<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[CNTRD Wellness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Live virtual & on demand yoga nidra, therapeutic yoga, meditation and mindfulness trainings & retreats for seekers and teachers around the globe]]></description><link>https://www.cntrdwellness.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:46:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.cntrdwellness.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Contact, Simulation, and the Felt Experience of Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[We’ve long understood that the brain mirrors other people. We’re now beginning to see that it may also be mirroring the environment itself. There’s new evidence that the brain’s mirror neuron system responds not only to social interactions, but also to interactions and perceived relationships between inanimate objects in our environment. For decades, the mirror neuron system (MNS) has been understood as a mechanism for social cognition and connection. Observing another person’s movements,...]]></description><link>https://www.cntrdwellness.com/post/contact-simulation-and-the-felt-experience-of-space</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eef7a93fe49635e690ebc7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:08:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_ea55b2e776d04cdcbea921c7f5697d83~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rewriting the Nervous System Blueprint: Top-Down vs Bottom-Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the practices that once helped us feel calm start to feel ineffective. We sit down to meditate and our minds spin faster. We try to focus, reflect, or reset, but nothing really lands. We feel restless, overstimulated, or flat. It’s easy to assume something is wrong with us, that we’ve lost discipline or that we’re doing the practices incorrectly. But often, the issue isn’t the practice at all. It’s the state of the system we’re trying to apply it to. Our nervous systems are not...]]></description><link>https://www.cntrdwellness.com/post/rewriting-the-blueprint-top-down-and-bottom-up-ways-to-heal-the-nervous-system</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692d99cdbdf3aa7317101a03</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:46:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_7aa2fd1a9f704ca8b8c9112210cc23bd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relearning Pleasure: Healing the Dopamine Hangover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you noticed that we live in a culture that never stops reaching for the next hit of excitement, novelty or ‘success’? Most of us scroll, sip, snack, message, click, win, shop or -insert vices here- until we get a quick jolt of validation. It’s constant. That’s why so many of us now exist in a strange, tense space between feeling overstimulated and undernourished. Our brains are flooded, but our bodies feel empty. There’s a quiet but distinctive crash that comes after too much doing and...]]></description><link>https://www.cntrdwellness.com/post/relearning-pleasure-healing-the-dopamine-hangover</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fcac8249fb0f70215fa965</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 11:19:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aa73db_e9cfce65c76844ab989bee5038304dfb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rest as a Condition for Regulation: Rethinking Recovery in a Stimulated World]]></title><description><![CDATA[We live in a culture that treats rest like a reward you have to earn. Push harder, achieve more, hold it together, and only when you hit major milestones, feel “successful” (whatever that means for each of us), or collapse from exhaustion, only then you might deserve a break for a bit. But rest isn’t indulgence and it’s not a reward for overachieving. It’s a biological need. And when practiced intentionally, rest is one of the most radical ways to rewire your nervous system, regulate your...]]></description><link>https://www.cntrdwellness.com/post/why-rest-is-the-most-radical-practice-you-can-do-right-now</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68aeed6643d582e2a2f297e4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:20:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aa73db_64b9f0bd4c4e4ec7ab9709741cb2bc0c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item></channel></rss>