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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...

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 [...]

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18 Jul

Brain Training to Ease Pain & Improve Mobility

In today’s blog I am going to discuss how learning life skills can help deal with pain and limited mobility. Consider this famous quote, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” This quote sprang to mind during the week because conversations with my online, in class and clinical clients revolved around how Somatics empowers and educates people in all areas of their health and well [...]

By Heidi Hadley Blog back pain, body, brain training, daily activities, educate, empower, free ebook, lifestyle, mind, mindfulness, mobility, movement, PAIN, pain relief, posture, re-education, real life experience 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...

25 Apr

Get off the Hamster’s wheel and START LIVING!

How was your day today? Was it relaxed? Have you had time to read and enjoy a relaxing walk? Or maybe you’ve had a huge “to do” list? Appointments to attend? Deadlines to meet? Meetings to attend or prepare for? Housework? Homework with children? Dinner to prepare? Clothes to wash and iron? Maybe it is elderly parents to care for and take to hospital appointments? We all live very busy lives and at times we may thrive on the adrenaline [...]

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