The Wellness Mama Podcast How Kids Can Build Better Brain Habits in Five Minutes a Day Using Martial Arts With HomeDojo
Mar 1, 2023
01:03:11
Episode Highlights With Alex
- How martial arts benefit the brain, what this particular type is, and why it’s especially beneficial
- Ways martial arts can teach self regulation and calm for kids
- The rare forms of martial arts we are talking about and why there are only a few instructors in the world
- The body keeps the score, and how martial arts helps untangle some of these things
- How these forms of martial arts lead to more oxytocin and less aggression
- Crossbody movements benefit the nervous system and body
- How these forms of martial arts can increase feelings of safety in the body and help the nervous system shift into parasympathetic
- The core principles of these forms of martial arts and how they are beneficial to children
- How kids can learn this approach at home with no driving required for parents
Resources We Mention
- Homdojo.io/wellnessmama
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
- TED Talk: Cognitive Kali
- What Do You Do With a Problem? by Kobi Yamada
- A course in Miracles online handbook
- Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David R. Hawkins M.D. Ph.D
- Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown
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