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08 Aug

The Importance of Belly Breathing for Stress & Pain Reduction

In this week’s blog I am going to discuss the strong link between stress, pain and belly breathing. You will learn how stress occurs within our mind and body, how this translates to pain and why belly breathing is an important approach to reversing many stress and pain related issues. Stress Stress certainly doesn’t need much of an introduction. We have all endured various levels of stress in our life and we can guarantee it will occur again. But is it [...]

By Heidi Hadley Blog breathing, challenge, digestive system, emotions, empowered, focus, limiting beliefs, mindfulness, mindset, movement, nervous system, PAIN, perception, stress, suppressed emotions 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...

25 Jul

Break Workplace habits which trigger Pain

In today’s blog we are going to consider a common environment for back pain, the workplace. Over the years, in our careers we encounter an element of habituation. This could be sitting at a desk all day, maybe working in a trade as a plumber, electrician or builder. These activities require people to distort their bodies into different position to deal with a task. Often in the early days of our career, we may suffer with intermittent pain. As the [...]

By Heidi Hadley Blog advice, focus, habituation, hoganinjurylawyers, lifestyle changes, lifting, mindfulness, mindset, movement, PAIN, posture, quality of life, workplace Comments Off Read more...

11 Jul

How your Emotions and Mindset can influence Back Pain

In today’s blog I am going to explain why there is a strong link between emotions, mindset and back pain. Over the years in my clinical practice I have seen a strong correlation between a client’s mindset, daily habits, behaviours and their level of pain. To support my own discovery, copious amounts of research has and continues to be released. Let’s look at why they are all related….. The mind - body connection If you are a regular reader of my [...]

By Heidi Hadley Blog anxiety, emotion, mindfulness, mindset, muscle tension, neuroscience, online program, PAIN, research, stress, trauma, wellness Comments Off Read more...

04 Jul

Somatics – The Key to Reducing Back Pain and Improving Posture.

Do you suffer with back pain and/or poor posture? Are you finding the pain appears to be increasing in severity and frequency? Do you find when you are in pain you feel overwhelmed? This is a very common issue. Pain, either chronic or acute creates dis-empowering thoughts. When we struggle with pain we can start feeling overwhelmed and a sense of doom and gloom sets in. We may feel our thoughts are completely consumed by how we feel. I see [...]

By Heidi Hadley Blog back pain, free ebook, habits, mindfulness, mindset, movement, neuroplasticity, pandiculation, posture, testimonial Comments Off Read more...