{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F8a894028-ebc9-4f94-a4b9-d528d7edbdcc","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"EP 068: How Light And Movement Shape Our Brains","description":"\u201cIf you address the inputs, the outputs address themselves,\u201d says Dr. Amanda Steencken, who joins The Quantum Biology Podcast to discuss her work with primitive reflex integration work. Primitive reflexes, she explains, are the body\u2019s involuntary movements, which occur down to the subatomic level, in response to stimuli that promote brain development and keep us safe in the world. \n \nWhen this connection is never stimulated, or gets turned off for myriad reasons, the results are anything from fallen arches in the foot, to chronic pain, to anxiety and learning disabilities. The particular form of rhythmic movement training that Amanda practices imitates and recapitulates the movements done during development in utero, thus stimulating the brain connection. \n \nAfter getting her PhD in neuroscience and later studying naturopathy, Dr. Amanda discovered primitive reflex integration work, while looking for treatment for her own family The changes she has seen and experienced from it, combined with light optimization and balanced circadian rhythm, have been so remarkable as to lead her to place movement above nutrition and even oxygen in terms of vitality and importance to healing and optimal health. \n \nThis practice is also beneficial for those stuck in fight/flight/freeze/fawn responses of their sympathetic nervous system. As rhythmic movement recreates the activity of our safest environment, it also shines a light on the importance of moving past fear to move toward healing. \n \nJoin today\u2019s podcast to learn how less is more, why healing is never pretty, but the smallest adjustments can yield the biggest results. \n \nQuotes\n\u201cFood is important, but I\u2019m at the point where I really strongly believe it is not the most important thing. Until you fix the light and until you become more aware of how to nourish your body water and your mitochondria, it doesn\u2019t matter how keto you go, or how organic you eat, or how little junk food you have.\u201d (17:27 | Dr. Amanda Steencken)\n\u201cIt boggles the mind how simple it is, and yet how dependent we\u2019ve become. I mean, this is how I work now: I need the computer, I need the phone, I need the internet. I think that\u2019s the truth for most of us, so we have to be even more diligent about the light breaks and the morning routine habit and all the little ways in which we can support our systems because we\u2019re completely bombarded all the time with toxins.\u201d (22:17 | Dr. Amanda Steencken)\n\u201cWhen we teach these gentle rhythmic movements, we\u2019re reminding that nervous system of something that it already knows. And the beautiful thing about what I just said is that we\u2019re telling the nervous system something that it knows and therefore it can feel safe. We\u2019re recreating the safety cocoon that we started our life out on earth in.\u201d (53:38 | Dr. Amanda Steencken) \n\u201cIf you address your inputs, the outputs address themselves.\u201d (105:21 | Dr. Amanda Steencken) \n \nLinks\nConnect with Amanda Steencken:\nAmanda's Website: https://horaioswellness.com/index.html\nBook A Discovery Call with Amanda: https://calendly.com/horaioswellness/complimentary-discovery-conversation-video?month=2024-03\nSara Pugh's Quantum Ketosis Course: https://www.appliedquantumbiology.com/ketosis\n \nTo receive a FREE infographic of the Ideal Circadian Day and join our email list: https://www.quantumbiologycollective.com/qbc-newsletter-aqb\nTo find a practitioner who understands quantum biology: www.quantumbiologycollective.org\nTo see details about the Applied Quantum Certification for Practitiners: www.appliedquantumbiology.com\nFollow on Instagram and Facebook: @quantumbiologycollecitve\nTwitter: @quantumhealthtv\n \nPodcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e09aad95-7168-4061-a25c-32b3ed43f989/QBC-Cover-Art-2025-Aug-07-v1.jpg"}