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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Feeling the Breath This is a breath awareness practice, which means we do not need to change our breath in any way. We simply observe our breath as it is, without judgment. Here’s how! Bring your attention to your breath as a whole for…
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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Healing Breath Take a comfortable seat and get ready to learn this beautiful breath practice to compassionately connect with your body, process emotions, and dissolve pain and tension. Here’s how! Close your eyes or lower your gaze and take a scan through your body.…
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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 Alternate Nostril Breathing This equalizing and balancing pranayama breathing technique, also known as Nadi Shodhana, purifies and cleanses our body’s energy channels. Here’s how! Sit comfortably with straight spine. Rest your pointer and middle fingers between your eyebrows. You will use your thumb and…
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Mindful Monday
This week’s calming practice in The River of Mind. Let’s imagine our mind is a river and we are sitting on the riverbank.
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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Letting Go We hold on to all kinds of things in life: people, old habits, emotions, resentment, limiting beliefs, relationships… We really want to just ‘get over it’ or ‘let it go’ but it is hard than we thought. This practice can help demonstrate…
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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Vagus Nerve Exercise This tool helps to activate our vagus nerve, bringing us back to a calm ventral vagal state. We might notice signs of release such as, a deep sigh or swallow, a yawn, a general feeling of calm or our tummy gurgling. Here’s…
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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. Calm Practice Containment Hug A containment hug (or safety hug) has so many benefits! To name a few: it provides calming proprioceptive input; it anchors us in the present moment; it builds a compassionate connection with our body; it feels like a loving hug. Here’s how!…
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Mindful Monday
How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Finger Taps Bilateral stimulation can help us process emotions and memories by activating both hemispheres of our brain. It can also help us center our focus, providing a gentle way to stay grounded and connected to our body. Last week’s post featured another form…
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