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Category: Curiosity

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Name Your Emotion Naming our emotions can be healing and helpful. It allows us to create space for how we feel while we are processing the emotion. Externalizing emotions can help to down-regulate the limbic system and amygdala (the emotion centers in the brain).…

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  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Ground in Nature Nature soothes and heals. A quick change in environment can help manage overwhelming emotions. Pause what you are doing and step outside. You could take a nature walk, light hike, visit a local park or stroll around the block. It might…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Draw Your Emotion You do not need to be an artist! Grab some paper and get out of your head by intuitively drawing your emotion. How big is it? What color is it? What texture is it? What shape is it? Are the lines…

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  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Aroma Bombs Shake a couple of essential oil drops into the palm of your hands. Cup your hands together, making a little space between your thumbs for your nose. Take a lovely deep inhale of the aroma bomb. Try: Peppermint for when you are…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Hip Rocks Hip rocks are an effective way to release both tricky, stuck emotions and your lower back. Here’s how! Lie on a floor mat or comfy rug on your belly (prone position).  Rest your forehead on your hands (like creating a pillow for…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Sway There’s a reason why people sway when they hold an upset baby or child; this movement helps you feel safe and soothed.  Here’s how! You can be seated or standing as you begin to gently sway side to side. Sync this movement with…

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  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Vocal-Chord Calming Vocalizing can help you activate and tone your vagus nerve. Your vagus nerve runs through your neck alongside your larynx and pharynx, so when you sing, hum, chant, or gargle, your vocal cords vibrate and wake it up. This tool is also useful…