It is everywhere in your body, but what is ‘fascia’? Discover the biological spandex that helps determine your health. We are wrapped up in it, but science has long ignored fascia, the connective tissue around organs and muscles. Now it…
Stress affects the body Stress affects all systems of the body including the musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, nervous, and reproductive systems. Musculoskeletal system When the body is stressed, muscles tense up. Muscle tension is almost a reflex reaction to…
Evolution of humanity This clock representation shows some of Earth’s major geological time units and definitive events. The Hadean eon represents the time before the fossil record of life on Earth; its upper boundary is now regarded as 4.0 Ga…
Short Yang Form Many people ask me which form of Tai Chi I practise. On the past World Tai Chi day ( 30 April), I could get acquainted with the Wu form given by Inge Van Den Eynde through her…
Fight or Flight The overarching principle of the fight-or-flight response is marshalling resources for immediate needs instead of building for the future, act now and ask questions later. The hormonal rush of epinephrine focuses on the body, increasing heart rate…
How to handle stress at work? If you’re currently working, you probably know what it feels like to be stressed on the job. A must-do project arrives without warning. Three emails stack up for each one you delete. Phones ring,…
The primary source of stress John J. Ratey wrote the article below in 2008 in his book SPARK. The facts and figures were already clear then. So why don’t we do it? Since the office is a primary source of…
In the last blog, we discussed how to Inoculate Yourself, today part 3: The Alarm System. Emergency phase Triggered by a primitive call to survive, the body’s stress response is a built-in gift of evolution without which we wouldn’t be…
In the last blog, we discussed the Redefinition of Stress, today part 2: Inoculate Yourself. How the body and brain respond to stress depends on many factors, not the least of which is your genetic background and personal experience. Today…
In the coming blogs, I will go deeper into the basics behind stress’s impact on our body-mind system. Today part 1: Redefining stress Everybody knows stress, but do they really? It comes in many shapes and sizes, acute and chronic…
