I don’t expect you’ve thought much about your armpits before? We don’t even often think of them as a muscular area that can be tense. But it’s like a junction – linking arms and back, arms and shoulders. Tense armpits adds to tension in the neck. Ungripping in the armpit can cause a lovely releasing […]
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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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The lower back and abs are an area of the body most of us quite conscious of. You probably ‘talk’ to your body a lot here: with cues like ‘brace to protect your lower back’, and ‘engage your core’. But if you are tense all the time that can wind your pain up. You need
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Is a tense jaw a give away that you’re stressed? Grind your teeth at night? Tension headaches? About 50% of the people I work with report having some significant teeth grinding or jaw pain issues or tension headaches. I’d say about 100% notice that their jaw is an indicator of their general stress levels. It’s
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If you’ve got pain, stiffness, or posture issues, your instinct is probably to DO something. Stretch it out, “correct” the position, shrug or wriggle. Moving more is always a good strategy, but often fidgeting and exercising doesn’t do the trick on its own. You need reliable brain-to-body cues that eases tension and calms everything down.
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