No-one likes having stiff muscles. We all want to feel at ease and comfortable in our bodies. BUT when your muscles feel stiff or tight is that the same as BEING stiff? Is your ability to move actually impaired when your muscle feel tense? This is something you can test for yourself. If you get […]
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
I’m often asked by clients “do my muscles feel tense?” Usually they are asking about their neck and shoulders. They feel themselves to be very tense, and sometimes they are noticeably rigid, but sometimes, not so much. This kind of muscle tension is intriguing. If you feel tense a lot, it is definitely information to
