Relax & Renew
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Stress: It’s Killing Us
Stress is a major contributing factor in most illness and dis-ease … research indicates upwards of 90% or more (including but not limited to cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders, inflammation, depression, HIV/AIDS). But when was the last time your doctor talked to you about how to manage stress or even what might be stressing you? Understanding stress management is one of the best things you can do for your overall health and well-being. In today’s fast-paced society, we are exposed to more stress in a day than our ancestors of 50-100 years ago were in a month. While technology can instantly place information at our fingertips, it creates an enormous amount…
- Beliefs & Intentions, Encouragement & Inspiration, Healing Thoughts, Health & Wellness, Peaceful Living, Positive Thinking & Affirmations, Relax & Renew
Breathing Differently Can Make You Happier
“When you breathe, you inspire. When you do not breathe, you expire.” Quote from an 11-year-old’s science exam John Grinder, co-creator of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) talks about the link between respiration, physiology, internal state, and high performance. He calls this ‘the chain of excellence’. I recently read a book by Osho, the wonderfully non-PC mystic and guru. In the book, Osho instructed the reader to pay attention to their breathing rate when they were sad and notice the timing of the in-breath and out-breath. He explained that next time they were happy, they could re-induce the sad state by merely repeating the breathing pattern. Fortunately, he added, it works the…
- Ancient Wisdom, Beliefs & Intentions, Encouragement & Inspiration, Finding Balance, Health & Wellness, Life Coaching, Relax & Renew, Transform Your Life, Wellness
How Much Emotional Baggage Are You Carrying?
Everyone experiences unpleasant stressors in life. These can be a result of family issues, workplace stress, problematic relationships, illness, and more. Emotions arise as a result of these stressors and can have immense effects on mental and physical health. This so-called “emotional baggage” must be evaluated and analyzed in order to maintain feelings, emotions, behaviors, and overall health. Emotional baggage is often detrimental to emotional health. The amount of baggage carried by an individual is often underestimated in its level of influence; therefore, the necessary coping skills and strategies are not employed in response to these stressors. Acceptance is often alternatively employed to passively accept the existence of baggage. This…
- Ancient Wisdom, Beliefs & Intentions, Health & Wellness, Quiet Spaces, Relax & Renew, Safe Sanctuary, Wellness
Is Stress Disturbing Your Sleep?
Sometimes our fast-paced, high-stress world sets the stage for sleep to be far less effective than we need it to be. Our bodies and subconscious rely on getting a good night’s sleep much more than you may realize. A great deal of rejuvenation takes place during those periods of deep sleep, and if we aren’t getting them, some of those repair processes are left undone. When our bodies are fully relaxed and in a deep state of sleep, our muscles are also relaxed and the blood passes through the circulatory system easier and becomes more fully oxygenated as it passes through the lungs (this removes carbon dioxide from the blood). …
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What Happens After a Session?
I’m often asked what kind of feelings you may experience after a session or reading (emotional and physical). To be honest … it all depends. Some folks feel energized and fantastic while others feel emotionally drained or out-of-sorts. And it depends on whether you are sensitive to vibrational energy shifts in your body. Energy healing may be subtle – but it is very powerful and can be a wonderful tool that leads to profound health benefits. Let me see if I can explain … Whenever we do energy work (and that’s what all my work is about), we are changing the body’s vibrational energy. Most folks can’t physically “see” this, but…
- Ancient Wisdom, Encouragement & Inspiration, Finding Balance, Health & Wellness, Hurry Less, Peaceful Living, Quiet Spaces, Relax & Renew, Safe Sanctuary
Guided Meditation – Finding Peace in Chaos
In our fast-paced world, it is increasingly difficult to relax and de-stress. We pull up the internet and Google can return 22 million results in less than a second. This constant barrage of information, along with the hustle and bustle of our tech-driven era is enough to make anyone anxious. So how do you find calm amid the daily chaos? Guided meditation is one of the ways I most often recommend to my clients. All of my in-house Reiki sessions include guided meditation as part of the process and it has made a huge difference in helping people relax and come down out of fight/flight mode and be able to…
- Ancient Wisdom, Beliefs & Intentions, Encouragement & Inspiration, Finding Balance, Healing Thoughts, Hearth & Home, Peaceful Living, Quiet Spaces, Relax & Renew, Transform Your Life, Uncategorized
Darkness to Light
My house is quiet as it’s early and everyone else is still asleep. It’s not all that cold this morning, but I decided to use the fireplace as a focal point for meditation. The fire just started talking with its sizzling, crackling, and popping. The little white lights on our holiday tree add to the peaceful feeling. During this Season of Lights, we reflect on the growing darkness as we approach the time of Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year. In about a week, the days will begin to lengthen once again. This ongoing cycle reminds us that darkness is but “for a time.” When the days grow…
- Finding Balance, Healing Thoughts, Life Coaching, Limiting Beliefs, Relax & Renew, Safe Sanctuary, Transform Your Life
I Promise …
For many people, taking a vow or an oath sticks with them … even after it no longer serves its purpose. This can be especially true when you have been married and are now divorced. Several clients recently had “vows” come up to be cleared during sessions as they were creating imbalances due to limiting beliefs. I often work with women and these women had been married and divorced. Yet the commitment they made during their wedding vows continued to impact them in a big way. During traditional marriage vows, we promise to stay with the other person in sickness and health, rich or poor. We additionally promise to love,…
- Beliefs & Intentions, Finding Balance, Healing Thoughts, Quiet Spaces, Relax & Renew, Safe Sanctuary
In Need of Quiet Distraction
You know how every once in a while (or maybe more like all the time) you have song lyrics continually running through your head? No matter what you do, they just don’t seem to stop … even at night when you’re trying to sleep. Do you ever have troublesome thoughts that do the same thing? Me too! Last night and this morning I found myself in that boat. I knew it was time to let someone move on from being part of my life but just couldn’t seem to let go. I kept going back over why we needed to stay in touch and how I needed to be there…
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Celebrate Sleep Awareness Week
Sometimes getting a full night’s sleep seems impossible to achieve. No matter what the cause – stress, pain, your work schedule or another reason – if you are not receiving regular, quality sleep it can interfere with your health. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says, “Insufficient sleep is associated with a number of chronic diseases and conditions – such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and depression – all of which threaten our nation’s health.” Sleep Awareness Week (March 10-16) gives us an opportunity to leave insufficient sleep behind and get back to the quality sleep that is so vital to our health and well-being. Here are a few ways…
