Mindful Movement Meditation – a “5 Rhythms Taster Day” in Swindon for the first time! I have been dancing 5 Rhythms, developed by Gabrielle Roth, for about six years. It gives me great pleasure to be able to bring this form of Mindful Moving Meditation for the first time to Swindon, in October. I love … [Read more…]
Author: Julie Nicholls
The truth about stress
I caught up on BBC iplayer, with the programme called ‘the truth about stress’ . This continues the theme of my previous post. The programme is well worth watching, in the next 10 days if you haven’t already seen it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/e…/p04yy2n4/the-truth-about-12-stress It has lots of information about the science behind it all. It will give … [Read more…]
Stress awareness month is April!
Stress! How to understand it and how to beat it. I expect you’re aware of your own stress levels. But do you know: a. What your triggers are? b. What you can do about them? Now, I speak of stress triggers in the plural for a good reason. Stress is not one single thing. Rather … [Read more…]
April…Awareness month
I just heard on the radio, as I was shopping, that April is ‘pet care’ awareness month. I thought it was stress awareness month! May be this is actually the same after all. Is awareness the only common denominator? You may think pets and stress have nothing in common. Other than the word ‘awareness’, but … [Read more…]
Natural remedies and help for colds and flue
Spring has come, this is the natural way of life. Change though natural, normal and vital, is something we humans struggle with. We often fight change and want to keep things the same to help us feel secure. But this is a topic for another post. With the change in season, we become more susceptible … [Read more…]
Do you believe you can have a job you love? Let me know after watching this video.
I love my job and am so grateful for that. I watched this TED talk, about finding a job you love; not because I was looking for a new job but because,I was compelled to watch it. The title intrigued me and I got side tracked (as you do) after looking for a different talk, … [Read more…]
Stress talk, back by popular demand!
Stress might be the norm these days, but that doesn’t mean it has to be that way for you. The medical profession now agrees that stress is the cause of, or aggravates most diseases. Yet they continue to treat the symptoms, not the cause. Why spend time and energy managing stress, when you can get … [Read more…]
Neck and shoulder pain
How to ease neck and shoulder pain and improve posture Many people with neck and shoulder pain know that posture might have something to do with it. For most people, tension is held in the shoulders and causes headaches and neck pain or stiffness. This is because the muscles at the back are over stretched … [Read more…]