Gratitude is more than a fleeting feeling, it’s a full-body experience that can transform how your brain, heart, and nervous system function. In this episode, yoga therapist Mikah Horn unpacks the science behind gratitude and how it strengthens the mind-body connection. You’ll discover how this simple practice rewires your brain for positivity, calms your stress response, and even supports heart health and immunity. Then, Mikah guides you through a short embodied reflection to help you feel gratitude in your body, so it becomes more than a thought, it becomes a lived state.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How gratitude reshapes your brain through neuroplasticity and boosts mood-regulating neurotransmitters
• Why appreciation activates your parasympathetic nervous system and lowers stress hormones
• The surprising ways gratitude supports heart health, sleep, and immune resilience
• How an embodied gratitude practice can help you rest in sufficiency and soften striving
• A short guided exercise to feel gratitude in motion and bring calm to your day

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Research Sources: The physiological benefits discussed in this episode are supported by peer-reviewed studies in neuroscience, psychology, and health science. Full citations are listed on my website for listeners who want to explore the research further.