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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Five-Finger Breath Start with your pointer finger resting in the middle of the cease of your other hand’s palm and wrist. Inhale as you slowly trace out to your thumb and exhale as you slowly trace back to your starting point. Continue slowly inhaling…
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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Somatic Holds These holds anchor us into our body and compassionately connect us with ourselves through safe, calming touch. Here’s how! Place your left hand on your heart and your right hand on your belly. Close your eyes if it is safe. Breathe slowly and…
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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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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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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…
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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice 💪🏻Arm Squeezes💪🏻 Oftentimes when life gets overwhelming we can feel disconnected from our bodies. The gentle pressure in this relaxation technique can help us feel grounded in and connected to our bodies again. Here’s how! Use your right hand to gently squeeze down the…
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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Postural Shifts The state of our nervous system can affect our posture. When we are in a sympathetic nervous system state (anxious or angry) we may feel tense and on-guard. When we are in our dorsal vagal state (feeling low or stuck) we may collapse…
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Welcome May
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Therapy Thursday
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. — Anne Frank Self-Love Action Today, instead of being on autopilot, I will connect with myself a few times throughout the day and mindfully choose to be good to myself through supportive thoughts and loving actions. At the end of the day, I will…
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Meditation Monday
How do we effectively respond when faced with ongoing stress and trauma such as, the COVID-19 pandemic? Dr. James Gorden (founder of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine) demonstrates three short and beneficial meditation practices in his webinar, Reducing Stress and Restoring Hope. Soft Belly Meditation Mindfulness Meditation Expressive Meditation Next time you are overwhelmed, scared,…
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