♣ Poor posture, shallow breathing, and shutdown emotions wreak havoc on your back. Try these daily shifts to release the physical and emotional roots of upper back pain. Your upper body is the seat of the complex movements of your shoulders, arms, and head. Emotionally, it houses...
Read More♠ A mindfulness research pioneer offers his wisdom (and a guided meditation) on utilizing simple mindfulness techniques to help manage and relieve chronic pain. ↵ Mindfulness both as a formal meditation practice and as a way of being in wise relationship with your experience as life is unfolding moment...
Read MoreChronic pain can take a toll, and prescription painkillers can have severe side effects. Explore how an Ayurvedic practitioner helps her clients manage pain. According to the CDC, over 20% of Americans live with chronic pain. I will start with a straightforward question: How do you navigate pain? ↵ A number...
Read More◊ Your back pain is trying to tell you something. Chronic back pain might be caused by stuck emotions. No one quite understands back pain unless they have experienced it. It can be a debilitating and painful situation that is not easily managed. When back pain flares up,...
Read MoreOpen and massage the jaw to relieve stress and release emotion. The jaw is one of the most common places for us to hold stress and tension. Tensing the jaw when we are angry or to avoid crying is common. Opening the jaw through massage or...
Read MoreQuestions about stress and anger can help you discover the spiritual meaning of jaw pain. The muscles in the jaw are some of the strongest in the body. The jaw is also one of the only places in the body that doesn’t completely go into sleep...
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Understanding the dimensions of pain and the neuroscience behind it is an empowering recovery tool. As unpleasant as it is, pain is actually quite normal. We all (with very rare exceptions) experience pain, defined as a localized or generalized bodily sensation (or complex of sensations) causing mild to...
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When it comes to the spiritual meaning of left shoulder pain, your heart is at the heart of the matter. Pain is a useful signal in our bodies, most of the time. It indicates that something is wrong or that something needs attention. When pain becomes...
Read MoreWhen there is pain in the neck or restriction in the throat chakra, it’s worth asking: What emotions are caught in our throat, unable to be spoken? Neck and shoulder pain are very common, partly because they can come up when we are sitting in front...
Read More↓ Sciatica can be debilitating. Preventing sciatica requires some life changes, but it’s worth it. I have an admission—my posture is awful. Like lots of people, I’m working from home, hunched over my computer for hours on end, ping-ponging from chair to couch to bed, trying to...
Read More↓ Poor posture, shallow breathing, and shutdown emotions wreak havoc on your back. Try these daily shifts to release the physical and emotional roots of upper back pain. Your upper body is the seat of the complex movements of your shoulders, arms, and head. Emotionally, it houses...
Read More↓ Sore, achy feet affect your mood, not to mention cause pain to radiate to other areas of the body. Find relief for your feet by practicing yoga for sore feet. Sore, achy feet can affect everything from hip pain to lower back pain to posture issues—not to mention...
Read More4 Steps to Adapting to Life With Chronic Illness Cope with a chronic illness diagnosis through small, mindful changes to your everyday routine. “Chronic illness is just one iota, one tiny ingredient that can be added to the cosmic mixture of what makes up a human.” I...
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