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New year, new you
Plus resilient resolutions, nourishing nerves, and military mantras.
Alexandria Perry
December 27, 2024
Issue 39 | December 27, 2024
Happy Friday!
We now look ahead to 2025. 🎉
What goals are worthy of setting in the new year? Whether personal or professional, we’re all looking to improve, and Livelong is here to share longevity insights with you every step of the way.
In today’s issue:
5-minute exercise to improve your nervous system
Military mindsets
Tiny sensors for healing injuries
And much more…
We love to hear from you—our community. Please share your feedback, stories, questions, testimonials, ideas, and more with us at [email protected].
👁️🗨️SPOTLIGHT
Just five minutes: Add somatic exercises to your morning routine for a better 2025
Five-minute somatic exercises help activate your nervous system and morning routine.
The act of waking up isn't enough to fully prepare your body for the day, but five minutes of somatic exercises is.
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, short somatic exercises (movements to strengthen bodily awareness) wake up the nervous system in a way that provides a sense of calm or offers a healthy boost of energy.
🧘🏻♀️ This quick habit stimulates the mind-body connection and promotes longevity.
Here’s how:
Promotes healthy vagal tone. The vagus nerve (a nerve that runs from the brain and throughout the body) affects digestion, heart rate, and the immune system. When stimulated, it helps the body respond to stressors.
Develop bodily awareness. A sore neck, tailbone, or other discomforts reveal where your body holds tension, and somatic practices can help you to recognize and regulate stress from the inside out.
What are somatic exercises?
Body tapping: Three minutes of body tapping with balled fists can “improve stress resilience and cellular health," according to Dr. Federica Amati, Head Nutritionist at ZOE, in Real Simple.
Mind-body practices: yoga, tai chi, and pilates are somatic movements that increase body awareness, improve mood, and heal trauma.
➕ LIVE MORE
WELLNESS WATCH - Diet & Nutrition
Military mindset: Sticking to your New Year’s Resolution in 2025
These mental tips can help strengthen both your mind and body.
Ten-hut! you don’t have to go to boot camp to be more disciplined.
Use military-backed principles to achieve your goals and increase the odds of sticking to your New Year’s resolutions.
Becoming more disciplined means learning how to hold yourself accountable–whether that is making specific and achievable goals, tracking progress, and celebrating small victories.
It’s all in your head: Committing to a fresh start in the new year is only as effective as your mindset, says the U.S. Department of Defense.
If your fresh start is becoming more physically active, the military (whose members must exemplify peak physical fitness) has some tips for that too.
Train like a soldier with these beginner-friendly exercises:
Walk–run progression. This method, recommended by the army, is a great way to build your endurance.
Alternate walking and running. Gradually decrease the walk time while increasing the run times over several weeks. Calisthenics for strength and mobility. This form of training can be done at home using your own body weight and often consists of lunges, squats, and pushups.
Warm-up & cool-down. The army stresses the importance of proper buildup and recovery and not pushing yourself beyond your limits.
📰 IN OTHER NEWS
Tiny sensors help heal broken bones sooner
🔬Tiny implantable sensors can heal broken bones in a matter of weeks.
Resistance training significantly boosts recovery after a bone injury, according to a recent study. 🦴
Using mini implantable sensors, researchers wanted to see how recovery speed is impacted by resistance training in rats. They found that the addition of resistance/strength training early in the recovery process will enhance healing.
Specifically, resistance allowed the rats to regenerate femurs at a faster rate.
This breakthrough offers a new healing strategy that could revolutionize how medical professionals approach bone injury recovery.
Quick reads
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LONG-LEVITY
Make way for 2025! Words to carry you into the new year
✨ Five New Year wishes that you can take and share with others into 2025.
We’ve reached the final Friday of 2024, and it’s time to usher in 2025. 🎉
Here are five quotes to stay motivated as we head into a new year full of health, wellness, and longevity, courtesy of The Pioneer Woman.
“Here's to health, wealth, and all-around success. Happy New Year!”
“To a year filled with hope, growth, and family fun. Happy New Year!”
“To my day-1, may health, wealth, and prosperity follow you always!”
“A new year, a new chapter and lots of new memories to be made together!”
“Cheers to a fresh start and a year full of exciting possibilities!”
And now, it’s time to party like it’s 2025! 🎊 We’ll see you there. 🥂
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LIVELONG BOOKSHELF • Essentials
Longevity books everyone should read
Author credit: Casey Means, MD
The value of taking care of yourself now means being healthy for your entire life. These essential longevity books will kickstart your path to health and vitality this winter.
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