A diverse collection of articles and insights that span a wide range of topics and interests. From book recommendations that transport you to other worlds to music that sets the perfect mood, our miscellanea category is your gateway to the unexpected and intriguing.
Improved Sleep Quality: Surprisingly, non-sleep deep rest can even improve your nighttime sleep. By reducing stress and anxiety during the day, it can make it easier to fall asleep and experience deeper, more restorative sleep at night. It can also enable you to remain calm and rested whilst trying to fall asleep, thus making it […]
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I’m fascinated by the many ways that practicing ‘yogic sleep’ works on virtually all aspects of your being to improve the body and mind. Easily and effortlessly. As there are so many ways this practise works, I am will split this into a few blog posts. Part 1 below… Non-sleep deep rest is
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New thinking on the relationship between trauma, the body, mind, and brain Throughout my studies of TRE, I have started to understand some new ideas regarding the relationship between the different parts of ourselves, and why it might sometimes seem that the body and mind appear to be in conflict, how the body might have
The Tiger Who Didn’t Come To Eat Me for Tea Read More »
This excellent book highlights two differing mindsets – or thought practices – which can ultimately affect your outcomes and perceptions of yourself and others.Dweck argues one is more conducive to developing a healthy approach to learning, whilst the other, which has been commonly accepted throughout modern times, can lead to stagnation and errors in thinking
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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
“Chatter – The voice in our head and how to harness it” by Ethan Kross Read More »
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
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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Here i’m going to signpost some excellent podcast in the field of health and happiness. They are personal recommendations of audio that I have found to be very helpful and enlightening on a number of topics. They signpost another method we can utilise to enhance our personal development and growth mindset. As Tony Robbins once
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Why we need laughter yoga now more than ever. It can’t have escaped your attention that 2020 was less than stellar for most people around the globe. With the coronavirus and it’s resulting lockdowns, curfews and ‘self-isolating’, not to mention working from home (if you were lucky enough to escape with a job to ‘work
“One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain” This area is designed to showcase some music which you may not have come across, which has been a major part of my emotional life over the years. I make an effort every year to listen to as much new music and albums
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