The power of the natural world to help us come back to ourselves and restore our spirits There's something about a walk in the woods for me that just helps me land in the present. Feeling a sense of containment and safety in a green tunnel of trees,
How mindful attention on the breath affects emotional regulation - and how much you should practice before you see results Hey everyone! I hope you have been enjoying the breath-based journey we have been on for a couple weeks, and I hope you don't mind staying on this
It never ceases to amaze me how the OG breath practitioners from thousands of years ago in the Buddhist and Yogic traditions knew the power of the breath...and modern science and neuroscience just keeps on confirming it. Mindfulness of the breath and breathing practices aka pranayama are some of
One of my favorite things about mindful presence is that it is the antidote to autopilot mode. Think of an airport- everybody rushing to their gates or baggage claim or whatever. Bumping into each other, bags whacking each other...autopilot mode central. Now picture that scene with people in mindful
First off, if the meme this pic is based on was not printed and posted somewhere in your JOC, watchfloor, office, or even Chaplain's Corner of every deployment you ever went on, I would love to hear about it because it was ubiquitous in my experience 😅 Because the
Happy New Year y'all!! This week I thought I would share another practice that goes really well with Name it to Tame It which I shared last week. One of the things I mentioned in both my short video I shared a couple weeks ago and the longer
I promised on my YouTube channel to share more about the research showing why the Name it to Tame it practice is so amazing and effective for turning down the intensity of emotions. I'll start with an overview of the practice in case you didn't see
Let me share with y'all all the gifts being present brings about (see what I did there, you're all welcome 🤣). It's my version of a holiday newsletter theme with the gift-giving, but for well-being. Your presence is a gift to others Being present is
as opposed to the 12 Days of Christmas! I will be giving you the gift of 12 short practice videos to try out tools and take mindful mini-breaks during the holiday season, which I hope will be more helpful to you than some random birds and such in the song.
Hey everyone! Hope you had a lovely Turkey Day, I sure did ☺️Lots of food and fun with my sis, BIL and nephews...and little Theo earned his off-leash privileges in their backyard back...apparently he has a lot more people FOMO and a lot less desire to escape now,
Breathwork and mindfulness of the breath practices can be excellent for boosting calming activity in the nervous system. Any time you are working with the breath, you are working with your vagus nerve, which is why doing these practices regularly is so helpful for reducing stress in general. However, breath-centric
There are few things in this world that delight me more than a simple framework that helps make sense of- and practically apply- an abstract or seemingly ambiguous process. In training this weekend, I was reminded of Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle, which is a fantastic tool to apply