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 \nFacilitators: Abby Sanderson & Joe McCoy  \nMove Imperial & Student Services  \n13/02/2025  \nPre-session Check-in Exercise  \nImperial students  \nTo support you to get the most from the Learning Well Programme, please take a moment to complete this short exercise about your current understanding and expectations of this session:  \n• Your responses will be submitted anonymously.  \n• There are no right or wrong answers – feel free to share your thoughts.  \n• This activity should take no more than 2-3mins.  \nIntroduction  \n• Welcome!  \n• Stress Performance curve  \n• Brain benefits of physical activity  \n• Invitation to get moving  \n• Polyvagal theory  \n• Invitation for relaxation / guided meditation  \n• Sharing of resources and next steps!  \n• Questions  \nImperial Learning Well Project Materials  \nStress Performance Curve  \nAreas of the brain effected by exercise  \nPrefrontal Cortex –  \nprimary function in decision making, rational thinking and focus / attention  \nHippocampus  \nforming and retrieving memories, spatial navigation, and emotional responses.  \nThe benefits of exercise have been linked but not limited to these two regions.  \nIncrease levels of neurotransmitters:  \nSerotonin  \nDopamine  \nNorepinephrine  \nWhat can we doto increase movement / physical activity  \nImportance of movement and breaking sedentary behaviours  \nDeskercise disrupts this sedentary cycle, boosting blood flow and combatting the harmful effects of static posture.  \nProlonged sitting with poor posture can put a significant amount of load on the spinal cord, shoulders, and hips. This can lead to lower back pain .  \nPersistent postural misalignment can result in muscle fatigue, tightening of hip flexors, reduced spine flexibility, weakening of gluteal buttock muscle, as well as weakening of the bones (osteoporosis) .  \nStart from the ground and work up!  \n• Calves-calf raises (standing and seated)  \n• Thighs (Quads)– leg extension & Squat hover  \n• Glutes hamstrings – Deadlifts  \n• Back(spine)– chair rotations  \n• Shoulders/traps – Arm circles & shrugs  \n• Neck – side bends, chin tuck  \nLimited space ? 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