How mindfulness and dance can improve mental health

How dance and mindfulness can activate a brain region that can enhance mental health

We might want to take into account body-centered psychotherapy techniques like dance movement therapy or mindfulness-based therapies.
To improve sensory, breath, and movement awareness, these techniques make use of the full body.
These elements can heighten overall self-awareness, which may lead to a restructuring of the somatosensory cortex and an improvement in mental health.

The somatosensory cortex's importance in terms of function

One of the remarkable features of the somatosensory cortex is its strong plasticity, or capacity to expand and remodel with training (or atrophy without practice).
Due to the fact that, as was already noted, working directly with body movements and feelings can change the somatosensory cortex, this plasticity is crucial when thinking about mindfulness-based therapies and dance movement therapy.

For the full article please go to: https://theconversation.com/how-mindfulness-and-dance-can-stimulate-a-part-of-the-brain-that-can-improve-mental-health-184925