Hello and welcome to week 1 of Mindful in May. To get started, please watch my short video below to find out more? https://vimeo.com/544405810 During this week, could you make a note of how you react to stress? Also could you make a note of how you feel inside when you are stressed? Do you feel you operate on nervous energy or high functioning anxiety drives you? Do you feel exhausted and as if you want to curl up [...]
In this week’s blog I would like to highlight a common subjects that have been raised many times in recent months. I have created a short video for you. Within this video are a few points to consider and also an invitation to an upcoming event. https://youtu.be/oB726KggYfY Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? Do you know the difference between a thermometer and a thermostat? When you consider the actions of a thermometer, it reacts to the environment and you see it [...]
I hope you are enjoying your mindful practise and have had a good week. This week we are going to add another level of mindfulness and somatic awareness to your daily activities. Check out my 1 minute video below and then let me explain more. Our breath rate is a reflection of our central nervous system. If we notice we have short shallow breathing (which is not due to pregnancy or health related issues), we can actively slow down the stress [...]
In recent years Pain scientists and neuroscientists have declared that our mindset heavily influences our perception of pain. In today’s blog we are going to delve into this fascinating area and understand why this is true. The Brain’s Filtering System Within your brainstem (the unconscious part of your brain) lies a region known as the Reticular Activating System (RAS). The RAS consists of a bundle of nerves which start at the top of the spinal column and extends upwards by approximately [...]
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