Michelle Scandurro

I believe that when we learn to deliberately move our bodies between the sympathetic (go!) and parasympathetic (be still!) modes of the nervous system, we unlock health & peace in our bodies and minds.   Mindful meditation and restorative yoga are some of the most powerful tools to cultivate this skill.  Our culture expects our nervous systems to remain in the sympathetic and rewards that state; we rush to complete our “to do” lists and feed our perfectionistic tendencies.  We praise people who work excessively and view self-care as a luxury, something to do only when we’ve completed everything else on our lists.  Our devices encourage our minds to separate from our bodies, and we live in our heads.  This is not how we’re wired to work,  so it inevitably brings us into a place of dis-ease.  We’re taught from a young age to be productive, but we’re rarely taught how to rest & connect with our bodies.