Tag: relaxation
member name: Joanna Scaparotti
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June 26, 2007 02:28 PM EDT --
When I was in high school, my favorite English teacher told me that the key to producing an "A" essay paper was to stop working once an hour for a 1-5 minute break to rest my mind and engage . . .
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June 20, 2007 06:29 AM EDT --
The summer solstice on Thursday marks the longest day of the year and the beginning of true summer. If you're like most people, you can expect the next 10 weeks to be full of barbeques, family reunions, . . .
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December 03, 2007 09:08 PM EST --
There is a very simple Buddhist technique for developing compassion, which also happens to have the side effect of training the body to relax deeply while experiencing uncomfortable emotions. Use this . . .
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June 04, 2009 10:16 AM EDT --
Sometimes life has a comfortable familiar rhythm day in and day out that's easy to follow. Other times when big life changes are happening like the birth of a new baby, a move, an illness, the loss of . . .
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September 26, 2007 11:37 PM EDT --
You know how you can learn how to ride a bicycle or ice skate as a kid, and then not do the activity for many years but somehow as soon as you try it again you remember how? That is because our bodies . . .
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December 03, 2007 09:15 PM EST --
One way to lower your chances of coming down with a cold or the flu this season is to practice deep relaxation on a daily basis. Often relaxing deeply will give you an energy boost because the energy . . .
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June 25, 2009 11:56 AM EDT --
Recently, it's come to my attention that I have an inner perfectionist. This discovery came as a shock to me, but when I mentioned it to close friends and family, they all nodded and agreed. How strange . . .
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December 03, 2007 09:06 PM EST --
While our brain's interpretation of sensation may be fooled into perceiving seperateness, there is a part of our being that knows and can sense that everything is interconnected and moving in relation . . .
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December 15, 2008 05:28 PM EST --
Did you know that chronic emotional stress is dangerous for your health over time?
Our bodies have two nervous systems. The one that gets you ready to fight or flight is called the sympathetic nervous . . .
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February 20, 2008 11:32 PM EST --
What do you lead with?
Have you ever paid attention to how you walk? Do you walk like you're in a hurry to get to your destination, or do you enjoy the journey? We all know that walking is good . . .
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December 03, 2007 09:14 PM EST --
Cultivating a state of relaxation that stays with you day in and day out makes a significant difference in your health, helps you achieve your career and life goals, and makes life as enjoyable as possible. . . .
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December 15, 2008 05:31 PM EST --
One dynamic that is particularly challenging in our culture is balancing our innate needs for rest and movement. When we are super busy all the time, always moving, or regularly tense or anxious, our . . .
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March 19, 2009 10:30 PM EDT --
Successful people keep their minds focused on potential and positive outcomes and resist the habit of negative doom and gloom thinking that is pervasive in the media right now. You have another option. . . .
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February 20, 2008 11:35 PM EST --
Coping Gracefully Dear readers,
I have not been posting as much as usual. The reason why is chronic pain. It's hard to be creative and outgoing and energized when you are immobilized by pain, . . .
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