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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
A few weeks ago, I wrote about free-writing, and how helpful I was finding it – helpful in sorting out my thoughts, writing blogs, class planning, sifting through problems, and so forth. How such a “purposeless” task, was actually helping … Continue reading →
“I am free to have ease in my heart.” So said one of the participants in my class last Wednesday. It was the first of my local weekly BodyIntelligence small group classes. They are short classes – just an hour … Continue reading →
Do you like to exercise? I do and I don’t. My preferred types of exercise tend to be gentle. I love to walk, especially out in nature, and I do so virtually every day for about 45 minutes. I also … Continue reading →
This may seem like an odd statement from someone whose last blog post was encouraging you to improve your posture. However, if you got even as far as the second paragraph you would have read this: To be clear, the … Continue reading →
