Working in Movement

Taming Stress by Robert Sapolsky is a particularly well written article on how the nervous system processes the effects of stress, especially the chronic variety. Mainly, those effects are anxiety and depression. When it comes to dealing with these effects, however, Sapolsky focuses on pharmocology as a remedy. He does, however, somewhat indirectly refer to working with movement:

The minor tranquilizers, such as Valium and Librium, are in a class of compounds called benzodiazepines. They work in part by relaxing muscles; they also inhibit the excitatory projection from the locus coeruleus into the amygdala, thereby decreasing the likelihood that the amygdala will mobilize the sympathetic nervous system. The net result is a calm body--and a less anxious body means a less anxious brain. While effective, however, benzodiazepines are also sedating and addictive, and considerable research now focuses on finding less troublesome versions.[Scientific American]

Reading this article reminded me of a previous post on working with the mechanoceptors and how that can dramatically effect the autonomic nervous system. And I've seen how this works in my practice. All this has got me to wondering if it is feasible or desirable to formally study the effects of movement education on the stress mechanisms of the brain? Would these types of studies validate or disprove Feldenkrais' hypotheses about the inhibition and excitation and particularly their effects on the autonomic nervous system? If they did, what would be the implications?