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14 Aug

How to Reduce Stress & Recuperate with Somatics

When working with clients who have or continue to suffer with stress, anxiety or trauma involves a great deal of empathy, kindness and developing a delicate manner. Stress and trauma creates a huge impact on the nervous system. It changes the actions and behaviour of the muscular system due to the influence the limbic system (CLICK HERE to read more) and the postural reflexes have on a soma (whole person, mind and body). To read more about postural stress reflexes, [...]

By Heidi Hadley Blog anxiety, audio, binaural rhythm, body scan, free ebook, mindfulness, neurobiology, re-connect, repressed emotion, sensations, sense and feel, soma, soma scan, somatic breathing, stress, trauma Comments Off Read more...

07 Aug

Getting to the ROOT CAUSE of Pain & Stress with Somatics

Somatic Movement and Education continues to mushroom in popularity as an approach to reducing pain and improving mobility throughout the world. The powerful effects felt from Somatics is thanks to our amazing mind and body, in particular our nervous system. In this blog, we are going to look at what the main parts of our nervous system do and how Somatics can help support a healthy and resilient soma (mind and body). In order to fully understand your amazing soma, [...]

By Heidi Hadley Blog anxiety, brain, fight/flight/feign, habituation, homeostasis, mindfulness, nervous system, neuroscience, new format, rest & digest, soma, stretching, trauma 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...