, but the moment you have to stretch your body in a foreign way your nervous system goes “oh no, it’s not safe to do that, we can’t do this.” Your body tries to protect you from entering these uncharted territories, because it’s not prepared or accustomed to moving in this way. This can create a world of limitation for even the most natural athlete, and limitations are the thief of freedom in our life.
Everyone deserves to feel capable and strong, especially in midlife. Movement Snacks engage these new variations of movement in an accessible way. It’s ten minutes a day that helps your body become 360 degrees strong.
It feels good and we are happier and feel more confident and positive when we are able to move in more ways than we used to.
To have more range of motion outside of your normal usage with ease, and doing things at funny odd non-optimal angles, you'll start transferring skills from what happens in your Movement Snacks to what happens in daily life.
To be able to lift a big bag of dog food out of the back seat of a car where everything's in the wrong place and awkward, to be able ot balance better when riding your bike, or to not have a stiff back and hips before and after running.