“To relax means to become less tense in the body and less anxious in the mind”. - Anne McKeown
Practitioners of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) teach clients how to use the mind to relax the body and how to use the body to relax the mind. Various techniques include: anchoring resourceful...
Life is like climbing a mountain; you’ll get there safe and well by going at your own pace, overcoming fear and being mindful - usawa!
Usawa. What is this unusual word? It means balance in Swahili, the language spoken in beautiful Tanzania. I first discovered the mystic of “usawa” when...
On a daily basis we meet people with the complaint that they feel overwhelmed by what they are feeling in their emotions, their minds and their bodies. They feel affected by the general lack of care and kindness in the world.
They sometimes even get angry at the huge injustices...
I had been diagnosed with terminal, incurable cancer in 2006; riddled with cancer in the bones. My vertebrae broke in two places due to the tumours. I was told repeatedly by expert medical professionals that I was going to die, and got my affairs in order which included purchasing...
Coming back to our senses on stressful, hectic, busy days often requires conscious effort. As with everything else we want to install our inner hard-drive, training is a good way to anchor relaxation and awareness techniques into our system.
Best-case scenario: we have learned relaxation tools early on in our...
Full disclosure, I’ve just spent a week in Thailand relaxing by a pool, not checking email, or fielding phone calls and totally and utterly ignoring the myriad of meetings I should be having. I feel wonderful.
At this point I’m guessing you won’t be best impressed with the article so...
Think of how emotions are defined in our popular culture; the super cool secret agent or the soldier with nerves of steel. Then there are the dippy, highly strung men and women who just can’t seem to get their lives on track.
You never see a dippy spy, well only...
If I leap from a tall building without a parachute I believe I am likely to be seriously injured or even die. I can believe that is what will happen because I am not a bird and can’t fly!
If I stop doing anything and sit on the couch day...
When I think of the word ‘beliefs’ I think of several things. What I would like to do for this article is to separate these thoughts out and place them into three distinct lines of thought and aspects.
The first one is ‘Self-Belief’, the second is ‘Belief in Other People’...
Alohaaa! I'm writing some of this month’s article about beliefs, from the beautiful location of the Hawaiian Islands. I've had the absolute privilege to feel the love that exudes from these people that have such a long deep tie to spirit.
They are respectful, they have learned many beliefs about...
