Body wisdom exercises to move from anxiety to calmness ~ Suzanne Scurlock

During times like these, it’s easy to feel powerless, helpless, and even fearful — from mild anxiety all the way to total terror. Perhaps you’re being re-triggered in ways you thought you’d resolved. Overpowering feelings — of any kind — can cause us to  separate from our body. When that happens, predominantly linear thinking (i.e., …Read More

Somatic Movement Summit ~ Free Online Event

How are you engaging with movement these days? Do you have a healthy movement practice?  Explore Your Innate Body Intelligence: The Gateway to Resilience, Health & Wholeness Cultivate Resilience Through Motion Discover Fluid Motion as a Medicine for Body and Mind Discover Motion as Medicine and a Pathway to Wholeness Embody All of Yourself Through …Read More

Meditation: Square Breathing

Learn the technique of Square Breathing to balance the nervous system. When we are stuck in an anxiety state of chronic sympathetic overdrive, breathing meditation can activate the parasympathetic relaxation and down-regulate the nervous system. The breath is always in the present moment. As we slow down to meet the breath, the nervous system will …Read More

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (Broken Heart Syndrome) ~ Mind-Body Connection

If you have ever had any doubt about the mind-body connection or the effect of emotional stress on your system, scientists have “discovered” the Broken Heart Syndrome. Named from the Japanese “tako tsubo” (octopus trap), the syndrome causes weakness and bulging at the apex of the heart making it look like an octopus trap and causing …Read More

“I get plenty of exercise at work.”

As the New Year resolve begins to wane, I’m reminded of the many times I have heard the statement: “I get plenty of exercise at work.” Many people who say this have stressful jobs, and they just can’t imagine fitting another thing into their life. Robert Sapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: An …Read More

Keep healthy with immune support

Most vitamins and herbals are sold as “food supplements” to augment nutrition and promote wellness. The more recent term nutriceutical is a blend of the words nutrient and pharmaceutical. Nutriceuticals are also food derivatives, but sold for their medical properties to treat various problems. Often there are research studies supporting their use treating a target …Read More