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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. This week’s calming practice is a moving breath sequence. Let’s bring some calming and uplifting energy into our day as we sync our breath and body with this moving-breath practice.
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Welcome July
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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Welcome June
Focus on finding your power this morning. What gives you (physical and mental) strength to overcome some of life’s biggest challenges?
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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice 🫨Somatic Shaking 🫨 When we experience a shock, upset or trauma, one of the body’s natural responses is to shake. This motion can help release energy, which ‘completes’ the stress response and regulates the nervous system. Intentional shaking can dissolve stress and move the nervous…
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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice 😊Face Massage😊 The muscles in our face can hold a lot of tension, especially around our forehead and eyes and in our jaw. We can try to soften our expression and find time for some self-love with this practice. *Tip: Apply some face oil…
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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice 👀 Peripheral Vision 👀 When we feel anxious or panicked we may find our vision changes. It might be difficult to make eye contact or our eyes might scan around in search of threats. Try these practices to send cues of safety by engaging…
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