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Tag: Mindfulness

  • 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

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Focus Switching This powerful practice can train our ability to switch our focus and discover which type of mindful focal point works best for us. Here’s how! Notice a niggle or (physical) pain in your body or an uncomfortable emotion you are experiencing, or…

  • Welcome February

    This month, focus on communicating mindfully.

  • Mindful Monday

    Mindfulness Cognitive load is the total amount of mental effort you are using. Prolonged overload leads to frustration and burnout.  If your mind were a (web) browser: Write down the topics on your open tabs. * Which tab(s) can you “close” to ease your cognitive load?

  • Welcome December

    This month, look for the light. Find happiness in the simple joys and blessings all around us.

  • Mindful Monday

    Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment. Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them – without believing, for instance, that there is a “right” or “wrong” way to think or feel in a given moment. When we…

  • Mindful Monday

    Five Finger Breathing is a helpful practice to connect with the body and breath, and help step out of states of stress and overwhelm. It is often taught to children, but many adults find this mindful practice beneficial as well. Stressed during your next staff meeting? Try practicing 5 Finger Breathing with your hands resting on your lap under the…

  • Mindful Monday

    How do we become better listeners – and talkers? Practice Metacognition.  Read this recent article from “Ten Percent Happier” to learn how… When was the last time you had a thoroughly satisfying conversation?  A conversation where you felt really in sync with the other person—where you thought they really got you. And maybe they even…

  • Wellness Wednesday

    Which wellness habit(s) will you commit to this month? One small step at a time. Progress not perfection. Find joy in the journey.

  • Welcome September