Jennifer Mann > Quotes

“So, the body came long before the mind and the famous phrase by Descartes could more accurately be: ‘I am, therefore I think.”
― Jennifer Mann, The Secret Language of the Body: Regulate Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, Free Your Mind

“and today we truly find ourselves in a body designed for feeling but living in a world dominated by thinking. No wonder the language of the body is a secret.”
― Jennifer Mann, The Secret Language of the Body: Regulate Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, Free Your Mind

“Safety in the body is the foundation of any positive experience and emotion. Without safety there is no joy. Without safety there is no confidence. Without safety there is no calm.”
― Jennifer Mann, The Secret Language of the Body: Regulate Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, Free Your Mind

“nervous system paradox. Put simply, in the pursuit of safety, your nervous system causes itself to become stuck and less able to actually protect and support you in regulating your health. It loses the ability to find homeostasis and move flexibly between states of activation and relaxation, and to maintain basic mental and physiological well-being.”
― Jennifer Mann, The Secret Language of the Body: Regulate Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, Free Your Mind