True professional success doesn’t just come from intelligence or ambition; it starts with how we care for and connect with ourselves. Tuning into the body’s signals and aligning them with the mind’s ...

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure and fear. It is late at ...

We talk about mind and body, as if they were two different things that we are dealing with. There’s the thinker, and there’s the mover. And then comes the twist, it’s always chatting. Each thought ...

In the popular childhood song, “The Skeleton Dance,” we may recall singing about different body parts being connected, such as, “The backbone’s connected to the neck bone.” However, the more abstract ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. It is late at night. You are alone and wandering empty streets in search of your parked car when you hear footsteps creeping up from ...

In the past, during dance training, I would secretly roll my eyes when my trainer said things like, “Feel inside yourself, feel your muscles during the movements, notice how they become smoother and ...

Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical Solutions for Back ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical ...