MICRO-MOVEMENT

Micro-movement is a physical movement approach that involves combining mindful movement with the use of microdosing.

This combination is meant to help deepen your understanding and connection with your body and mind.

By taking small amounts of psychedelics and then focusing on your movements and sensations, you can gain a new level of insight into your body and mind and how they work together.

Enhancing neural plasticity

Psychedelics have been shown to increase neuroplasticity, or the brain's ability to change and adapt in response to new experiences.
By combining this effect with movement, the brain should be able to create new connections and pathways more effectively.

 

Reducing anxiety and stress

Both movement and psychedelics have been shown to have stress-reducing effects.
By combining these practices, individuals may experience greater reductions in anxiety and stress, leading to a more relaxed and focused state of mind.

Increasing creativity

Psychedelics have been shown to increase creativity and open-mindedness, while movement can also have a similar effect.
By combining these practices, individuals may experience a heightened sense of physical and mental creativity and new ideas may emerge.

Improving body awareness

Psychedelics have been shown to enhance sensory perception and body awareness.
When combining movement, this can lead to
a deeper understanding of the sensations and movements of the body, allowing for more precise and effective movement patterns.

Cerebral Cortex

Processing sensory information and generating conscious thoughts, emotions, and perceptions.

Basal ganglia

Involved in controlling movements and deep rooted habits.

Amygdala

Plays a role in processing emotions, particularly fear and anxiety.

Hippocampus

Responsible for learning, memory, and spatial navigation.

Increased focus

Microdosing psychedelics may increase focus and attention, making it easier to remain centered during meditation.

Increased self-awareness

Psychedelics can enhance sensory perception and increase self-awareness, which leads to a deeper understanding of the body-mind connection during meditation.

Heightened sense of presence

Microdosing psychedelics may lead to a heightened sense of presence and awareness, which could enhance the overall experience of meditation.

The "Default Mode Network" (DMN) is a network of brain regions that is highly active when the brain is at rest or in a state of mind-wandering.
This network is thought to be involved in various cognitive processes, such as self-referential thinking, introspection, and memory consolidation.

Studies have suggested that the activity of the DMN can become dysregulated in certain psychiatric disorders, such as depression and anxiety, leading to repetitive and negative thoughts.
The DMN activity is reduced while microdosing, which makes breaking old thought patterns and habits more possible to attain.

 

Micro-movement practice has the potential to impact the DMN and promote changes in old patterns.
This is because psychedelics have been shown to modify brain activity and connectivity in a number of ways, like increase neuroplasticity and decrease the activity of the DMN, which could lead to the formation of new, more sophisticated thought patterns and habits.

Movement itself has been shown to have an impact on brain function and connectivity, potentially leading to changes in thought patterns and habits.
For example, physical activity has been shown to increase neuroplasticity and improve executive function, which may involve breaking old habits and promoting the formation of new, improved ones.

Combining movement with microdosing could enhance these effects, potentially leading to conscious positive changes in our thought patterns.