Dr. Michael Day

Dr. Michael Day http://www.mountainmovementcenter.com Dr. Day wants to inspire you to find the place where Health and Faith intersect.

Your body was designed to heal and have vitality. Dr. Day had all but lost hope when he was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Migraines and spent years searching for answers. This website encompasses all of the lessons he learned, and his passion to help each and every individual discover just how much of a gift their body and mind are.

I had trouble breaking sugar’s effects on my life until I realized that my constant cravings were more about unresolved ...
09/21/2022

I had trouble breaking sugar’s effects on my life until I realized that my constant cravings were more about unresolved emotional issues and chronic stress. I couldn’t drive past a fast food restaurant without wanting to grab a soda.
It doesn’t have to be food either. Most of us now crave our phones, or we watch too much auto play episodes of shows at night. =)

When we crave we are looking for a brief lift in our brains and bodies. Stress, fatigue, boredom, or any number of other emotions have taken hold.

In the program I’ve created, Restoration Plan, we spend more time feeding our Spirit and commit to a rediscovery of God’s purpose for our lives because then we can shift our focus there.

We rediscover the joy of exercise, art, vocation, family, and rest. Each persons “why” looks different. But like a person awaking from a long slumber, the participants realize they put a hobby or passion aside they brings them great joy.
“I can get well for lifting my grandchild and taking them to the park.”
“I can eat clean so that I can help in the world of fostering for years to come, I don’t want to be so tired anymore.”
“I can cut out this craving so that I can get back to playing tennis with my friends.”

If we deepen the why, instead of just focusing on how bad we are for craving, then we can truly shift.

Don’t forget to fill your Joy reservoir today. Start with 30 min broken into small bits of simple things that bring you...
09/20/2022

Don’t forget to fill your Joy reservoir today. Start with 30 min broken into small bits of simple things that bring you joy Your Spirit needs it.

Favorite book or movie character day. Napoleon Dynamite and Johnny Appleseed.
04/12/2022

Favorite book or movie character day. Napoleon Dynamite and Johnny Appleseed.

04/04/2022

Morning sun 🌞 + Prayer 🙏🏼 + Breathing 🫁 : Are the perfect recipe for waking up the mind body and Spirit. Talking to patients tableside every day, one of the great maladies of modern day is we are all in a rush, which then creates a ton of stress upon every part of our being.

When I was dealing with chronic fatigue for many years, with some experimentation I found that I felt better when I got out and had morning sun exposure and worked on my breathing.

Next I begin to experiment with reciting the Lords prayer in my mind, expanding on each statement in my Spirit. When I exhale, now I’m not only blowing out air, I’m blowing out and releasing my concerns and cares.

My entire perspective is changed after this morning discipline, and you only need 3 to 5 minutes to complete it!

Research shows you will have more wakefulness, your mood will be better, and you will feel less sleepy throughout the entire entire day if you get this morning sun exposure.

Don’t have time first thing in the morning? Sneak outside for a mini break at work, or at lunch, we can all fine 3 to 5 minutes sometime.

The little steps climb mountains


1.) Prayer has been shown to change Heart Rate Variability Which is a measure of how our body can handle stress. When s...
12/24/2021

1.) Prayer has been shown to change Heart Rate Variability Which is a measure of how our body can handle stress. When someone has high heart rate variability, they show that they have a healthy parasympathetic nervous system that can react to stress properly. In several papers it’s been shown that those who pray have a higher HRV!

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

The events of the past can disrupt the heart rhythm and brain and how they signal physiologically and handle daily stress and how we perceive our day and our future.

This heart to prayer connectedness to me is God’s sense of creativity in that everything perfectly works together . The very prayers that heal our physical heart heal our spiritual heart and vice versa. He has hidden his amazing Grace away in plain sight in the most simple activities: heart focused prayer and gratitude.

Giving the entirety of our broken heart and hurts from the past over is so freeing and can have drastic effects on the next 3 health tips!

2.) Time outdoors is becoming a rarity for many. This is another activity we can do so simply and it can have drastic ramifications on our perspective and wellbeing.
Keep a star or moon tracking journal and truly learn to wonder at nature and it’s amazing sounds, smells and sights again.

3.) The microbiome is the beneficial bacteria that help give you immunity and stimulate lymphatic cells. Keep your diet filled with good fiber and low sugar. Eat 1 fermented food daily and take a good probiotic.
For those we see in our practice who really struggle we have complete gut healing protocols and microbiome testing such as the GI Map test.

12/20/2021

This Christmas try to ENJOY and then PAUSE ⏸. Enjoy the powerful taste and sensation and give thanks for the amazing experience and then pause. ⏸ That is where you gain control of excess and can internally monitor if you are full before going too far.
Enjoy Christ and his promises.
Enjoy those around you and the sounds and smells
Enjoy the vision you are building for new things.
Enjoy the Rest.

When we can diversify our joy we can hedge against overeating and allow ourselves the Grace to enjoy.

Changing the world is closer than you think!
12/15/2021

Changing the world is closer than you think!

12/15/2021

🧎🏽‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏃🏽 You can create new thought pattern trails with focused effort and prayer and movement!

Neuroplasticity research shows that movement, Prayer and focus can create new Pathways 🗻 on the adventure that is our mind.

So no matter what you’ve been through you can heal!

🏃🏽It won’t be easy. When you create new trails you have to Bushwhack. You will want to turn back . To give up that workout, to not work on breathing, to not get inspired reading and praying.

🧎🏽‍♂️But Blazing new trails is always worth it! I’ve seen it change thousands of patients lives.

🏃🏾‍♀️Commit to 10 new gratitude thoughts a day, 5 more minutes of exercise than you did yesterday and use your malleable brain to write down goals and create new vision.

