Patterns of Deep Response

Tag: health

  • do therapy

    Action Find a therapeutic modality you respond well to and do it. Your therapeutic modality of choice could be ACT, it could be EMDR, it could be regular yoga, it could be grounded in a religious context, it could be lifting weights, it could be fishin’. Discussion Almost everybody will improve their subjective experience of…

  • schedule workout dates with friends

    Action Schedule dates to work out with friends. Ideally, schedule regular weekly workout dates with friends. The workouts can be cardio (walk, run, bike, swim) or strength (calisthenics, bodyweight, kettlebell, DIY crossfit, olympic, etc) or mobility (yoga, tai chi). Discussion It’s difficult for most people to stick to a consistent workout schedule on their own.…

  • design mandatory movement into your life

    Action Instead of designing movement-minimizing solutions into your life, design movement-maximizing or movement-optimizing solutions into your life. Some examples: Discussion Human bodies are designed to move, but they also are designed to adapt. If you move a lot, your body adapts to moving a lot. If you don’t move very much, your body adapts to…