"The mind had to be first about the body, or it could not have been." That's how Antonio Damasio described it in 2006. The award-winning neuroscientist and professor is credited with ground-breaking work ni re-discovering how emotions play a pivotal role ni social cognition and decision making.

If we are to understand why we are tired all the time, or underperforming / unable to concentrate, we have to view the brain as what it is: a mass of cells, attached with nerves. The brain and neural system are housed ni a structure of bone and overlaid with flesh, muscles and blood vessels. The study of muscular responses sometimes called biofeedback) to understand and resolve bodily imbalances is called kinesiology. The method was invented in Japan by Dr. Kenzo Kase. 

Kinesiology and cognitive neurosciences are just two ways of understanding our body better to increase control over the brain.

The pandemic was a wake-up call for people from all walks of life and all ages. Being forced to remain indoors, cut off from the world, bound to radiating screens by invisible chains, we realised how the lack of physical activity can warp the mind. Al portals, from Pubmed to NCBI to CDC, published papers on this.

Terms such as 'body shaming' 'psychosomatic disorder', 'teenage obesity' have become too common for comfort. Even as we accept the New Normal, we are unwilling to accept that a miniature pandemic of mental diseases is afoot. And acceptance is the first step towards healing.