Train for Life

Category: Awareness

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Butterfly Calm and release tricky emotions while unlocking our hips, where so many emotions can become stuck. Here’s how! Sit on the floor and bring the soles of your feet together. Allow your knees to fall out to the sides. You may slide two…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Bridge Breathing A calming movement practice to synchronize our body and breath. Here’s how! Lie on your back with your feet flat on the floor, your knees pointing towards the ceiling, and your arms alongside your body. As you inhale, press your feet to…

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  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Legs Up The Wall All you need for this practice is a wall and your beautiful body! The benefits of this practice include: calming our mind and nervous system; supporting our lymphatic system and circulation; slowing our breathing; improving digestion; easing back aches; and…

  • Therapy Thursday

    Therapy Thursday

    Mindful Walks With the Summer months in bloom, what better time to escape outside for a walk! Walking (even a short 5-minute walk) can calm your nervous system. You can focus on your footfalls and the feeling of the ground beneath you. You can get unstuck and reduce stress.  If you cannot get outside, walking…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Cat Cow This beautiful movement deepens our connection to our body, syncing with our breath for emotional balance.  Here’s how! Come to an all fours or table-top position, with your hands and knees on the floor. Align your hands under your shoulders and your knees…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Child’s Pose This restorative pose allows our mind and body to rest. Here are three (3) variations to try: Start in a kneeling position with your big toes touching, your knees out wide, your arms extended forward and your forehead resting on the floor.…

  • Mindful Monday

    Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Awareness of Breath This is a breath-awareness practice, where we simply notice and meet our breath as it is. Here’s how! Place one hand on your chest and one hand on your belly. Breathe naturally and begin to observe the sensation under your hands.…

  • Therapy Thursday

    Therapy Thursday

    How to Improve Your Proprioception What is proprioception? Proprioception is your body’s ability to sense its position, movement, and balance. Think of it as, your internal GPS. Proprioception relies on sensory receptors (called proprioceptors) in your muscles, tendons, and joints. These send constant feedback to your brain about body position, muscle tension, and movement. Your…

  • Mindful Monday

    Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice 🧘‍♀️🫁Weighted Belly Breathing🫁🧘‍♀️ This deep breathing technique can calm us by slowing our breath and providing proprioceptive input.  Here’s how! Find an object to place on your belly such as, a wheat bag, a hot-water bottle, a heavy (weighted) blanket, or a book. Life…