Embodied Cognition

The expansiveness of mind

Embodied Cognition reminds us that the mind is not an isolated command centre, but a living and dynamic entity shaped by the body and its surroundings. Our thoughts, decisions, and even our creativity are influenced by posture, gesture, movement, and the spaces we inhabit, showing that intelligence is distributed across brain, body, and environment. This insight carries profound significance for humanity: it dissolves the illusion of a mind trapped in the skull and reveals that to think better, feel better, and live better, we must also move, breathe, touch, and engage with the world. From walking meetings that spark clearer ideas, to mindful breathing that calms anxiety, to supportive environments that nurture resilience, embodied cognition shows that health and personal wellbeing are cultivated not only in thought but in the full dance of spirit, mind, body, and world together. As embodied spirits, we depend very much on the physical 'tent' in which we live out our earthly life. Those who embrace Christ as Saviour receive the Holy Spirit who comes and dwells within them bodily, profoundly influencing their physicality and, by extension, their embodied cognition.