There are lots of breathing techniques out there and I use a couple of simple ones. When we breathe, we engage our pecs, our scalenes, our SCMs, the muscles either side of our spines and our rhomboids, to help us breathe. However, when we learn to breathe through our belly, then all those upper [...]
A couple of weeks ago I was considering what I would like as my goals in 2021 by comparison to my 2020 goals. One specific question I asked myself was "What can I do to help build emotional resilience?" Why? We have had to learn to do lots of things differently during the last [...]
I have great news. You don’t have to know ‘what to do with your life'. You can just stop and go to the beach. You don’t need a ten-year plan. You don’t need to wait till you ‘get there’ or wait to ‘reach your potential’. You just need to be present each moment, each [...]
Our culture is always is such a hurry, we get lost in our heads, in the acts of just doing, and forget about just being. So when we encounter ageing, sickness, stress - there is this thing in us that makes us feel like we need to find a place to hide, or a [...]
By practicing self-awareness, you can listen with greater care…not only to words, but also to the emotion and meaning that's being expressed. So often we are only listening to reply, without really listening to what is going on. We are worried that we won’t know what to say, so are formulating words before [...]
Now that we are well into the year, our New Year resolutions might have to be turned into smarter objectives. And I can just feel you sighing and saying to yourself, oh no, I had purposefully forgotten those until next year. Well, don’t beat yourself up, we all slip up, and it’s just about [...]
By this time of year, a lot of us have given up on our New Year's resolutions. I recently read that only about 10% of people achieve them. I have so often made a New Year’s resolution to loose weight, and of course never do. So I thought about what was really behind wanting to [...]
So, do you have Christmas blues or do you enjoy the Xmas season, or do you slip into overwhelm? Or maybe all three?
How can we reduce inflammation? When inflammation occurs, chemicals from the body's white blood cells are released into the blood or affected tissues to protect your body from foreign substances. Some of the chemicals cause a leak of fluid into the tissues, resulting in swelling. This natural and protective response creates inflammation and swelling that can push on [...]
I decided to start doing Teatime with Joan after doing a video challenge. This was indeed a challenge for me personally, to put myself in front of a camera, that I knew would be seen by all and sundry. It was a daunting prospect, and still is, however it is getting easier and easier [...]
