How we move and what posture we adopt can powerfully impact our state of mind.
Simply looking up and outwards into the world can invoke a sense of awe and wonder. This simple act can help us become more creative, more able to solve problems, become more hopeful and to connect with others more easily.
Assuming you don't have a fear of looking up or outdoor spaces, being outside is often the easiest and best way to look up, opening your eyes to the vastness of the sky above, the trees, or even any buildings that may tower over you.
High ceilings or vaulted spaces in stately homes, palaces and religious centres are all built to take advantage of this wiring in our brain, to trigger this same sense of wonder and awe.
So take advantage of this in your own life. If you are feeling low or you have a problem you are stuck on, take yourself somewhere you can lift your eyes to sky, be open to the experience and see what happens.
If you would like to learn more about the neuroscience of looking up, the excellent team at lookup.org.au has a lovely, easily digestible and uplifting set of research.
Let me know how you get on 🙂
And if you would like more solutions for your mental landscape contact me to join my group classes or to arrange 1-1 coaching.
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