Mind Your Body & Spirit

 

Hello Everyone!

 

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My name is Ashley.

 

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and my name is Aquea.

 

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and welcome to

the Bluer Door Neighborhood Center

 

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and today we'll be talking to you about

 

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Minding your Body and Spirit

 

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Absolutely!

 

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but before we get into that

 

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I would like to share with you some basics

 

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around Mental Health Aquea

 

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Okay!

 

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So Ashley tell me what is Mental Health?

 

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Great question

 

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Mental Health includes our emotional,

 

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psychological and social well-being

 

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Okey

 

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basically it just really affects how we think,

 

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we feel, and we act.

 

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it also helps us determine how we handle stress,

 

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how we interact with others

 

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how we make life choices

 

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either healthy or unhealthy

 

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and how we connect with people

 

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that's really good

 

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absolutely

 

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I want to mention too that

 

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Mental Health is important at every age of our life

 

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okay

 

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from childhood,

 

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right

 

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adolescence,

 

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and your adulthood

 

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Wow

 

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that's interesting

 

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So Ashley

 

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Why is Mental Health

so important to a person's overall health?

 

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I hear that a lot

 

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Yeah

 

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another great question Aquea

 

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So

 

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Mental Health is important

for your overall health

 

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and it's equally important as your physical health

 

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okay

 

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mental illness especially depression

 

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increases the risk

for many types of physical

 

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and other long-lasting conditions

 

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like stroke,

 

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type 2 diabetes,

 

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heart disease.

 

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things like that

 

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similarly

 

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the presence of chronic conditions

 

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can increase the risk for mental health

 

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so it sounds like you know

 

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we should be

like you said equally important

 

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or equally concerned

about our mental health

 

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as we are

 

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for sure

 

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with our physical

 

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that's interesting

 

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very great tip too

 

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um

 

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you know so

 

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just thinking about it

 

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can a person's mental health

 

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change over time or does it stay the same

 

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No! absolutely

 

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so

 

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it's important to remember

 

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that a person's mental health

can change over time

 

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depending on many factors of course

 

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so for example

 

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when somebody is stressed

 

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or have a lot of pressure in their life

 

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or have a lot of life demands

 

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that can place them in a situation

where it's hard to cope

 

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and it can affect their mental health

 

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and I'm sure that's just about everybody right

 

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absolutely for sure

 

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like a working long work hours

 

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maybe taking care of a sick or elderly

 

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relative or family member

 

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okay

 

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maybe having children

 

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that goes to a lot of activities

things like that

 

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just anything that causes you stress

 

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and puts an impact on your mental health

 

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that makes a lot of sense

 

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so how common is Mental Illness?

 

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Great question Aquea!

 

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so Mental Illness are among the most

 

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common health conditions within the U.S

 

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more than 50 percent

 

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of Americans will be diagnosed with Mental Illness

 

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or disorder at some point in their lifetime

 

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One in five Americans

 

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will experience a Mental Illness

 

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within a given year

 

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one in five children

 

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either currently or at some point

 

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during their life

 

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have had or will have a serious

 

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Mental Illness or concern

 

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and one in 25 Americans

 

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live with a serious Mental Illness

 

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such as

 

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schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder.

 

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things of that nature.

 

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so this is more common

 

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then the average person thinks it is

 

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Oh absolutely!

 

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Okay

 

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So what are the causes of Mental Illness?

 

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Great question Aquea.

 

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so there's no single underlining factor

 that causes mental illness

 

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however,

 

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life experiences such as trauma

 

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a history of abuse so abuse

 

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like sexual abuse, child abuse,

 

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witnessing violence

 

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that can contribute to Mental Illness

 

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also

 

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there are factors such as loneliness,

 

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and being in isolation from others

 

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that causes Mental Illness

 

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another factor may be alcohol use

or substance use

 

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okay

 

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and then one important thing

to remember as well too

 

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and to point out is that

 

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Mental Illness can be a genetic factor

 

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so

 

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our genes,

 

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our biological makeup,

 

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that can contribute to mental illness as well

 

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wow

 

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so I heard genes,

 

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I heard environment

 

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I heard

 

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you know

 

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just the stresses of life

 

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can all impact a person's Mental Illness

 

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absolutely

 

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Mental Health

Okay

 

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all right

 

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Well you know

 

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I'm super excited that

 

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We here at

 the Blue Door Neighborhood Center

 

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get to help people to find ways to cope with

 

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you know these stressors

 

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and other things that are impacting

their Mental Illness

 

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and Mental Health

 

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Yeah me too

 

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yeah

 

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so

 

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you know

 one thing that we offer is

 

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Mindfulness

 

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and health education around what it is

 

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Right?

