Systems of Your Body
Dear Friend, As the school year winds down, many students are experiencing what athletes might call the “seventh-inning stretch.” Summer is within sight, routines are shifting, motivation may be fading, and mental fatigue is setting in.
Dear Friend, Last week, we explored how the musculoskeletal system supports movement, posture, confidence, and resilience. This week, we turn our attention to the immune system—the body’s defense and recovery system.
Dear Friend, Last week, we explored how breath helps students regulate emotions, focus attention, and create the internal conditions for learning. This week, we turn our attention to the musculoskeletal system—the body’s framework for movement, posture, and strength.
Dear Friend, Last week, we explored how the cardiovascular system supports energy, emotional regulation, and resilience through the heart-body connection. This week, we continue that conversation by focusing on the respiratory system…
Dear Friend, Last week, we explored how the endocrine system influences mood, stress, energy, and emotional balance through hormones. This week, we continue the conversation by focusing on the cardiovascular system…
Dear Friend, This week, we’re exploring the endocrine system and its role in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). The endocrine system works closely with the nervous system, using hormones to help regulate mood, energy, stress, growth, motivation, sleep, and connection.
Dear Friend, This month, we’re exploring how Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is rooted in the brain and body working together. We will learn how the nervous system helps students notice, respond, regulate, connect, and recover.
Dear Friend, What do you do when you’re feeling stressed? Maybe you turn to carbs, retail therapy, mindless scrolling, or excessive screen time.
Dear Friend, Did you know that a deep sigh can return the autonomic nervous system from an over-activated sympathetic state to a more balanced parasympathetic state? Studies have shown this is your body’s natural way to release tension and reset your nervous system.
Dear Friend, Welcome back! For most of us in the Northern Hemisphere, school is back in session.
Dear Friend, As we prepare to return to school in the Northern Hemisphere, we also prepare ourselves for change and, in many cases, disruption to several of the systems we experience, including the systems in our body.
