In this 2 part video blog post I will teach you the fundamentals of the 6 seconds breath technique and you can use the shorter practise video to deepen your own practise. TUTORIAL VIDEO PRACTISE VIDEO This type of breathing involves using belling breathing to bring breath into the abdomen, filling that area fully, and release breath, releasing the abdomen…
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Free resources for building resilience in a stressful world
I will be updating this list of free, donation based or low cost resources on a regular basis, so check back in. FREE Esther Eckhart is offering 12 free yoga and meditation classes designed to help with stress and anxiety caused by the COVID-19 virus. Click here FREE Palouse Mindfulness offers free MBSR online training course. Click here FREE Lisa…
VIDEO 45 min workshop Responding to stress and anxiety
This video is a two-part 45 minute workshop. The first section focuses on the neurobiology of stress, anxiety and fear states, how being in a stressful world can trigger certain responses, that can feel really difficult to understand and manage. From a Neuroscience perspective, I offer a little look at how our brain, autonomic nervous system, body and emotional states…
WHY DON’T WE DO THE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD FOR US?
Today I’d like to talk about ‘motivation’ and how we look at self care. We all know that eating well, moving our bodies and practising mindfulness is good for our health. Breathing well and deeply alone has so many mental and physical health benefits it’s impossible to deny that taking time out, will positively effect our lives on every level.…
MANAGING PANIC AND ANXIETY ATTACKS
In my work as a psychotherapist over the past decade I have come into contact with so many people who live with intense experiences of terror, fear, panic and anxiety. In this article I’m not talking so much about worrying, feeling tense, nervous or stressed. Not to diminish how difficult those experiences can be to live with , but I feel like…
DEVELOP PRESENCE AND BE IN THE NOW
We can all find ourselves feeling a bit disconnected sometimes. It may be from ourselves, the people around us, our environment or all three. This often happens as a defence – outside of our awareness. The mind has just decided this disconnecting might be the best option to cope with the stress, anxiety and difficult emotions we can feel. …
ALTERNATE NOSTRIL BREATHING
I’d like to say that this type of breathing is a wonder for any experience of overwhelm, stress or anxiety. Whether you’re someone who gets supremely stressed, deals with daily anxiety, or is just struggling with the usual up as and downs of life, alternate nostril breathing is one of my all time favourites for bringing calm, and fast. Secondly,…
GETTING BACK IN TOUCH WITH OURSELVES
This is three-part-activity for when we lose touch with how we feel. So much of modern life is about doing, rushing through days, working, grabbing coffees. We give thought to necessities like paying rent, or career choices that might make paying rent a bit easier. But in all of that we often lose sight of how we really feel. Feelings…