This content was created by Mona Sharma. This content was uploaded by Mona Sharma. This is a YouTube video titled "Overwhelmed & Exhausted? This Is Why It Hits You Harder" featuring Mona Sharma discussing the ancient wisdom of stress management in various traditional practices and how modern science is aligning with these insights.
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The ancient wisdom around stress in Ayurveda, in yogic traditions, we've known for a long time that stress lives in our nervous system and in our gut, especially our vata imbalances. And from a traditional Chinese medicine to indigenous healing practices, the focus has always been on restoring the balance of the mind and the body connection. They've known this before adding any modalities. It's really checking in on the balance within the mind and the body. Science is now catching on to this ancient wisdom. In fact, studies show that practices like deep breathing, like meditation or gentle movement, spending quality time in nature and grounding or even gratitude practices, they actually shift our body from that fight or flight state into that rest and digest state. They're essential and paramount to feeling our best every single day. And for our body to function.