Ep 50.2: MS/Posture & Anxiety

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Today I have a movement snack in regard to Posture and Anxiety and how when we are staring at our phone we are creating a fight or flight response within our bodies. 

You can check out Ep 14 with Dr Alyssa Runyon where she speaks more into the Vagus Nerve
Ep 14: Helping Families Ease Stress and Anxiety with Dr. Alyssa Runyon (buzzsprout.com)

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Episode Transcript

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It is always my goal to help you and your family move
more. So every Thursday, I amdropping a movement snack into
your ears to help you and yourfamily move more. It is our
movements snack of the week. Andtoday I want to talk to you
about posture and anxiety. Ihappened to be on a call with

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someone the other day, and shewas asking me about anxiety and
asked if I had any tips toprovide in regards to that. And
it made me realize that Iactually do. And it has to do
with our posture. So if youthink of yourself, we as busy

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moms, how we tend to holdourselves in life, when we're
sitting around, looking at ourphone. So if you look at your,
if you're looking down at yourphone, you're gonna start to
feel this four word roundingdown, right? And you might feel
like your ribs start to gripdown, and you're rounded. In

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that mid back area, yourshoulders are coming forward,
and you're staring down at yourphone. Okay. So what is this
creating, when you're in thisposition, think about what this
is, like. If you think about a,an animal out in the wild, who

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is being like a predator islooking at them watching them?
What did they do? They shrinkdown, they try to get small, and
their eyes focus in on that onething. What are you doing when

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you're looking at your phone, ifyou're looking at your phone,
you will notice that you stopseeing what is in your
periphery, because your eyes areso focused on the phone. And
then when you're in this roundedforward posture, it is as if you
are trying to get small, you'retrying to get smaller. So what

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is this do to your system? Whatis your body thinking is
occurring, it's probably leadingyou into a fight or flight
response without you even knowknowing it. And especially if
something that you're seeing onscreen is bothering you is

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creating a anger, disappointmentthings like that. Your whole
system is thinking it needs tobe in a fight or flight
situation, it is not realizingthe difference between you
staring down that tiger or youjust looking at your phone,

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okay, because you've gone intothis system of rounding down
protecting your body protectingyour core organs. That's what
happens when we round down.
We're protecting those coreorgans. And we're focused on one
specific thing. So it isimperative that we if you deal
with anxiety that you need tostart opening your body up,

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lengthening, taking deep breathsbecause your diaphragm gives
your vagus nerve a massage whenit is working correctly. It's
massaging that vagus nerve. Andthat when think if you have

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listened to the podcast, goingway back to Episode 14 with Dr.
Elissa Runyan, she talks abouthelping families ease stress and
anxiety. And she mentioned thevagus nerve how it's the
sympathetic and parasympatheticsystem. So if you want

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definitely go back and listen tothat to learn more about the
vagus nerve, but your diaphragmwhen you are breathing properly
and it's moving in thatposition, it will massage that
vagus nerve. So we need to workon opening up that chest taking
deep cleansing breaths and letthose eyes which I've mentioned

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before in a movement snack, letthem look at something far off
in the distance so that they canrelax. So that is what I'm going
to recommend for you today ismaybe try not to get into that
position often or if you are onewho tends to look at your phone

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a lot. Be aware because I alwaysthink that You awareness is
where we begin, if we don't knowwhat we're doing, and how it's
affecting the body, then wecan't change. So just by knowing
now, what I've mentioned inregards to this position, maybe
you can become more aware. Andmaybe you hold that sewn out in

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front of you instead of down towhere you're rounding your body
forward. Or maybe you take a fewminutes to look around, so that
you're not so focused in on onearea, like your phone. So
hopefully, that provides youwith some information. If you

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are feeling anxious, I wouldencourage you to reach out, I'd
be happy to talk with you. Thereare a lot of things that occur
within our body that areaffected and why we we may be
dealing with anxiety. So this isjust in regards to posture. But

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I can dive much deeper intobreathing with you breathing in
anxiety, posture and anxiety,nutrition and anxiety and then
your workout routine andanxiety. So I'd be happy to
speak with you more about thatif you are interested. So just
reach out to me. And as always,I hope you have a wonderful day.

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And make sure to get out andwarm. Thank you so much for
joining us today. If you coulddo me a favor if you like what
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go out and enjoy more movementsthroughout your day.