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quick-fix – “Standing and centreing”

Posted on April 17, 2012 by admin

This posture grounds and centres your body and alligns it with the pull of gravity.  It improves your breathing, increases your Chi or life energy and makes you aware of some of the tension you are holding in your structural … Continue reading →

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Muscle tensions and restrictions and their negative effect.

Posted on February 12, 2012 by admin

We saw in the last post how factors like our early environment, our work and postural positions and our stress levels can cause all sorts of physical restrictions in our bodies.   What effect does this have on energy, health, … Continue reading →

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holding neuro-vascular points to de-stress

Posted on January 2, 2012 by admin

                   This quick-fix technique is ideal for use when you are facing or even thinking about, a stressful situation or an upcoming stressful event.  The people I have given it to have found it very useful to help them relax … Continue reading →

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Movement

Posted on October 25, 2011 by admin

This is the way that we use and co-ordinate our muscles for standing, sitting, walking, running and so on. Earlier, we saw that two of the changes that take place when the stress response is activated are, the breathing pattern … Continue reading →

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Stress-inducing breathing patterns

Posted on August 16, 2011 by admin

When you set off the "fear,fight, flight" response mentioned earlier, in reaction to a real or imagined threat, one of the characteristics of this stress response is a change in your breathing pattern. The breath cycle speeds up and moves … Continue reading →

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Fix #6 – Counting the breath

Posted on July 28, 2011 by admin

When we are stressed or feel threatened, our breathing speeds up and moves to the upper chest and shoulder areas.  This breathing pattern reinforces our anxiety.  Counting the breath, with its emphasis on the slow exhalation has a very calming … Continue reading →

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Starting to relax

Posted on July 28, 2011 by admin

Now we know from the previous post that modern living tends to set off a lot more stress responses than relaxation ones  Again, this is because our hunter/gatherer nervous systems can't tell the difference between a real physical threat and … Continue reading →

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talking relaxation

Posted on July 11, 2011 by admin

Hello facebook friends and, (hopefully) friends of friends and anybody else that's found the website.  I started this talk a few days ago, as a new page, but I'm new to this and from the little I understand so far, … Continue reading →

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Fix #5 – The Neck Release

Posted on June 21, 2011 by admin

When you are sitting at a desk or workstation for long periods, your neck muscles will tend to tighten. This can lead to neck pain and stiffness and tight neck muscles are a primary cause of headache. This technique will … Continue reading →

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Fix #4 – “de-stress the day”

Posted on May 17, 2011 by admin

Get rid of those niggling little grievances that can build up during the day with this simple NLP technique. Whatever the annoying event – an argument, someone's rudeness or discourtesy, an incidence of road rage – close your eyes and … Continue reading →

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