Tides of Change Craniosacral Therapy

01/03/2025

If you’re a BCST practitioner check out my upcoming weekend workshop on the TMJ, and how oral posture and dysfunctional breathing can be contributing factors: www.tidesofchange.co.nz/workshops.

18/03/2023

A ground-breaking study looks at the connection between meditation and our gut microbiome — FINALLY! This is a study design that I have been wanting to do for many years, but the opportunity kept escaping me. I was thrilled that someone finally did this.

Researchers studied 37 meditating Tibetan Buddhist monks from remote temples. They looked at the composition of the monks’ gut microbiome from stool tests. What they found is that the monks had different bacteria growing in their gut compared to the control group, which was made up of neighboring, nonmeditating residents. The types of bacteria that were found in the monks are associated with positive mental health and low rates of depression and anxiety.

In 2017, a review of 18 meditation studies speculated that meditation can alter the expression of certain genes influencing inflammation. This is a phenomenon known in science as epigenetics, where outside influences — such as our behaviors — change the expression of our genes. This new study on the link between meditation and positive influences on the gut microbiome could provide a possible mechanism for how meditation helps regulate gene expression to reduce inflammation — maybe through our gut-brain connection and the impact it has on inflammation? The conversation continues…

To read more about this fascinating study, check out this article: http://bit.ly/3S4yZem

08/09/2022

Once again Scientific Research catches up, and uses invasive means to prove what Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapists have been doing for ages... except we contact the Vagus nerve lightly and gently with respectful touch, helping our clients to re-engage brain-gut communication.

Non-invasive stimulation of the vagus nerve can help strengthen communication between the stomach and brain within minutes.

06/12/2021

Tides of Change is taking a sabbatical from 1 December 2021 for 6 months. If you are interested in contacting Deborah regarding Remote Reiki work during this time please PM me.

14/11/2021

In praise of slowing down… 🙏🏻

How brave you are for slowing down. For not finishing that to-do list.

How courageous you are for not crossing that finish line, because your body said “enough.”

How fearless you are for choosing the quiet of your soul over those voices driving you always towards more.

How bold, how rebellious -
you, out there,
honoring your own natural rhythm,
going against the culture’s breakneck speed.

We tend to make heroes of those hungry with ambition, relentlessly doing, producing always more.

We applaud those who refuse to stop or rest. Who push themselves so hard in the name of achievement, that they sacrifice their body and soul and heart in the process. We celebrate those who are ill or aging but never show it, never slow down, never reveal a moment of vulnerability.

This drivenness can be heroic, at times. It can be necessary for our survival or the greater good.

But,

I want to make heroes of those who slow down.

I want to make heroes of those who listen to their bodies, who do not strive for more than what the soul truly needs.

I want to make heroes of those who do not force or push, but surrender to each moment as it opens.

I want to applaud those who may not be driven towards success as we know it, but instead are nurturing something deep and subtle and needed.

I want to celebrate those brave enough to cease all doing, even for a second, and sit with the ache in their hearts. A task many find harder than summiting the highest peak.

I want to make heroes of those who honor their limitations. Who are unable to keep up with the busy-ness of our times, yet show up to each profound, necessary moment.

It is truly an act of courage and rebellion to do any such thing, in a world demanding you resist your own self, your own rhythm, your own soul.

And the paradox is, that often when we cease our incessant doing, even for a minute, and listen to that quiet voice within, we discover what it is we absolutely must do, and what instead can fall away.

We finally hear the call towards what serves our soul, and what then will serve the world. Nothing more, nothing less.

A hero is simply someone brave.
So come, be softly brave.
Be a new, quieter kind of hero.
Few may applaud, it’s true, but your soul certainly will.

By Leyla Aylin
www.leylaaylin.com

Art | Kate Maclean

02/11/2021

Love the wisdom of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

28/10/2021

26/09/2021

New blogpost up on my website - check out my lazy yogini way to get my body moving in the mornings:

A (very) occasional blog about life: the bliss, the boredom, the breakthroughs…

20/09/2021

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09/09/2021

Edited post: I've written my first blog-post... and got some help with creating an actual blog-page on my website - yahoo 🤩

A (very) occasional blog about life: the bliss, the boredom, the breakthroughs…