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31 Jul

What does your Posture reveal about you?

Posture and pain often go hand in hand. In today’s blog we are going to consider what our posture reveals about us and how we reverse and reduce the issues we may be currently dealing with. Somatics looks at how your brain communicates to your muscles, so with this mind, I would like to discuss posture and pain from a Clinical Somatic Educator’s point of view. What is Somatics? Somatics involves internal awareness with movement. Somatic education and movement empowers and [...]

By Heidi Hadley Blog brain map, free ebook, habit, neurofeedback loop, pandiculation, posture, reflex, scoliosis, sensory motor cortex, software update, special offer, subconscious actions, subconscious behaviour Comments Off Read more...

24 Jul

How Stress impacts on your Mind and Body. How Somatics can help.

At some point in your life you will suffer with stress and anxiety. At times, events can be very difficult and the stress can last for a long time. When you do suffer with stress, many neurophysiological changes happen. In today’s blog we will look at how stress can affect your neurophysiology and how Somatics can help. The Effects of Stress As a Clinical Somatics Educator, I will often see the effects of stress within a clinical session or a movement [...]

By Heidi Hadley Blog broca's area, dis-empowering beliefs, empowerment, free ebook, glucocorticoids, hippocampus, memory, mindfulness, neurogenesis, repressed emotion, speech, stress Comments Off Read more...

24 Oct

The Power of Somatics with Stress, Anxiety & Pain Relief

During the last week I have had a lot of emails regarding my recent blogs discussing emotion and back pain. The questions and queries have come from people who suffer with anxiety, stress and depression. Also many partners of depressed/anxious loved ones have reached out to me. The common thread with their questions links back to muscular pain and tightness associated with dis-empowering beliefs and overwhelming feelings. In today’s blog I am going to discuss with you how Somatics is [...]

By Heidi Hadley Blog anxiety, brain training, depression, educate, empower, free ebook, mindfulness, mindset, movement, pandiculation, rib cage, stress, stretching, subconscious, wellness Comments Off Read more...

10 Oct

The Power of Somatics before Sleep

Years ago I qualified and worked in the field of Neurophysiology. An area which I thoroughly enjoyed and specialised in was sleep and sleep disorders. It was always amazing to watch how the brain activity on EEG recordings were markedly different with sleep deprived and fully rested patients. In today’s blog we are going to understand why the brain needs sleep and how using somatics can help shape the neural landscape of our brain. Sleep Sleep is a very important part [...]

By Heidi Hadley Blog alzheimers, beta amyloid, brain, free ebook, mindfulness, mindset, neuroscience, sleep, sleep hygiene, sleep stages, wellness Comments Off Read more...

01 Aug

How Somatic Rib Release techniques can help with Back Pain

The combination of stress, a sedentary lifestyle and being easily available via social media, email and text messaging has created a low to medium level of pressure for people globally. In today’s blog we are going to consider an area of the body which is impacted by these factors and is often forgotten, yet it holds a great deal of tension and contributes towards headaches, neck, shoulder and back pain. The Ribs Your rib cage is an amazing part of your [...]

By Heidi Hadley Blog anxiety, breathing, free ebook, mindfulness, mindset, PAIN, posture, rib cage, shock absorbency, somatics breathing, testimonial, wellness Comments Off Read more...