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The world is an unstable place. Whether it\u2019s politics, your career or the appropriate length for jeans \u2014 the ground is constantly shifting. And if the world feels unstable long enough, your mind and body can enter a perpetual state of high alert.<\/p>\n

The psychological experience of this anxiety can result in physicals symptoms: a racing heart rate, higher blood pressure and shallower breathing, for example. And while some tools like cognitive behavioral therapy can be useful for treating the mind, there are others that start with the body and help the mind to follow.<\/p>\n

\u201cStrengthening the connection between the body and the mind is a two-way street,\u201d said Cassandra Vieten, a clinical professor of psychology and director of the Center for Mindfulness at the University of California, San Diego. Just as your thoughts can influence your body, moving your body can influence your thoughts. It\u2019s like \u201creverse engineering your mindfulness,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

In recent years, a small but growing number of fitness and mental health professionals have tried find specific movements that can lower your stress level on demand. Unlike conventional workouts, the goal isn\u2019t to get your heart rate up, but down, allowing you to emerge feeling emotionally stronger and more resilient, regardless of your fitness level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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These anti-anxiety routines go by many names \u2014 somatic<\/a> movement, embodied exercise or even yoga therapy \u2014 but generally fall under the umbrella of mindful<\/a> movement. Formal research into which moves might be most effective is still nascent. But most are low-commitment, low-impact and low-intensity.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, the Times enlisted the help of Erica Hornthal, a dance and movement therapist based in Chicago, along with a handful of other anti-anxiety exercise experts, to help create an seven-minute workout of fundamental calm-inducing movements to add to your mental health tool kit.<\/p>\n

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The world is an unstable place. Whether it\u2019s politics, your career or the appropriate length for jeans \u2014 the ground is constantly shifting. And if the world feels unstable long enough, your mind and body can enter a perpetual state of high alert.The psychological experience of this anxiety can result in physicals symptoms: a racing heart rate, higher blood pressure and shallower breathing, for example. And while some tools like cognitive behavioral therapy can be useful for treating the mind, there are others that start with the body and help the mind to follow.\u201cStrengthening the connection between the body and the mind is a two-way street,\u201d said Cassandra Vieten, a clinical professor of psychology and director of the Center for Mindfulness at the University of California, San Diego. Just as your thoughts can influence your body, moving your body can influence your thoughts. It\u2019s like \u201creverse engineering your mindfulness,\u201d she added.In recent years, a small but growing number of fitness and mental health professionals have tried find specific movements that can lower your stress level on demand. Unlike conventional workouts, the goal isn\u2019t to get your heart rate up, but down, allowing you to emerge feeling emotionally stronger and more resilient, regardless of your fitness level.These anti-anxiety routines go by many names \u2014 somatic movement, embodied exercise or even yoga therapy \u2014 but generally fall under the umbrella of mindful movement. Formal research into which moves might be most effective is still nascent. But most are low-commitment, low-impact and low-intensity.With this in mind, the Times enlisted the help of Erica Hornthal, a dance and movement therapist based in Chicago, along with a handful of other anti-anxiety exercise experts, to help create an seven-minute workout of fundamental calm-inducing movements to add to your mental health tool kit.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14398,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14399,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14396\/revisions\/14399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}