The Apricot Grove Episode 7: Virtual Brunch #1
Jul 19, 2024
A relaxed virtual brunch exploring neurology, movement, and nature-inspired practices. They trace plant-like solar motions into Qigong and the body’s sinew channels. The cerebellum’s role in coordination, fatigue, trauma, and sense of self gets lots of attention. Conversations wander through storytelling, attention, technology, leadership, and how shifting stories can change posture and health.
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Trauma Impacts Vestibular Input And Sense Of Self
- Trauma often disrupts the vestibular system, which plugs directly into the cerebellum and alters sense of self and spatial orientation.
- Speaker 1 links vestibular dysfunction to feelings of unreality and dissociation after trauma.
Avoid Prolonged Near‑Screen Fixation
- Reduce prolonged near-screen fixation because it trains narrow eye-muscle settings and cerebellar activation patterns.
- Speaker 1 warns eight-hour device use narrows ocular/vestibular coordination and limits movement repertoire.
Tool Use Drove Lateral Cerebellar Expansion
- Human tool use and left-hemisphere expansion co-evolved with lateral cerebellar development that supports fine motor and abstract planning.
- Speaker 1 links tool-making, left brain virtual thinking, and right cerebellar integration for culture-building behaviors.