Yoga for Longevity: Mobility, Mindfulness, and Vibrant Health11 Marras 2025

How Gratitude Improves Your Brain, Your Body, and Your Health | Ep. 16

Gratitude is more than a fleeting feeling, it’s a full-body experience that can transform how your brain, heart, and nervous system function. In this episode, yoga therapist Mikah Horn unpacks the science behind gratitude and how it strengthens the mind-body connection. You’ll discover how this simple practice rewires your brain for positivity, calms your stress response, and even supports heart health and immunity. Then, Mikah guides you through a short embodied reflection to help you feel gratitude in your body, so it becomes more than a thought, it becomes a lived state.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

How gratitude reshapes your brain through neuroplasticity and boosts mood-regulating neurotransmitters
Why appreciation activates your parasympathetic nervous system and lowers stress hormones
The surprising ways gratitude supports heart health, sleep, and immune resilience
How an embodied gratitude practice can help you rest in sufficiency and soften striving
A short guided exercise to feel gratitude in motion and bring calm to your day

👉 Your Next Step

Put gratitude in motion with mindful movement. If you’re ready to deepen your practice and bring calm, strength, and steadiness into daily life, start your 14-day free trial of Lifelong Yoga Online.

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Research Sources: The physiological benefits discussed in this episode are supported by peer-reviewed studies in neuroscience, psychology, and health science. Full citations are listed on my website for listeners who want to explore the research further.

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10 Things I Want Every Beginner To Know About Yoga | Ep. 60

There are so many things I wish I could go back and tell myself when I was brand new to yoga. And the funny thing is, after all these years of practicing and teaching, they’re still things I come back...

22 Syys 32min

You Don't Need to Get in Shape Before You Start Yoga | Ep. 59

New to yoga or ready to start again? Join me for my free 5-Day Yoga for Beginners Over 50 Challenge, starting September 21.Have you ever thought, “I’d really like to try yoga, but I need to get in sha...

15 Syys 9min

Flexibility for Life: It's Not About Being Bendy (Movement Longevity Series) | Ep. 58

Sign up for the FREE 5-Day Challenge starting on Sept 21: Yoga for Beginners Over 50When you feel tight, your first instinct might be to stretch harder, pull a little deeper, or stay there until the m...

8 Syys 13min

Posture Changes How You Breathe, Move, and Feel (Movement Longevity Series) | Ep. 57

Posture Changes How You Breathe, Move, and FeelPosture is the pillar most people skip. It's also the one affecting your breathing, your balance, and how much effort it takes to get through an ordinary...

1 Syys 20min

Balance is a Brain Skill You Can Improve (Movement Longevity Series) | Ep. 56

Get on the priority interest list for the new beginner yoga program coming in September!Can you actually improve your balance after 60?More than one in four adults over 65 falls every year, and less t...

25 Elo 21min

Strength from the Yoga Lens (Movement Longevity Series) | Ep. 55

Can yoga build strength after 50?If you're over 50 and wondering whether yoga is really enough to keep you strong, this episode is your answer. It's a clear look at how yoga builds real, usable streng...

18 Elo 12min

Motion is Lotion: What Stiff Joints Really Need (Movement Longevity Series) | Ep. 54

If you wake up stiff most mornings and have started to assume that's just part of getting older, there's a physiological explanation, and it's more changeable than you'd think.>> Get on the interest l...

11 Elo 15min

How Often Should You Actually Do Yoga After 50? | Ep. 53

If you're over 50 and you've been trying to figure out how often you actually need to do yoga to get the benefits, you might notice that it's hard to get a straight answer.In today's episode, I'll giv...

4 Elo 19min