Empowered Wellness for Body, Mind & Spirit
photo by Shawn Vogt I first heard of this concept of “strong back, soft front” while listening to Brene Brown’s ‘Unlocking Us’ podcast with Elizabeth Lesser (author, co-founder of Omega Institute). Lesser was explaining how she learned this from Roshi Joan Halifax, a Buddhist teacher. A week later, I heard this teaching again as Brene […]
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Words hold vibration. They offer us an experience that is beyond definition or intellectual meaning. When we start paying attention to how words FEEL to us, that’s when we realize their power. We’ve all had these experiences… listening to the lyrics of a song that hits a chord within us… listening to a motivational
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Silence is golden. We’ve all heard this phrase before. Maybe we remember seeing it at our school library when we were kids… or now-a-days it’s a common reminder on the big screen when we visit our favorite movie theater. This past weekend, I was able to experience this phrase in a completely different and powerful
Last post, I shared some information about how slow, rhythmic breathing stimulates the vagus nerve which then in turn quells the stress response and encourages the relaxation response. Furthermore, studies have validated that one of the best ways to induce ‘rest and digest’ is by slowing our breathing rate to 6 breaths per minute. We
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