Category: Self-Care

LESS THINKING MORE HEALING THROUGH FEELING
It has been quite a while since I was initially trained in myofascial release and learned hands-on about the mind-body connection that can work for or against us in healing what ails us. In fact, it took me 2 years to get comfortable with letting go of my thoughts and staying in touch with my feelings by focusing on and listening to my body.
So much in attempting to relax could be associated with monitoring your breathing, deep breath in through your nose, longer and slower exhale through your mouth. Many people use thinking to try to trick themselves into a state of better being. They will count to 100 or every part of their body and get caught up in thinking their way through meditation instead of focusing on their feelings and what their body is telling them.
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HEART SPACE LIVING
Being a Physical Therapist for 25 years, and in private practice doing Myofascial Release for 10 years, I have observed that people who live from a heart space recuperate from surgeries much faster, heal their chronic conditions and enjoy harmonious and more fulfilling relationships with others. February seems to be the perfect month to address living from a heart space and its correlation to our health, emotional balance and performance in life.
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EMBRACING AUTHENTICITY
I had the opportunity recently to see an old friend and share a nice, Turkish lunch. As we became comfortable and relaxed, we connected with each other, and started sharing our past, including a few not so pleasant life experiences . . . things that were disappointing, hurtful, painful, scary and some you might even call devastating.
As our stories were embraced with undivided attention, empathy, non-judgmental openness, curiosity and care – there was a sense of flow and easiness. As a result, I personally felt lighter in my heart, and in my being, as I realized that I gave my story room to breathe, to be, to flow, I did not hide it inside of my being. I felt SEEN and HEARD. It is a beautiful feeling. I realized that we all have those hard and painful stories and sharing them makes our human experience easier and lighter as we realize that we are not the only ones that have gone though challenging times.
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CAN MINDFULNESS AND MYOFASCIAL RELEASE (MFR) REDUCE PAIN?
The short answer is yes, Mindfulness and Myofascial Release (MFR) can reduce pain, and sometimes significantly. Consider your fascia as a netting that connects your entire body. Over time, or due to certain medical or physical conditions, poor posture, physical or emotional trauma your fascia can tighten creating chronic pain and discomfort.
When left untreated, the compounding effect of time, tissue adaptation, emotional stress or ineffective treatments create even more tightness, limited mobility and pain.
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BREATH MEDITATION TO REDUCE STRESS AND ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE
With a busy life style, demanding schedules and overwhelming responsibilities – our body and mind are more at risk of tension and stress. More than ever we are bombarded with fast pace of life and many negative factors in our environment that can make us unhappy and stress out.
The healthiest way to address those factors and start creating more ease, peace, happiness and well- being in our life is to simple start practicing breath meditation and creating a self-care habit for ourselves.
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BODY SCANNING UPDATE
The main tool that we use when we are initially treating chronic pain and symptoms is learning to connect and feel the body as it is in the present moment. Most of the time chronic pain is so loud and overwhelming that all we want to do is get rid of it and not feel pain any more. That is totally understandable. We go to a doctor who gives us a diagnosis, which in most cases is just a description of symptoms, but not the cause of pain.
In order to do it effectively, to get to the root cause of the pain, we need to learn and develop the skill of body scanning. Learning how to feel and become aware of the underlying causes of pain are the important keys to effectively treat it.
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Celebrate Your Gains
The theme of this 4-part series is to Create Your Health and Well-Being. This continues as part 4 of 4 – “Cebebrate your gains, keep your mind on your goals”. Please click on each hyperlink to review Part 1 of 4, Part 2 of 4, and Part 3 of 4.
Celebrate your gains, keep your mind on your goals and train your mind to be grateful for what is versus what is not here.
Wow…this is the most crucial step for us to understand and implement. It may also be the most challenging in that it is so strongly engrained in a way that is not serving us.
The Universal law that is not in our current awareness is:
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Letting Go Of What Is Holding You Back
The theme of this 4-part series is to Create Your Health and Well-Being. This continues as part 3 of 4 – “Letting go of what is holding you back from your authentic healing: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually”. Please click on each hyperlink to review Part 1 of 4 and Part 2 of 4.
This is possibly the most important step of all, which leads you to create authentic healing and wellness. In reality – vitality, longevity and resilience in the body are at the core of our existence.
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BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF GRATITUDE!
November seems to be the perfect month to start cultivating the habit of being grateful. It is not only a more satisfying way of thinking and feeling, but now scientifically proven to be beneficial for our brain and overall health level.
6 Physical Health Benefits of Gratitude:
1. Better sleep
2. Reduced anxiety and depression
3. Better mood and less fatigue
4. Improved immune system
5. Improved brain function – dopamine released in the brain which is a pleasure and well being hormone.
6. Less body pains and aches
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Body Scanning
The main tool that we use when we are initially treating chronic pain and symptoms is learning to connect and feel the body as it is in the present moment. Most of the time chronic pain is so loud and overwhelming that all we want to do is get rid of it and not feel pain any more. That is totally understandable. We go to a doctor who gives us a diagnosis, which in most cases is just a description of symptoms, but not the cause of pain.
In order to do it effectively, to get to the root cause of the pain, we need to learn and develop the skill of body scanning. Learning how to feel and become aware of the underlying causes of pain are the important keys to effectively treat it.
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