Let’s be real, it’s a busy time. Exercise takes a back seat. It’s easy to feel like you’re not doing enough. The holidays can be a joyful time but they can also be a time to feel out of your routine or stuck. Here are 4 tools if you’re feeling stuck or out to balance over the holidays.
Hum
Humming is a simple activity with major health benefits. A study by the National Library of Medicine1 found that humming can help enhance the parasympathetic nervous system and slow down sympathetic activation. Exercise and sleep also do this but since humming generates the least amount of stress on the body it’s particularly effective at stress busting. At TDM you’ll often find us humming, sighing and sticking out the tongue in class for this very reason - enhancing the parasympathetic response. Because your vagus nerve2 runs through both the larynx and pharynx in your throat, humming creates a vibration that stimulates your vagus nerve and can help you move out of "flight or flight" response.
Hum to enhance the parasympathetic nervous system and slow down sympathetic activation
2. Myofascial Release - for your Face...
Holiday’s can bring about stress and stress can bring about jaw tension. Did you know that New York Dentists have reported that 70-80% of their patients are teeth grinders compared to 10% nationally2. So while jaw tension, along with dealing with subway creatures, might just make you more of a New Yorker, it’s important to relieve it. 90 seconds with a fascia ball at the masseter muscle is a good start. One of the most popular classes in the library is the Headache Relief class and for good reason. Check out the class to release tension thru the jaw, neck and shoulders.
Routine Exercise
Pick a form of exercise you can stick to during this hectic period. It can be a specific online class that you’ll repeat or commit to run outside a few times a week. Pick something you’ll be equipped for, that’s familiar and fits with your holiday plans. For me, it's the 12 Min Challenging Core class in the digital class library (no props needed) and running 2x week. Stick to what you know. Save the new, fancy things for January and right now just do something you know you'll actually do.
Know that it's ok
Know that it’s ok to feel stuck. It's a nearly universal human experience to feel stuck at some point. Take your time. You're not alone.
Classes & Community
2024 classes thru Monday, 12/23
January Class Schedule
TDM HIIT & Pilates:
Monday 8:00AM
Wednesday 6:45PM
Saturday 10:15AM new time
Class bookings open 2 weeks in advance
**check the latest schedule for holiday week updates**
Ok! I think that's all for now. Thanks for being here!
Until next month!
xxx Catherine
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