Tension is your body (or your nervous system controlling your body) adapting to your life.
Tension is created by the body because it doesn’t feel safe, supported, grounded in some way. There is usually a lack of stability and or strength, caused by movement avoidance. Your body avoids certain pathways of movement due to a past injury, emotional holding or other stressor.
Read MoreWe all have wear and tear on the spine, it is part of the ageing process. But not all wear and tear will cause pain or discomfort.
If we looked at an MRI of a 27 year old spine and that of a 50 year old spine, they can look very similar, with wear and tear showing in the same places. Yet only one of these people may feel back pain and it isn’t necessarily going to be the 50 year old.
Read MoreBone is considered ‘living tissue’ and all living tissue is under a constant cycle of breakdown and regeneration. Osteopenia and Osteoporosis occur when the natural breakdown of the bone tissue is either faster or more efficient than the bodies ability to rebuild bone.
Just like a muscle, the bone can be strengthened. There are certain things we can do to encourage our bodies to build bone and reverse Osteoporosis.
Read MoreThe work I do its initially with the physical body, people come to me with a bad back, a frozen shoulder, a disability or just an inability to get their body feeling as healthy as they would like. But 9 times out of 10, we fall into emotional healing to reach physical success.
Read MoreThere is a difference between pain and discomfort. Pain should absolutely be avoided, in fact your body will do it’s best to avoid pain. It will respond automatically and will ‘jump’ you out of a movement that brings you pain (think of picking up a hot pan). Discomfort however, is recognised by the mind first and can be a wonderful place where our inner strength is discovered and developed.
Read MoreOur bodies are always giving us signals, cues and information. It’s time we re-learnt that the body and the mind are connected and draw all the benefits of creating a relationship with our bodies and understanding this empowering communication channel.
Listening to the body when it talks.
There’s a well known saying that goes: “If you don’t listen to your body when it whispers, you will have to hear it scream”. Well, discomfort is your body whispering to you.
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