MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
The Circle Remembers: Dancing Our Genes Awake
BY OLGA BRAZHNIK, PHD The circle begins to move. Feet caress the earth in unison, hands ¿QGRQHDQRWKHUEUHDWKVWHDGLHVLQWRUK\WKP$SXOVHWUDYHOVWKURXJK joined bodies — soft, deliberate, ancient. Each step seems to whisper VRPHWKLQJWKHPLQGKDVIRUJRWWHQ%XWWKHERG\UHPHPEHUVDQG\RX feel at home. Science is now rediscovering what ancient movement traditions KDYH DOZD\V NQRZQ ([SHULHQFH VKDSHV ELRORJ\ (SLJHQHWLFV UHYHDOV that our genes respond to how we live, think, and feel. In the circle, WKLVWUXWKEHFRPHVYLVLEOH0RYHPHQWEUHDWKDQGSUHVHQFHZHDYHD new story in the body, reminding us that healing begins in the dance of life itself. The Language of Epigenetics Inside each of us, millions of cells hum in quiet cooperation. Ev- ery heartbeat, every thought sends a signal — a conversation between body and environment. Epigenetics is the science of this conversation. ,WVKRZVWKDWRXUJHQHVDUHQRW¿[HGVFULSWVEXWOLYLQJVFRUHVUHVSRQG - ing to the symphony of experience 6WUHVV LVRODWLRQ DQG IHDU OHDYH PROHFXODU ¿QJHUSULQWV WKDW DOWHU KRZJHQHVDUHH[SUHVVHG<HWQXUWXULQJWRXFKODXJKWHUPXVLFDQG movement can guide the body toward renewal. Ancient cultures may not have spoken of methylation, but they knew that rhythm and ritual could restore harmony. Epigenetics gives modern language to timeless wisdom. It bridges science and spirituality, showing that the molecules of life respond to meaning as much as to matter. We are both the story and the storytell-
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Activating Our 12-Stranded DNA
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