Mindfulness in Motion
This slow-moving Chinese martial art combines deep breathing with fluid movements to reduce stress.
What is Tai Chi?
This 10-letter word describes a set of clear structural limits set to separate professional life from personal time.
What are boundaries?
This awareness month fights stigma surrounding mental health.
What is May?
This 11 letter term views conditions like ADHDH as natural brain variations.
What is neurodiversity?
This 3-word phrase describes the body's primitive, automatic survival reaction to perceived danger.
What is the fight-or-flight response?
This active practice involves eating slowly, engaging all five senses, and appreciating the textures and flavors of food.
What is mindful eating?
This basic physiological process is the primary focal point of almost all foundational meditation practices.
What is breathing?
This Japanese concept translates as " a reason for being" or life's purpose.
What is Ikigai?
This phrasing puts the individual before their diagnosis.
What is person-first language?
Secreted by the adrenal glands, this primary stress hormone can damage blood vessels if levels remain chronically high.
What is cortisol?
This meditative technique involves mentally scanning oneself from head to toe to notice physical sensations and tension,
What is a body scan?
This term refers to everyday, subtle behaviors that convey negative biases toward marginalized groups.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What are microaggressions?
Holistic medicine that focuses on balancing body, mind, spirit, and environment (& doshas)
What is Ayurveda/Ayurvedic?
This occurs when neurodivergent individuals expend energy to hide their traits.
What is masking fatigue?
This major nerve of the parasympathetic nervous system acts as the body's "brake pedal" to lower heart rate and reduce stress.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!
What is the vagus nerve?
This 7-letter visualization technique involves imagining a calm, safe place to trigger the body's relaxation response, it is also a literary device.
What is imagery?
This 7 letter term describes workplace exhaustion caused by chronic stress?
What is burnout?
An official U.S. federal holiday celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States
(Bonus 100 Pts.-When did this become an official holiday?)
What is Juneteenth?
(June 17, 2021)
This brain region acts as the emotional alarm system, processing fear and triggering stress responses before the conscious mind can.
What is amygdala?
This term refers to the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life, aided by meditation.
What is neuroplasticity?
With regularly, applied mindfulness practices, a brain can shift& shrink its stress/fear center and grow its focused decision making center in how much time?
3 of the following fruits/vegetables should NOT be refrigerated.
Artichoke
Beans
Onions
Potatoes
Broccoli
Cabbage
Spinach
Zucchini
Winter Squash
Lettuce
Cucumbers
Carrots
Corn
Mushrooms
What are Onions, Potatoes, Winter Squash.
This Nordic practice emphasizes spending time outdoors (open-air living) for both physical and mental health.
What is friluftsliv?
This rare medical condition allows an individuals to have a superior autobiographical memory (the ability to recall almost every day of one’s life in vast, detailed chronological order).
What is hyperthymesia?
Popularized by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, this optimal mental state involves being completely immersed and focused in an activity.
What is a flow state?