When the body and mind experience stress, a whole cascade of physiological, neurological and hormonal processes take place at a deeper level. Using the stress management tools below can facilitate vital shifts in your physiology, moving your system into a calmer and more sustainable state. 1. Nose Breathing Direct your breathing through your nose instead …
We have never had better or faster access to information on health (or anything else for that matter) than we do now. Magazines, the TV entertainment screen at the doctor’s office, Instagram, Facebook, the news, endless blogs & vlogs and the ever-infinite World Wide Web – the sources seem as varying in quality as they …
In spiritual circles we are often told that human beings have turned into ‘human doings’ as opposed to human beings. In part, this is very true, as we certainly have turned into a species seemingly intent on filling our every waking hours with endless activities and tasks. Today, we are told to ‘just be’. To …
How do we deal to and overcome injury? Now this could easily be a post with physio advise about training intervals, activating the core and moving well bio-mechanically. And these things do help, don’t get me wrong. However, practicing as a clinical physiotherapist for 10 years has given me a rather different perspective on this …
So, we breathe to take in air and oxygen in order to stay alive, but why else is this function important, and isn’t it just an automatic process that we don’t need to think about anyway? Well, yes, and no. It would be fair to say that respiration is an underestimated field in the world …