The Right Foot Wellbeing

01/12/2020

My daughter Apple Sershi has a new single out today. It's upbeat and sparkling with positivity and it makes me want to dance every time I hear it. So I thought it was the perfect wellbeing song to start off December. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do 🥰

https://open.spotify.com/track/5D6IxfvD2goKr16CnSqaXM?si=EVIo7vtwRheZtQjMJdFAVg

Apple Sershi · Song · 2020

07/06/2020

14/11/2019

🌳I love this tree in Richmond Park. It blew over some years ago and yet somehow remained rooted in the ground. From this time, it has flourished into the most beautiful shape and its trunk and branches are the perfect height for allowing those enjoying the park to sit, contemplate, climb and enjoy a picnic.

🌳It is the perfect tree to rest against whilst enjoying this beautiful, short and powerful meditation from the wonderful Thich Nhat Hahn from his book Being Peace 💚

🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

“Breathing in, I calm my body.
Breathing out, I smile.
Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is a wonderful moment.”

🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

🌳It's a wonderful meditation to carry around with you when life is feeling a bit tough. Remember to breathe deep into your belly. This will help you feel much calmer, more quickly. I hope you have a go and enjoy this beautiful mediation.

🌳Do you have a favourite tree that you love to visit and that nurtures your soul? 💚🌳

To your greater wellbeing 💚

When it comes to change, it can be quite a challenge. We're smart, we know what's good for us and often we already know what we need to do.  So what stops us? Why do we often feel so overwhelmed and stuck? And why do we often sabotage the successes we do have? At The Right Foot, I take a holist...

13/10/2019

Hello. You may have stopped to watch this video because you are thinking about making a change. Perhaps you are feeling overwhelmed as you think about the transition you would like to make. Or the change you need to make seems so big that you don’t know where to start. Or perhaps you are aware, maybe fearful, that by moving forward you may have to say good bye to something that has been in your life for too long.

I would like to share you with you the first exercise that I ask all my clients to do when we work together. In order to create change we need to start from a place where we feel calm and clear. We all do it now. In fact, we do it between 17-30,000 times a day. Only we rarely do it properly. What am I talking about…? PAUSE

Breathing

My name in Dinah and I am an integrated transition coach. Using a structured, holistic approach, I support people through periods of change so they reach their goals in a way that also improves their overall confidence and wellbeing.

Breathing deeply and consciously strengthens our immune system, supports efficient detoxification and slows down the ageing process. However, it is the body-mind connection that we focus on when coaching. I want to show you a simple, effective breathing technique that will help you manage your emotions and support a sense of calm and clarity so you are better positioned to take the next step on your journey of change.

When we are feeling overwhelmed, we are in flight or flight mode and it is our sympathetic nervous system that is switched on. By practising this simple technique, I will show you in a few moments, you will be switching over to your parasympathetic nervous system and putting yourself quickly into a ‘rest and digest’ state. It is in this state that we are able to find the space to make decisions and plan effectively and decisively.

It doesn’t matter where you are as you listen to me in this moment, at work, on a train, in your bedroom, you can follow me right now. Gently focus and simply put your hands over your belly button and feel belly rise and fall as you softly inhale and exhale through your nose. It is important to breathe naturally and allow the breath to drop low into your abdomen. This immediately starts to create a sense of relaxation. Once you feel a growing calm inside your body and mind, inhale for a count of two and then exhale for a count of 4. In doing so, we are moving deeper into our relaxation. If this is too much, simply come back to a regular breathing directing your attention to your belly even for a few moments. Do you feel calmer than you did a few moments ago? If you do, you can now start focusing on what it is you want to change.

I hope you found this exercise helpful. Isn’t it amazing how a few conscious breaths can have such a positive impact on our state of mind? I love my work supporting my clients accomplish both their life goals with a greater sense of health and wellbeing. If you would like to learn more about the unique coaching systems and weekend programmes I have developed, please click the learn more button now. We cannot fully transition to the next chapter of our lives without considering our whole being. By providing a structured, holistic and accountable approach, I may be the first step you need to take to start on the right foot.

Click here if you would like to know more https://www.therightfootwellbeing.com/more-information

13/10/2019

😬ARE YOU GRINDING YOUR TEETH AS YOU READ THIS POST? Just quickly check in with how relaxed your jaw feels? Are you feeling tired and stressed? Often we grind our teeth, not only when we are awake but often whilst we are asleep too. This clenching puts pressure on the muscles, tissues, and other structures around the jaw.
😬If you grind your teeth, experience migraines, dizziness, neck, back and shoulder pain, it could be your TMJ where you need to focus!
😬The temporomandibular joints (TMJ) are the 2 joints that connect your lower jaw to your skull. They slide and rotate in front of each ear, and consist of the mandible (the lower jaw) and the temporal bone (the side and base of the skull).
When these muscles and the surrounding facial muscles are not working harmoniously, the impact extends far beyond your jaw or face.
In fact when your TMJ is not working optimally, the impact can often be found in other parts of the muscular-skeletal system.
👍TMJ health is so important, that over the coming weeks, I will be writing much more on this subject. There are lots of small exercises we can do to help relax our jaws and I will be sharing some of these over the coming weeks.
🙂In the meantime, I would suggest you start right now by simply slowly and gently giving your jaw a gentle massage. One minute when you wake and one minute before you go to sleep will have a beneficial effect on not only relaxing your jaw but providing you with a general sense of relaxation. 🙂

13/10/2019

🙂The first step to taking a successful decision is to gently focus on your breathing.
🙂Take a few mindful, slow inhales and exhales down into your belly.
🙂This immediately start to bring a sense of calm and of being present.
🙂Without being in either the past or future, we are able to think clearly in our present moment where we can then find the space to make clearer decisions.