Options For Ease

01/18/2018

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11/25/2016

Finding Ease Under Pressure

12/09/2015

Bounce
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Stand. Bend at the hip joints and let your arms hang down toward your feet. Notice how close your hands come to the ground – without stretching.

11/25/2015

Rock On
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Rocking isn’t just for babies anymore. Studies have shown that rocking – whether in a chair or hammock, or simply swaying rhythmically – soothes frazzled nerves, promotes healing and supports deep sleep.

11/17/2015

Breathe Through a Straw
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Lightly wrap your lips around a drinking straw. Take slow shallow breathes letting yourself inhale and exhale through the straw.

11/10/2015

Change Your Mind
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Act or React? The choice is yours. When you mindlessly react to events and demands, it’s easy for your nerves to get frazzled. Not a happy situation but one you can change by choosing a more measured response based on awareness.

11/03/2015

Help Another
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Help yourself by helping someone else. A new study has shown that reaching out to help someone else has the effect of significantly reducing anxiety. So sooth those frazzled nerves by offering to help someone in need. What goes around really does come around.

10/27/2015

Find a New Rhythm
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Like nodding your head, opening and closing your hands can be used to guide your nervous system to a calmer, easier rhythm.

10/20/2015

Do The Dishes
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Getting down and dirty (pun intended) with the pots and pans could have a positive effect on your nervous system. And could actually result in the sparkling glassware and spotless utensils that dishwasher detergents promise but never actually deliver.

10/16/2015

Coordinate Tongue and Eyes
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Your eyes and tongue can be powerful allies in your quest to calm your nerves. As noted before, the Vagus nerve rests very close to the surface in your mouth and tongue. Using your tongue to gently stroke the roof of your mouth stimulates your Vagus nerve activating your parasympathetic nervous syst…

10/06/2015

Nod Your Head
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September 23, 2015 Calm Your Nerves #18 – Nod Your Head Who would have thought that saying yes, with a simple nod of your head, could bring relief to an anxious nervous system. It can IF you make that nod very slow and simple. Awareness, in and of itself, is the backdrop for positive change. By brin…