Category: nervous system regulation
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Change your body… change your mind
Our relationship to our body, in part, reflects our relationship to the world. Do fear, shame & powerlessness overcome us when we think about our body? Are the messages, cues and symptoms of the body things that need to be numbed or stifled with the latest lotion or potion? Does science know more than the…
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The Science of Empathy
Mirror Neurons… what are they? Mirror neurons are special brain cells that fire both when you perform an action and when you see someone else perform that same action. Discovered in the 1990s in monkeys, they’ve since been identified in humans, particularly in areas involved with motor function, emotion, and empathy. How Do Mirror Neurons…
D. Shannon Patterson, Chiropractor 