 

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So Ashely what is Mindfulness?

 

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yeah so Mindfulness is basically

 

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a human's ability to be fully present,

 aware, and in the moment.

 

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when we're being mindful

 

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we're bringing attention and awareness

 

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to what we're directly experiencing

 

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via our senses our senses

 

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our senses like taste,

 

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touch,

 

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hearing like your sound,

 

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smell

 

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our thoughts and emotions

 

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we're just being mindful, and present,

and in the moment.

 

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that's good

 

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and as you were even speaking that

 

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I just felt a sense of calm

that came over me

 

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as I tried to just breathe

 

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Right?

 

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that's what that's good

 

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yeah for sure

 

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you know what Aquea ?

 

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everybody has the ability to be mindful

 

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and use Mindfulness in their lives

 

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however,

 

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we just don't use it as much

 

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but it's like a muscle

 

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the more you use it

 

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the more you're able to have it ready

and available for you.

 

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I like how you put that

 

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you know it's a muscle

 

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so you got to use it for it to be able to get stronger

 

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and be able to work efficiently for

you

 

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right?

 

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Absolutely

 

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oh that's awesome

 

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well you know I know that there's been

 

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a lot of talks around

 the health benefits of Mindfulness

 

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right?

 

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so you know the physical health benefits of

Mindfulness

 

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they also include

 

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helping to reduce pain symptoms,

 

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and even pain symptoms

 

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that come along with some

of those chronic conditions

 

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that we address here at

the Blue Door Neighborhood Center

 

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such as

 

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diabetes, and hypertension,

and even fibromyalgia.

 

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and then when it comes to sleep

 

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you know, we always hear

 that sleep is an important

 

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factor in our overall

 health and well-being

 

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and so,

Mindfulness helps us with that

 

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as it decreases those symptoms of insomnia

 

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so

 

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Get your sleep Ashley

 

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I love taking a good nap

 

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I do too

 

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we share that in comments seriously

 

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um and then when it comes to

 

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uh emotional well-being

 

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benefits of mindfulness

 

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can significantly decrease the symptoms

 that come along with anxiety and depression

 

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and again Ashley

 

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we've all been through a lot over the past year

 

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and so living through this pandemic

 

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has really shown and highlighted

 

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You know

 

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a lot of disparities

 

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and have beneficial Mindfulness really

 

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Absolutely

 

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Absolutely

 

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So I hear it's good for your performance as well

 

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and like helping you with your career

 

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is that true?

 

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It is true!

 

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it actually helps with

 

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your attention and

your concentration

 

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and actually your productivity

 

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and so

 

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once you know

 

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you can also enhance problem-solving

 decision making

 

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skills as well

 

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it also helps to improve relationships

 

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you know

 

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being able to self-regulate

 

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and not be so reactive

 

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increasing your empathy

 

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right

 

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for others

 

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lowering your levels of emotional conflict

 

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yeah

 

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communication is always

key in relationships so

 

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Mindfulness can definitely

help you stay centered

 

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and be able to effectively

communicate with others

 

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yeah that's a big one

 

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that is truly a big one

 

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and then again

 

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Just making sure

that you're able to facilitate as a team

 

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if you're working in organizations

 

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or in community settings

 

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 those are also great benefits

 to Mindfulness as well

 

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I can see that

 

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because teamwork

definitely makes the dream work

 

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Teamwork does make the dream work

 

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and I also like to remind you that

 

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you know

 

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it's so great that we're able to offer

 

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a low impact fitness class

 

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such as yoga

 

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to be able to help people

put Mindfulness into practice

 

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 for sure because it connects

 the mind-body and spirit

 

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it connects all of them

 

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Right?

 

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and it just helps you

 

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to not only gain balance,

and flexibility, and mobility

 

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but also to just remain centered

 

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and so

 

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The Blue Door Neighborhood Center

 

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is proud to be able to be that

 resource for people

 

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to be able to stay centered,

and zen, and stress-free.

 

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Right?

 

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Yes!

 

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So to learn more about us

 

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and to check out our classes

 

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yes

 

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We are at bluedoorcenteril.com

 

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that's where you can find more information

 

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and register for all of our classes and events

 

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until then

 

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Bye!

 

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Bye, everyone!