Your Spirit Animal is a Puffer Fish! How we are chemically prone to be emotional.

Over the past few months, I have been going back to some of the research that I have collected to increase the ability of the brain to be optimal. Ever since spending a bit of time with Dr. Norman Doidge for a course that we were both taking called Matrix Repatterning, I have kept my eyes and ears open to new approaches or old methods that can keep the mind finely tuned. Over the years and hundreds of articles and books to keep up to date it seems that having awareness about the mind is more important than ever. We are chemically prone to be emotional. We react to stimuli that create sadness, anxiety, happiness, and such that our phones are able to evoke.

(photo by James Lee)

For the brain to seek change something drastic has to happen. According to research for someone trying to change a habit such as smoking greatly increases when someone close dies or gets diagnosed related to smoking. We ignore or choose the possibility of cancer or death happening to us or the people we are around. Once it does come in contact within our circle a higher chance of quitting a habit occurs. We are operating only at a minimal percentage when we react through emotions and stressors. The emotional or if it was to be mapped on the brain, the limbic system is great for fight or flight but you probably know this is not so great for everyday living. The number #1 killer for humans is not stress but instead inflammation. When the nervous system responds like a blowfish by expanding to protect itself every day leads to a decrease in circulation and proper firing in the body. If you want a body that performs better must first start in the brain. We have to be diligent in how we let things in our thoughts for this can lead us to make costly mistakes. Guess what though it’s not your fault. The increase of sugars in everything and of course genetically modified products are one of the main causes for the brain to not respond at the highest peak. Here’s a little trick for you. According to research by having fats in the morning, GOOD FATS such as MCT (coconut oil), avocado, olive oil (cold), and other high-performing fuel for the brain keep you from not snapping at the person that just cut you off in line.

So from now till that next person that cuts off….pause…..breath……and like Mr. Castanza say these words, ‘Serenity NOW!!’ or increase your intake of some Good Fats to keep your brain and emotions in check.

Keep it Balanced

Garnet

What's New in 2020

Mindful Movement Fridays

Will be a short and weekly post on what we are up to from what is going on at M.O.A. Living, to what we are pondering on, resources that are worth reading, videos worth watching and on things that can help in the pursuit of an enhance body and mind.

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We would like to express our farewell to Candice Ohrablo, for the 3 years of service with M.O.A. Living Inc., as a Thai Massage Practitioner to a Manual Osteopath. She will taking on Acupuncture for her next studies this coming new year.  Unfortunately, due to conflicting schedules, she will no longer be practicing at M.O.A. Living, as of January 1, 2020. We wish you all the best in your new venture Candice.  

We are in the process of looking for her replacement, as a Manual Osteopath in the next few weeks.  We will keep you posted once we have found the right fit. On that note we will also have new Massage Therapists and Personal Trainers that will be joining us in the following year. 

We have always envisioned a space that enables us to treat the body as effectively as possible to ensure enhanced performance. We hope to polish this method throughout the new year. 

In addition, we have an added service for 2020, we will be implementing direct billing in the next month and would like to invite anyone who would like to sign up. All we need is your policy number and insurance provider to set you up in our system.  We appreciate your patience as we move forward with this new service and would want to make the administrative part of health as minimal on your end. Allowing us to focus on your health and let us handle the rest. 

We wish you all the best for 2020, to epic adventures and memorable experiences. Cheers to all of you that make this life count. 

Keep it Balanced!

Garnet Santicruz

M.O.A. Living Wellness Clinic