STATE OF MIND
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“What a person wears affects
how one feels, and ultimately,
how one behaves. How we
dress becomes our mood. Our
mood becomes our karma.”
menu with foods based around mental health and
wellness for our guests to enjoy. We have an amazing
membership-based fitness center that we introduce our
clients to because a good workout is proven to increase
mental health and awareness and release endorphins.”
As for Weinraub, she thinks products that inspire positivity
could be a therapeutic tool. “We all need reminders of inspiration
in order to practice them consistently. The innovation of M by
Mind In Motion WORDrobe was deliberately designed to inspire
people to commit to self- improvement and mastery,” she says.
“What a person wears affects how one feels and, ultimately, how
one behaves. How we dress becomes our mood. Our mood
becomes our karma.”
Massage is another form of therapy that could help promote
mental health—and there’s a growing science that backs up this
claim. “The good news is that there is a growing literature of peerreviewed studies showing the health benefits associated with
massage therapy,” Dr. Peeke says. For example, research published
on pubmed.gov, indicated that “women with stage 1 and 2 breast
cancer benefited from regular massage therapy to reduce
depression, anxiety and anger while enhancing dopamine,
serotonin and immune function.”
At Kurotel - Longevity Medical Center and Spa in Gramado,
Brazil, Dr. Mariela Silveira says the spa offers comprehensive care,
including medical and cognitive behavior daily support, physical
exercise, water treatments (at its Kneipp Hydrotherapy Complex),
relaxation section (at its Stress Management Center), yoga,
meditation (mindfulness), quality food, and social and group
activities.
The spa is also actively involved with Global Wellness Day,
with Kurotel founder, Dr. Silveira, and daughter, Rochele, serving
as ambassadors in Brazil. In the past eight years, Dr. Silveira has