As you’ll know if you practice Mindfulness, we realise that we pay so little attention to what our bodies are telling us – often we can be caught up in the moment that is our thoughts, what we are believing about our thoughts.

So, for great mindfulness “embodiment”, it’s really important to pay attention to what our bodies are telling us.  We do a body-scan for just this reason (by body-scan, I mean an assessment of how our bodies are feeling at that exact time, identifying areas of discomfort, comfort, tension, etc). Our moods have a deep and profound effect on our bodies.  Stress can manifest itself in sore shoulders, headaches, stomach problems, etc.

 OK, so that’s really standard practice in mindfulness.  What can be useful is to be aware of how our bodies can have an affect on our moods.  Mindfully mastering how we position ourselves, can deeply affect the hormones that we release, and those in turn can affect the moods we are enjoying.   Want to know more?   Have a look at this video from Amy Cuddy on TedTalks.  Click on the picture here to go through to TED.com or click the link here