28/07/2024
💜 G R A T I T U D E 💜
Stress? Overwhelm? Are you focusing mainly things that you don’t have yet? Do you want to improve your live? ⬆️⬆️⬆️
Studies have shown taking a moment to feel gratitude causes significant physiological changes in your body that trigger the parasympathetic nervous system. This is the part of your nervous system that helps you to rest & digest. 🧖🏼♀️🔮✨
Gratitude and the response it causes supports you to slow down your heart rate, blood pressure and breathing to enhance your overall relaxation.
Researchers found out that the amygdala and hippocampus get activated by feelings of gratitude. These areas in the brain are responsible for regulating your emotions, memory and bodily functions. Gratitude also activates areas of your brain associated with feelings of bliss. 🧠
Quick Benefits of Gratitude:
-Helps with depression, anxiety and stress
-Reduces Pain due to the fact that Dopamine is a natural pain reliever
-improves sleep
-stabilises mood and immunity
-improves relationships
-strengthens the connections in the areas of the brain associated with positive emotions and weaken those tied to negative emotions
Do you practice gratitude yet? What is your experience? 👋🏻
