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Breath and anxiousness
Posted by: | CommentsThis week I had a client in who suffers from feeling anxious all the time. She has had some panic attacks but mostly she feels deeply anxious about living. A lot of us do get anxious, I know I do, and definitely have much more than I do now. I know when I get anxious I tighten up, I constrict my body and my breath get’s more shallow! I get so caught up in the thing that is causing me anxiety that I forget to breath deeply into my core, I forget my body. This was a wonderful reminder of how important it is to breath into our body, into our core and deeply into our pelvis. Try it, feel the wonderful relaxation that comes from breathing deeply and caressing your body with your breath. I love to stop, sit or lie and take time to feel my breath touching me from the inside and giving me an internal massage. It is so rejuvenating and relaxing, and I feel less stressed! Let me know how you feel when you do this, I would love to hear your relationship to your breath.
Musings On Today’s Class
Posted by: | CommentsToday is Thursday, my movement class day, and my step-daughter and two of her friends from Sweden decided to join us. How wonderful it was to have three young women in class learning how to connect to their body. On the ride home, as kids will do, they talked and shared about their experience. At first they thought it was a bit weird, they felt awkward, and they felt uncomfortable having the permission to move more fluidly and with less structure.
We also did some partnering work, which I love to teach as it is about being in relationship with yourself and with another and the girls LOVED this part of the class. They loved being supported and they loved having someone support them. They really got the importance of taking care of yourself before taking care of another and how valuable that is. One of them expressed how she felt uncomfortable that someone was crying, and I explained how when we move into the body emotions get released and it is a good thing to have them expressed otherwise those emotions can build up in us and create other issues.
I was delighted to hear how these 17 year old girls got a piece of understanding about how to connect more deeply to their body…. and that made me feel like what I do is worth it. I encourage you to spend some free time moving/dancing and take your time to FEEL as you do. Don’t just move, move with intention and focus – your body, mind and spirit will love you for it, like the girls did. Post a comment below and share your experience? How did it go?
Secret Life of Bees
Posted by: | Comments“The body knows things a long time before the mind catches up to them. I was wondering what my body knew that I didn’t” . I love this quote. Lilly Owen is the main character in a Sue Monk Kidd’s book A Secret Life of Bees. So what does your body know that you need to know right now? Love to hear from you! Mine is telling me to take a break so I have time to prepare for my movement class tonight.
things get away
Posted by: | CommentsI was planning on meditating and moving as I usually do this morning then I got stuck in front of the computer because I had something I had to get out today ….. and now I am cranky. Well my body is cranky because I haven’t taken the time I needed to reflect on the day and fill myself up before I go out into the world. Can you relate? When I get in my doing mode I see more things “to do” which is fine if I am filled up. So right now I am going to stop and take time for myself …. with the intention of getting back into my body again and being more centered. How do you stop yourself when you feel yourself getting off course and not taking care of yourself the way you need to be doing?
The answer is within
Posted by: | Comments“What I am interested in is the unfolding of the self. This involves identifying the problem and clarifying the question it contains. Once we hear the question clearly then it is answered” Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen from her book Sensing Feeling and Action. I love this quote as it supports what I experience within myself and witness again and again in my clients – that the answers are within us if we stop long enough to listen. What are you hearing right now from within your body, not your head, your body???
