Get in touch with your heart!

Ugh, sometimes I get tired of feeling like I should be on some constantly 'doing' cartwheel. Sometimes I need time to just be, go where my mood takes me, sit with some coffee and a book and chill out, walk slowly on sand, watch bees land on clover. I spent a fair bit of time doing that when I was travelling the world. I miss it and I'm deeply glad to have had the experience. A part of me comes through when I can do that for a bit, she's content (even amid tricky bits), strong, relaxed and makes good decisions. I need her! Life works better when I live from this place.

And this is what summer is for, no?

I understand more now about why this makes such a difference to me and it's not, surprisingly, all about my state of mind. When you're feeling all harmonious, your body's feeling the same - and when you're out of whack, your body's processing that too. It's a constant mission to let my best self come through and I'm getting better now at recognising when life-stuff or my own thinking is pulling me off track, knowing that affects my health and figuring what I can do to get back to feeling right again.

" .... the incoherent patterns of physiological activity associated with stressful emotions can cause our body to operate inefficiently, deplete our energy, and produce extra wear and tear on our whole system. This is especially true if stress and negative emotions are prolonged or experienced often. In contrast, positive emotions send a very different signal throughout our body. When we experience uplifting emotions such as appreciation, joy, care, and love; our heart rhythm pattern becomes highly ordered, looking like a smooth, harmonious wave ...... This is called a coherent heart rhythm pattern. When we are generating a coherent heart rhythm, the activity in the two branches of the ANS (Autonomic Nervous System) is synchronized and the body’s systems operate with increased efficiency and harmony. It’s no wonder that positive emotions feel so good—they actually help our body’s systems synchronize and work better."

There's a diagram in this article and more explanation if you're intrigued: https://www.heartmath.org/programs/emwave-self-regulation-technology-theoretical-basis/

For me, the therapies I practise are at heart about getting back to this state of being where things are working beautifully within me and that creates a happier life. They work f

or me and I want you to feel like that too.

Reiki brings deep peacefulness and connection with your centre and all things.

Massage brings deep relaxation, tensions melt and you feel ready for the world again.

Kinetic Chain Release gets your postural and emotional alignment sorted.

They all help you let go of useless stresses and get back to your true self, with whom you can live content (even amid tricky bits), strong, relaxed and making good decisions.

That's living alright <3