Mindful Musings

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  • Breathing pt. 2

    0:00 - Introduction 

    0:30 - Why soft food is an issue 

    2:00 - First instances of farming cultures and malocclusion 

    4:00 - The anthropological disconnect (orthodontists lack knowledge of the connection between mastication and malocclusion)

    5:15 - Dr. Mew (connecting malocclusion and mastication) 

    6:30 - Having a large enough mouth = less malocclusion

    8:00 - Processing food 

    10:30 - Weston Price and nutritional needs 

    14:00 - How your mouth (teeth) effects your nose and breathing passages 

    15:30 - Deviated septums and airflow issues 

    18:00 - Obstructed breathing 

    19:00 - Obstructed breathing and ADHD 

    20:40 - identifying obstructed breathing

    23:00 - John Mew 

    26:00 - The autonomic nervous system 

    27:15 - Sympathetic overload 

    28:00 - Vagus nerve


    42 min
  • Dealing with Gym Anxiety

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    The show notes:

    0:00 - intro 

    3:00 - No one is looking at you 

    7:00 - Think you are not “good enough” 

    9:45 - Tool for returning to the gym 

    13:00 - Expectations with this tool 

    13:30 - anxiety around “what to do in the gym” and goals 

    14:00 - defining a good goal 

    15:00 - the actual goal and finding the path 

    17:00 - exposing yourself to the environment and finding comfort 

    17:30 - community and belonging at the gym 

    19:00 - gym and workout cultures


    24 min
  • Digital Connection, Video Games, and mental health

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    Discord mindful movement server: https://discord.gg/k2PKpj

    Add me on discord: naomilynn#5486

    0:00 - Intro 

    0:50 - housekeeping, putting the podcast on youtube, add me on Instagram 

    IG: mindful.movement.cpt

    2:35 - Gaming for social connection - moderation 

    4:45 - explaining the gamer lingo (team speak, open world games, etc.)

    8:00 - discord 

    Discord download link: https://discord.com/download

    Discord mindful movement server: https://discord.gg/k2PKpj

    Add me on discord: naomilynn#5486

    9:00 - elderly studies on cognition and connection

    https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1328202.1328206

    https://crimsonpublishers.com/ggs/pdf/GGS.000504.pdf

    https://journal.gerontechnology.org/archives/1054-1055-1-PB.pdf

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23971430/

    14:30 - The gamer community; twitch, discord, and gaming - how they parallel to other communities

    15:45 - the need for human connection through tribe/ community

    18:35 - digital connection 

    20:00 - you ARE the media 

    21:30 - digital connection via audio 

    25:00 - closing thoughts


    27 min
  • Stay at home weight gain - the mental aspects

    05 Show notes - Stay at home weight gain - the mental aspects 

    0:15 - intro 

    0:45 - episode start 

    2:05 - introversion  and extroversion 

    4:45 - solutions for extroverts 

    10:05 - self-soothing with environmental manipulation 

    12:00 - self-soothing with food 

    15:00 - catching yourself in the middle of self-soothing with food and solutions 

    15:45 - feeling wheel 

    17:00 - digging deeper 

    19:00 - pulling yourself out; grounding yourself to bring the whole brain back online 

    20:45 - short term self-soothing solutions 

    24:00 - being proactive

    29:10 - simplest “duh” tip to stop eating crap


    34 min
  • 05 - Stay at home weight gain, the mental aspects
    0:15 - intro 
    0:45 - episode start 
    2:05 - introversion  and extroversion 
    4:45 - solutions for extroverts 
    10:05 - self-soothing with environmental manipulation 
    12:00 - self-soothing with food 
    15:00 - catching yourself in the middle of self-soothing with food and solutions 
    15:45 - feeling wheel 
    17:00 - digging deeper 
    19:00 - pulling yourself out; grounding yourself to bring the whole brain back online 
    20:45 - short term self-soothing solutions 
    24:00 - being proactive
    29:10 - simplest “duh” tip to stop eating crap
    34 min
  • Injuries and common "dysfunctions" in movement

    0:00 - Intro 

    1:00 - Injury intro 

    2:00 - Go to the doctor, please… (generalizations) 

    3:00 - RICE (rest, ice, compress, elevate) 

    4:00 - Upper Body dysfunctions 

    5:00 - Sleeping on your side, smashing of your AC joint 

    6:00 - scapular movement and proper joint articulation 

    7:45 - shoulder pain and the gym 

    9:00 - shoulder pain fixes

    12:30 - Listen to me and eat you dang greens 

    13:30 - Popper Y movement for scapular and shoulder/arm movement 

    15:30 - lower body dysfunctions 

    17:30 - flexion and extension 

    18:00 - Proper sitting position 

    21:00 - fixing it 

    29 min
  • Special Guest Kamal X

    Kamal X’s info: https://campsite.bio/iamkamalx

    0:00 - Introduction 

    4:00 - How we know each other, Personal Training school

    12:00 - Fitness industry and parallels with being hard on yourself 

    15:00 - being hard on yourself 

    25:00 - beauty in lower standards 

    35:00 - yard duties 

    45:00 - being selfish first

    55:00 - fear, respect, and understanding 

    1:05 - “how does this serve me”

    1:10 - taking steps forward - JUST DO IT

    1:15 - tribe shout out 

    Tribe shout out this week:

    ISWUTT Podcast feed - anchor.fm/ISWUTT

    Photographer : Omez - find him on IG at: IamOmeez



    1 hr 19 min
  • Breathing pt.1

    1:09 - James Nestor’s book Breath, The new science of a lost art 

    1:40 - Mouth Breathing 

    3:20 - Harvold Monkey experiment: American Journal of ORTHODONTICS Primate experiments on oral respiration

    5:10 - All about noses 

    6:00 - Nose boners 

    7:30 - Right and Left nasal breathing effects 

    8:16 - Case study 

    8:40 - Thoracic Pump 

    11:55 - Better Breath Guided Breathing 

    13:30 - Fixing it 

    14:30- Slower Breathing and the importance of Carbon Dioxide

    16:05 - breath, how carbon dioxide and oxygen travel through the body and perfuse tissues

    17:45 - Feelings from higher carbon dioxide and oxygen 

    19:00 - Buteyko method 

    20:00 - Asthma and breathing less 

    22:40 - Buffering 

    25:00 - Outro

    Resources mentioned: 

    • Anders Olsen Website: https://www.consciousbreathing.com/meet-anders-olsson/
    • Breath by James Nestor Book: https://amzn.to/2XHHzVI

    26 min
  • Practicing Empathy and Understanding in a Polarized Society

    Episode #1

    Summary: In today's episode I speak on practicing empathy and how it might be a powerful tool for your mental health. Join me for 40 minutes on my first fore into the Mindful Movement Podcast, I hope you learned something or at the very least were entertained.

    Tribe Shout out:

    My very good friend, Kamal X

    his IG

    his podcast " A Quest Supreme" here

    his website and photography here

    Topics mentioned:

    Greek words for love:

    • Eros (romantic, passionate love)
    • Philia (affectionate love)
    • Agape (selfless, universal love)
    • Storge (familiar love)
    • Mania (obsessive love)
    • Ludus (playful love)
    • Pragma (enduring love)
    • Philautia (self love)


    Papers on Grounding:

    • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265077/
    • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378297/


    Generations Theory Book

    42 min

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Mindful Musing is brought to you by Naomi of Mindful Movement. Mindful Musing focuses on "whole health". So what exactly is, whole health? It is where psychology, fitness, and nutrition are addressed…