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Busy minds and bodies can match busy places and times. And then there are places and times that call for calmer minds and calmer bodies.
Our bodies are so connected to our minds that they can help each other settle. Try Belly Breathing to get settled.
Adjust the way…
Feeling scattered, shaky, or unsure can affect your ability to focus your thoughts, gain confidence or move forward.
You can get in the habit of using your attention as a tool – a personal tool to settle those thoughts and emotions - enough to make goals, follow plans, and move forward. First you practice settling…
Focusing your attention on the subtleties in life can strengthen that attention – your attention. Imagery and visualizations are tools for attention training. Try working with waves on the ocean and waves of your breath. This Waves of Breath practice will strengthen your ability to direct your focus on both breath…
Sometimes simple, everyday activities can go unappreciated. But yawning will have its day.
It can be a practice of both awakening and activating as well as calming and settling your nervous system.
Need a reset, a personal reboot?
Try this, intentionally yawn.
Make it a practice and notice the outcome. For you…
When you're low on energy or stuck in slow motion, you can try increasing your energy, from the inside… Practice Feet and Hands Moving to activate.
For this practice you may be reclined, lying down or sitting.
You decide.
Direct your attention to your feet. Pressure, warmth, numb. Wiggle the toes…
On any given day, you can feel stuck. Stuck in the middle of your busy thoughts, stuck in your heavy emotions or stuck in a space (a non-moving / non-getting-going kind of space).
This Lifting Practice can be used anywhere and at any time. It can help you create a habit…
Walking Practice brings your attention to the present moment, over and over again – with every step.
The goal is to BE where you are, not to GET anywhere. Simply BE. One step at a time.
Find a small space, a flat surface – grass, concrete, a rug – where you can walk without obstacles…
Adults with ADHD are often skeptical that anyone with ADHD can make a mindful habit. They point out that routine is challenging with ADHD, sitting still on purpose even harder, and silencing thoughts hardest of all. In order to create the mindfulness habit for ADHD all that is needed is the right approach…
This is the STOP Practice Original - a good check in for developing your internal pause button.
This practice can be used anywhere and at any time, in order to create a habit of pausing to check-in on yourself, in the moment.
It can be helpful in transitions or to initiate a change…