🗻a lot of signals are coming up from the body to the brain to create new pathways. So flexibility and breathing, and a workout combined with a scripture you are meditating on is like supercharging your neuroplasticity change!

🌞don’t quit when you get deep on the new trail. Keep going!

12/13/2021

🔥 The Pressure and Heat of Life are Inevitable.
To have a Health Comeback you have to shift your perspective and not let the heat shrink you back and lead you to quit.

Pray to see more opportunities because of the heat for :
🔥Gratitude for new things
🔥clearing our negative thoughts patterns and habits
🔥The ability to relate to others in a trial and the skills to now help and encourage them
🔥A refocus of Gods plan for your life

The heat may not go away but it can be a Catalyst for a new life. There’s always another in the fire with you!

12/13/2021

It’s about the Big Picture with functional and natural medicine .
You can’t prescribe a probiotic without explaining the effects stress and emotions have on the Gut, Brain, Axis.
As well, addressing neurotransmitter balance when healing the gut or immune system is so vital!
1.) Think of your two way street and take time to relax and rest before your next meal. Say Grace and spend some time being grateful.
2.) Notice how much your daily stress ties in to your energy levels.
3.) Spend time on stress relieving hobbies, music and time in nature daily.
4.) Get enough exercise daily to be out of breath and not too much that you are exhausted during the healing phase.

10/13/2021

🍲 Food Reset Tip: Learn your triggers 🪤 and build your Joy Reservoir. ⬆️
Many times we are trying to get our eating and lifestyle back on track.
But we haven’t analyzed and built self awareness to look for triggers in our life or how to manage them.
Not addressing Emotional health, and busy schedules and lack of quiet time can all drop down our joy Reservoir, changing the neurotransmitters in our brain. This will make us crave! We will go back to the old food to bring our brain and joy Reservoir up artificially.
In the Restoration Plan I’ve written we are journaling daily and learning our life again .
Then we change our vision about the Why of the change. We journal and connect to big goals God has for us and we have for ourselves. Then we check in with our reservoir throughout the day with Movement Snacks, brain breaks called (hammock moments) and we infuse more Joy into our “everyday”
When you have been though tough times this could be the only way to reset your food. I had begun to move less and eat worse because of trauma I had been through . Until I worked through the Joy Reservoir concept I couldn’t breakthrough.!

Step 1: journal. Study and pray about your day and begin to be more observant about your daily patterns
Step 2: infuse more gratitude into all you do. Move 5 minutes more a day, stretch 5 minutes more a day.
Step 3: unplug from media more often!
Step 4: say no. If we take on too many things into our schedule. There is no time to fill our reservoir!

I want to help people from all walks of life build their mindset and spirit up for the journey of healing, whatever they...
10/10/2021

I want to help people from all walks of life build their mindset and spirit up for the journey of healing, whatever they are going through. We often wish our health or emotional battle would just go away. What I found was that God was calling me to ask, seek, and knock and go on a journey. That journey had plateaus and setbacks and hardships. But the lessons and the mentors and the guides I met were all part of who I am now. It was NOT easy, but I kept pressing and learned so much to help others!
I went from bedridden and on five prescription medications to healthy and vibrant.
It was a Spiritual and Mind shift first. Then my food, and movement and natural healthcare began to really work and I could stick to radical lifestyle changes because I had changed from the inside out! Thank you God!

10/06/2021

TECH NECK solution. The 📱 is hurting our necks! Star Wars edition 🌙
Take a break and make the crown of your head point to the sky. When looking at our phones or computers our head goes forward taxing our muscles, joints and nervous system.
This can lead to changes in breathing, stress perception and muscle and joint pain!
1.) lift the crown of the head.
2.) take five deep breaths.
3.) relax your muscles of your face and jaw.
4.) pray, recite a scripture , meditate on the good and use the time to fill your joy reservoir back up!

Big thanks to for the light saber and edit!

09/29/2021

Anyone out there with Tech neck pain?
This simple tip could help. Orient yourself to your sternum and lift it as if you have a string pulling it towards the ceiling. As you do this, your shoulders and ears will become more aligned and your shoulder blades will sit back where they are supposed to. Now take a five exhale mini “hammock moment” break from the Tech.

09/26/2021

🍲 You can Reset your Food and have a health breakthrough by “Setting a New Vision”. 👓 Sit down and spend some time in prayer and ask God to remind you of all the purposes, people and plans that can light up your Spirit with new vision. Now every time you eat, you connect the “big picture “ to your healthy plate. 🥗 When we focus on symptoms and self judgement the stress of these emotions makes a crave more! 🍰 Set your vision and change your health. Ask God to help and spend the time and write out 📝 what you are reminded of in a time of reflection. In my darkest health days of chronic Fatigue and digestive issues, I envisioned helping patients, and being vibrant for my future family. I was able to cut sugar and my comfort fast foods by praying over this vision daily. Remember you don’t have to be perfect!

09/23/2021

💨 breathing can help w/ chronic fatigue.😔 Try this homework 📚 to reset your stress and feel more energy during the day.
Ten deep breaths. 4 second inhale. 7 second exhale. Repeat 🔁 5x a day.
Follow for more health tips like this weekly!

09/20/2021

Try this Body awareness exercise to let go of muscle tension ! So many of us hold tension and stress that we can let go of with simple awareness and breathing. That muscle tension registers to our brain as a “sympathetic “ signal . Sympathetic or “stress” dominance changes cognition, memory, focus and energy levels!
I have found doing this exercise helps you build physical and mental awareness to the foods, postures and life events that we react negatively to. Once we grow in awareness we can make positive changes !

Try a 7 second exhale for every muscle area you contract and relax. Close your eyes and really focus for 5 minutes a day!

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