# @movewithlottie on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DND5yCxoEDc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61115955-movewithlottie-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-07T16:45:27.000+00:00

## Caption

Trauma can shrink parts of your brain — but movement can help grow them back.

This isn’t just a feel-good idea — it’s backed by neuroscience.

Trauma affects the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and amygdala — changing how we think, feel, and respond.

But thanks to neuroplasticity, your brain can adapt, heal, and even regrow neural connections.

Movement (like walking, dancing, or shaking) supports that healing — by reducing stress and boosting brain growth.

Based on research from:
Harvard Review of Psychiatry
PNAS (Erickson et al., 2011)

#Neuroplasticity #TraumaHealing #SomaticHealing #TheBodyKeepsTheScore #MentalHealthEducation #MovementIsMedicine

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## Tags

neuroplasticity, movementismedicine, thebodykeepsthescore, somatichealing, mentalhealtheducation, traumahealing

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