Noticing and gently influencing your breathing is one of the best check-ins for getting a calming virtuous circle going with your body and brain. Soothe your brain with easy free breathing and it gets easier to manage your stress with your thinking. And if you have back pain, chances are you guard yourself and that […]
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Telling yourself to relax is useless. Just as dogs don’t understand English automatically, your body doesn’t know what your instructions to yourself mean, unless you teach them properly. Dogs learn what words mean well, despite us often being fuzzy, imprecise trainers. But it’s amazing how many people will repeat ‘Come here Bella!’ in the park
One of the main things I praise my dog for isn’t sitting obediently, or doing a new trick, but when she shakes off stress. She is an anxious weirdo ( a standard border collie ), and needs help regulating her nervous system and being calm. All the stuff a normal dog might do for itself, she
In last month’s life-skills workshop we explored how much our mood and thoughts affect us physically. We are all aware of some of the physical signs of stress e.g. a tense neck and shoulders. And we may notice in others the effect of mood e.g. the terms ‘downcast’ or ‘uptight’ evoke an image of the
Do you have a balance? If there was one thing I would suggest for everyone, it would be to try and put a few minutes quality rest time into your day. One of the principle reasons for doing it is to reset and calm your nervous system. You will be familiar with the nervous system
In the pain and fatigue and wellness world we love an analogy…. These always seem to involve kitchen items for some reason: spoons (see here) or cups.None of these are perfect at explaining what’s going on in something so complex (you!), but they can assist us to understand how to help ourselves. What’s in Your Cup? We
