Title: Physical Activity and Improved Mental Health - Hope and Healing Center and Institute
Headings: Physical Activity and Improved Mental Health
Physical Activity and Improved Mental Health
Benefits for your brain
Improving life
Start slow
Consistency is key!
Moderate Activities for you to Enjoy at Home (20 minutes or more):

Content: This is due to the fact that when you exercise, you are reducing inflammation in your brain, encouraging neural growth, and releasing endorphins throughout your entire body which (temporarily) promotes feelings of happiness and joy. Physical activity also releases tension in your body—particularly your muscles—which helps reduce the amount of stress you literally feel. When you feel tense, this can induce several symptoms, including neck/back pain, muscle cramps, insomnia, or a stomach ache, of which can induce more stress, leading to worse symptoms. When you release these tensions, physically, it will help your overall physical and emotional health. Improving life
Physical activity is not just about maintaining or losing weight—or even about specifically reducing feelings of anxiety or depression. All of those things will come with the new habit that you are building. It is about improving your life—your physical, mental, and emotional health with a healthy, sustainable new routine. When you open yourself up to a new routine, you open up your entire world. You are making a change—instead of choosing to sit in bed or on the couch and hide away from everyone when you feel low, you are opening yourself up. When you choose to exercise, not only are you opening your brain up to those endorphins, but you are putting yourself in a new situation.