. Imagine you have two people who both get into an identical, and minor, fender bender (car accident). >> Person A walks away with zero post-traumatic stress - no chronic pain, no lasting whiplash, no fear to drive and get back behind the wheel. They go back to their [...]
Late this summer I interviewed science journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa. Her newest book Childhood Disrupted – How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology and How You Can Heal, unveils a piece of groundbreaking research that’s finally seeing the light of day. FINALLY! If you struggle in any way [...]
Being someone who works in the fields of health and wellness (or the flip-side: disease and sickness), it's fascinating to witness the habits of people when they are desperate and REALLY sick as compared to those who are somewhat stressed and *just* scratching by. The former would [...]
When we are more active; during exercise, when we go up a flight of stairs or run for the bus, our breathing should increase. When we are relaxed; reading a book, watching TV or sleeping, our breathing goes down because our metabolism is slower. Why do we find [...]
This essay is how I see things and what I'd like to do about it. It starts out a little dark, but gives some solutions towards the end, as well as my inspiration for it - so please read all the way through. Irene. * * * “…we are [...]
It’s likely that sometime soon you’ll encounter some stress that will rev up your body’s physiology. It’s also possible that you’ve got some stress that’s still sitting in your system from yesterday, last week, last year, or a decade ago. Here’s the thing, our body getting hit with stress [...]
I think it might have been in June last year when one of my teachers said: "The somatic practices need to be more refined." These seven words really, REALLY, got me thinking. In 7 months of thinking and asking other people - my clients, colleagues, teachers - it seems unanimous: Yep. [...]
The men in Maranello would not be proud Imagine what would happen if a Ferrari was only driven in first gear, no long stretches, no crossfall camber, and following instructions from the manual as to the correct and precise timing in which you ‘drop the clutch’? It just doesn’t [...]
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