If you've been to one of our wellness classes you may have noticed that you left feeling not only refreshed and relaxed but also energized. Why is that? What is the difference between an hour of our wellness classes and an hour spent working out at the gym? The difference is simple, it is mindfulness.
How many times have you been at the gym, in the middle of your run while simultaneously preparing everything you will need to do once you get home? Or you may have transported yourself to another world during your workout routine while being fully absorbed in an audio book. As we engage our bodies where does our attention normally go? Where doesn’t it go? Even during our daily routines, how present are we to experience the embodied moment? How does being present change the experience and why does it matter?
Scientific study has shown that we essentially have two distinct ways of interacting with the world using two different sets of neural networks in our brain. The first being our “default network” or “narrative circuit”, which becomes activated when we are involved in planning, daydreaming and ruminating on our lives. In this “mode” our mental energy is directed and processed towards our thoughts and mental projections of the world. In this age of information this is typically the mode that we tend to operate on.
The second network is that which is called the “direct experience” network and this “mode” is activated when you switch your awareness from thinking to that of the information of the senses. Through “direct experience” we can experience information through our senses in real-time giving us a more undiluted perspective of reality in the now. This second network is closely connected and activated with the mindfulness and meditation. 
Experience your body and mind working together at our wellness classes today!
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