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Body Scan Meditation

Learning what your body and mind are experiencing opens the doors to preventing the pattern after trauma from controlling your life. One way to get unstuck is to … Set a timer for 5 minutes starting at the top of … Continue reading

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Stress

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down. Natalie Goldberg

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Get Grounded

Heart Hold: This technique, from the Japanese healing modality Jin Shin Jyutsu, has an immediate calming effect on the nervous system: Place your right hand on your belly, left hand on your heart. Inhale deeply, exhale completely. Notice peace set … Continue reading

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Harness Energy

Studies have found that exercise may help cancer patients live longer, but during chemotherapy, the mechanics of running escaped me. So, I gave myself a pep talk. “Are you hunched over? Straighten your torso. Hold your head up. Harness energy from … Continue reading

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Heartbreak

Loving God, there’s so much heartbreak and uncertainty in our world. Help me to learn to follow You past what I can understand to the wonder of Your life breathing new life all around me Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks … Continue reading

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