Did you know it is estimated that the mind thinks over 60,000 thoughts per day? Although we might assume that those thoughts are varied and different, probably a lot are repeated thoughts that we muse over and hold on to. In fact, it might be that certain thoughts are ones we repeat daily and ever […]
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Below I’m going to detail how to go about starting your own practice, which I have discussed the science behind it here and have detailed my experiences with it here.So this article is designed to help you start the practicalities of doing this for yourself.It can seem a bit ‘hippy’ or a bit ‘cheesy’ to
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I came across TRE after a friend mentioned they were studying it. As a long time yoga and mindfulness practitioner, the idea of shaking to release deep patterns of muscular tension and stress made a lot of sense intellectually to me.If you know the yoga pose “Goddess” – a challenging pose which can often be
Utilising a Growth Mindset in Achieving Deeply Restful States. Based on the ideas in Mindset – The New Psychology of Success, I have adopted the authors ideas to apply them to the activation of deeply restful states. This is meant as a counterweight to the stressful, activated, aroused environment we can find ourselves in through
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Have you ever noticed the constant chatter going on inside your head? You know – the internal dialogue that you are having with yourself? You may even be aware of that dialogue right now as you read these words on this screen and repeat them in your head!In the book, Chatter – The voice in
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Over the last few years, I have finally started doing a regular gratitude practice. After I wake up, I spend a few minutes writing at least 3 things that I am grateful for. Sometimes, when I’m feeling inspired, I write more as new ideas and thoughts come into my mind but never less than 3.
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Does 612 seem like a big number? I guess it always relies on a comparison to what? 1000? Seems like a not-so-big number when in comparison to that. How about 612 months? Well we refer to babies as 6 months old, 12 months old, and even 18 months old however, after that, we frequently move
There has been increasing interest in the benefits of meditation. In an increasingly stressed busy world, people seek others ways of managing and working with the pressures of their lived experiences. Indeed there has been a huge increase in the amount of scientific research which has been done on the benefits of meditation and breath
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So there are certain words in the vocabulary, that, when used, conjure up particular images or emotions, that can transcend the moment and override any other competing emotion. Personally, one of those is this word which can be spelled two different ways, one having an extra ‘a’ in the middle. This word is an expression of
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Tension Release Exercises, as created by Dr. David Berceli are more than a simple number of exercises. The exercises are designed to fatigue certain muscles in the body, which then allow the body to release tension through neuromuscular tremors. These tremors release deep-rooted muscular tension, that enables the regulation of the nervous system so that
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