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  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Body Taps Body-tapping is a gentle practice to bring you back to your body when you are feeling spacey. Gently pat, tap and stroke over your whole body. Tap lightly down each arm, pat down your chest and belly, stroke your fingers down your…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Music Music can change your mood! Here are some suggestions of different music genres to listen to depending on your current mood. Gently uplifting music when you are feeling sad, flat, stuck or unmotivated. Super upbeat dance music when you are feeling like you…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Just One Thing When you are feeling overwhelmed or low, wondering how to get back on top of things feels completely daunting. When your mood is a 2 out of 10, you can get caught up in the trap of dwelling on all the…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Brain Dump A brain dump can help you clear your racing mind of worries, stop rumination and help you to switch off. Here’s how! Get a piece of paper and start a timer for 5 – 15 minutes. Write down each and every thought…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Post-its Post-it Notes are a nifty hack that can have a powerful impact on your ability to create and stick to new habits. How often do you learn a new tool that you swear you are going to start using, only to realize days later…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice 5, 5 or 5 Tool The 5, 5 or 5 tool helps with procrastination and overwhelm and can kick-start your motivation. Which 5 will you choose? 5 Seconds When you think about a positive behavior, take action within five (5) seconds. Have the idea to…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Burrito Wrap This tool provides comforting proprioceptive input to calm your senses and soothe the nervous system to restore balance and peace. Here’s how! Grab a cozy blanket or a weighted blanket to feel more grounded. Wrap the blanket around yourself, rolling yourself up like…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Hot-Spot Scan ‘Hot spots’ are places in the body that hold anxiety, anger, and stress. If you hold tension in your body, the body sends a message to your brain that you are in danger, keeping you stuck in a stress-tension feedback loop and…

  • 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).…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Psychological Sigh Have you ever noticed the double inhale followed by the long sighing exhale that happens after an emotional release such as, a big cry? This instinctual recalibrating breath is called a physiological sigh. It is a rapid way to calm anxiety and…