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3 Reasons Why You Should NOT Sit Up Straight

BodyIntelligence Posted on November 23, 2020 by Imogen RagoneNovember 23, 2020

Don’t sit up straight! This may seem like an odd statement for me to make as a teacher of the Alexander Technique – a method known to help people with their posture. However, if you have read anything I’ve written … Continue reading →

Posted in Posture | Tagged alexander technique, backpain, bad posture, breathing, compression, ease, freedom, good posture, pain, poise, posture, posture advice, sit up straight, space, spaciousness, stand up straight, stress, tension | 5 Replies

“CyCling” with Ease to Down-Regulate Stress and Trauma

BodyIntelligence Posted on August 20, 2020 by Imogen RagoneAugust 20, 2020

Would you like to learn a simple but profound practice to help you down-regulate and calm your nervous system when you’re feeling stressed? Here, in this blog about my fourth conversation with Trauma Awareness Activist Shay Seaborne about stress, trauma and … Continue reading →

Posted in Stress, Trauma | Tagged agency, alexander technique, choice, down-regulation, ease, excess tension, freedom, healing, neurobiology, neuroscience, possibility, recovery, stress, stress relief, tension, TheCyCle, trauma | 1 Reply

The Art of Giving and Receiving

BodyIntelligence Posted on December 23, 2019 by Imogen RagoneDecember 23, 2019

Tis the season for giving and receiving gifts. Do you know which you like best? Do you know how you respond physically and emotionally to giving and receiving? Does it matter? I think it does, and had reason to delve … Continue reading →

Posted in Mind-Body Connection | Tagged alexander technique, awareness, body awareness, ease, Freedom Directions, gift-giving, giving, mindfulness, receiving, tension, thinking | Leave a reply

How to Deal with the Stress of an Unwelcome Visitor

BodyIntelligence Posted on April 5, 2019 by Imogen RagoneOctober 19, 2020

As I sat in my office a couple of days ago, writing my April newsletter, there was a lingering nervousness in my body that I detected as a heightened awareness of my heart beating and extra tension in my neck … Continue reading →

Posted in Stress | Tagged aches, alexander technique, calm nerves, emotional stress, freedom of movement, frightened, mindfulness, outlook, pains, pause, physical stress, posture, presence, spider, stress, tension, terror | Leave a reply

3 Keys to Coping with the Stress of Uncertainty

BodyIntelligence Posted on November 25, 2018 by Imogen RagoneNovember 25, 2018

My last blog post – Lessons in Uncertainty – touched a nerve with a lot of people. It seems many of you can relate to the stress that uncertainty can create. Since I wrote it, I received and replied to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Stress | Tagged acceptance, caregiving, choice, ease, non-judgement, release tension, stress, support, tension, uncertainty, women in business | 3 Replies

Lessons in Uncertainty

BodyIntelligence Posted on October 26, 2018 by Imogen RagoneOctober 26, 2018

I feel in limbo – not quite able to move forward. Here’s the situation: I’m in charge of the sale of my parents’ house in England following my father’s death in April and my mother’s move into a care home. … Continue reading →

Posted in Life Lessons | Tagged alexander technique, balance, frustration, grief, patience, planning, scheduling, stress, tension, uncertainty, waiting | 24 Replies

How Can You Care for Yourself While Caring for Others?

BodyIntelligence Posted on February 15, 2018 by Imogen RagoneSeptember 18, 2018

I just had a crash course in this when I visited my parents in Sheffield (UK) for two weeks in January. It’s hard. A bit of background – my mum has Alzheimer’s and has deteriorated a lot since I last … Continue reading →

Posted in Care-Giving, Self Care | Tagged alexander technique, Alzheimer's, care-giving, constructive rest, ease, gratitude, gratitude practice, self care, self kindness, self-compassion, self-criticism, support, tension, walking | 6 Replies

Can You Transform Stress into Ease with a Single Thought?

BodyIntelligence Posted on November 9, 2017 by Imogen RagoneAugust 5, 2022

How many times a day do you tell yourself what you should be doing? Or what you should not be doing? Or should not be thinking? Or should not be feeling? This is just one of the ways we often … Continue reading →

Posted in Self Care, Stress | Tagged awareness, choice, direction, ease, freedom, possibility, self care, self talk, self-direction, stress, stress relief, tension, thinking, thoughts, transformation, William James | Leave a reply

Stressed? Then why is it hard to choose ease?

BodyIntelligence Posted on November 6, 2017 by Imogen RagoneOctober 22, 2018

Do you resist ease? I confess. I do. I do so even though I am fully aware of the benefits of bringing more ease into my life; even though I know specific strategies that can help me to shift from … Continue reading →

Posted in Self Care, Stress | Tagged alexander technique, awareness, consciousness, ease, release tension, resistance, self care, stress relief, stress relief strategies, tension, thinking, thoughts | 6 Replies

7 Tips to Relieve Stress Now

BodyIntelligence Posted on October 18, 2017 by Imogen RagoneOctober 18, 2017

We are always going to find ourselves in stressful situations. That’s a given. Learning to respond differently – in a way that reduces significantly the amount of stress we experience, before, during and afterward – is key. Here are seven … Continue reading →

Posted in Self Care, Self Help, Stress | Tagged alexander technique, attention, awareness, body language, breath, breathing, constructive rest, ease, empowerment, exhale, freedom of movement, mindfulness, move, movement, neck, neck tension, overwhelm, pause for thought, posture, power, rest, self care, self-help, smile, smiling, stress, stress relief, tension, time | 4 Replies

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