In medicine, we know it only takes three deep breaths to significantly support vagal nerve tone, which helps modulate your autonomic nervous system. Meaning your heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure and brain all get calmed and centered and soothed… and pain significantly decreases as well. Because we can actively control our body’s air… Read more »
Meditation is a wonderful healing tool you can reach for any time, anywhere — making it the perfect practice to cultivate when you are practicing social distancing and stuck at home, under very stressful conditions, during this pandemic. But the truth is, I just can’t get the hang of a meditation practice. But… Read more »
I just can’t get the hang of a meditation practice. But luckily, I really don’t have to. New research shows that simply by taking a few deep breaths, you can shift your body and brain chemistry enough to lower stress levels and increase focus and productivity. In the 15 minute video below, I… Read more »
I’m so encouraged by the fact that there is so much medical research lately on trauma recovery. I’m excited to share two of these awesome new studies with you today, so that you can start to use these techniques right this very moment for support and relief. The first study comes… Read more »
We all know that we depend on the physical presence and life supporting gifts from Mother Earth in order to be alive. Food, Air, Water, and directly physical contact in the form of Grounding are all essential to Well Being. In addition to eating well, hydrating fully, and breathing deeply, we can… Read more »
A study recently released in Frontiers In Psychology on Jan 21, 2015 shows that meditation may actually slow age-related brain atrophy. Long-term meditators, examined under MRI imaging, were found to have less gray matter loss WIDESPREAD throughout the brain, when compared to controls who did not meditate. This is the largest study to date… Read more »
On Monday I gave examples of how you may be feeling and what health issues may be a concern for you if you have a first chakra imbalance. Today — let’s launch right into some of the solutions. Your old theme was “needing to control circumstances to feel safe.” Your new theme? … Read more »
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