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The spooky season is in full swing! This month, you may have explored haunted houses, gone on a hay ride, carved spooky (or cute) pumpkins, watched scary movies, played horror games or read horror books. This month seems dedicated to the emotion of fear: exploring what scares us as well as scaring away creatures with scarecrows and jack-o-lanterns. So, this week, let’s look at the fear response.
The days that stick out to you: do they fill you with love, joy, happiness? Or do they fill you with a heavy weight? Our minds tend to focus on the negatives in life. It’s how we survive: scan for threats, notice them, and remember, so you can survive the threat.
So, remembering your favorite dish is out of stock on a night out is more likely to stick in your mind than the delicious taste of your second favorite dish. It may even cloud your senses so you don’t notice the cute baby’s contagious laughter (but you do notice the tiny pieces of burnt food instead).
This week, let’s examine our memories and discover how we can build positive, long-lasting, happy memories.
When we step outside into the cold, we get goosebumps down our arms, and we shiver. Our body tells us, grab a jacket. Whereas, when we sweat under the humid heat, our body tells us, cool down!
A grumbling stomach says, find and eat food. Drooping eyes and sluggishness may tell us, it’s time for bed.
Our bodies send us many messages throughout the day. Are you listening to those messages? Are you responding to your body?
Depression has often been painted as a dark cloud that hangs heavy over your head—hangs heavy in your bones. It saps your will, drains the color of the world, and can make you feel sluggish.
Now, imagine you could fend off these dark clouds with a simple practice—one you likely already do at some point in your day.
You guessed it: take a walk.
This may sound a bit unbelievable, but tapping certain places on your body can help reduce stress! This somatic intervention is called Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT Tapping. This week, we’ll explain EFT Tapping and share several guided resources (featuring our very own Meg!) so you can practice this exercise anytime and anywhere.
When was the last time that you let yourself do nothing? Truly nothing. Not “avoiding a task by playing video games or watching TV or talking with a friend” nothing. But the “sitting and staring at a wall” type of nothing.
When was the last time you last yourself just be?
Have you been told you should do yoga, but the poses are difficult to hold? Or, you want to practice yoga, but you don’t have the flexibility and balance like the yogis in the video.
The good news is that you might not have to give up on yoga practice just yet! Chair yoga offers a gentle accessible way to experience the benefits of yoga, whether seated or using a chair for balance.
Are you stuck in a project? Can’t think of how to get that pesky idea onto the page? Or are you having trouble staying focused long enough to get started and working on a task? The research might just tell you to take a hike!
This week, let’s explore how movement helps us think, and practical ways to incorporate movement into our routine when taking a hike does not fit into our schedule.
The holidays are here, ready to sweep you up in a whirlwind of busyness. Between the endless end-of-year tasks, it’s easy to miss the simple joys of the season and watch the days fly by.
But what if, instead of “looking forward to” a moment, we lived in this moment? This moment offers us an opportunity. An opportunity to laugh, to connect, to breathe, and to cherish these moments.
This week, let’s remind ourselves to slow down, live in the moment, and create memories.
Did you know? Tuning into your body is a quick way to time travel into the present moment!
Congratulations on taking this step!
We look forward to working with you!
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