Tag: tension

Are you getting your beauty sleep?

You’re probably well aware that when you skimp on sleep, it shows on your face. Your eyes can look puffy and your skin looks pale and washed out!   Lack of sleep makes you more forgetful and less alert, it can also be detrimental to your physical appearance. It causes blood vessels to dilate generating… Read more »

The yogic breath

  When we are born out of our mother’s womb, the first thing we do is breathe! From this day on we develop our own breathing pattern. No one teaches us how to breathe because it’s a rhythmic, involuntary process regulated by our respiratory system. But we can control our breathing! Breath, is life –… Read more »

Combatting signs of Stress!

There are many ways stress can manifest itself in our daily lives. There is also a darker side to stress that no-one talks about. This article will investigate the symptoms and give you advice on how you can overcome it. Stress has become the paradigm of our modern lives. Society here in the west accepts… Read more »

Are You Burnt Out?

Do you have days when you feel fed up, overloaded or unappreciated? Most of us have days when the continuous monotony of keeping the plates spinning goes unnoticed; when dragging ourselves out of bed requires tremendous effort. If you are feeling like this every day you may be on the way to burning yourself out!… Read more »

Keep Calm and Connected

How can you remain calm in your head and relaxed in your body all day when you have so much stuff going on! There’s never enough time to do it in … you’re feeling too tired to contemplate the day ahead, maybe you haven’t started the day in the right frame of mind, or for other… Read more »

Anxiety leads to muscular tension

MUSCLE TENSION IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON AND OBVIOUS PHYSICAL SYMPTOM OF ANXIETY. IF YOU FIND PEACE IN YOUR ANXIETY, YOU CAN HEAL TENSE MUSCLES? I have been treating clients with muscular tension for over fifteen years, most have suffered with an anxiety issue. It’s possible this is a modern epidemic, you can see visible effects of anxiety everywhere,… Read more »

‘All Knotted Up’ neck & shoulder muscular tension

We’ve all had the experience of tension in our shoulders only to find the tension radiating from a knot in a particular muscle. These muscle knots are painful to the touch and can feel like someone actually tied our muscles up. But what are they? Muscles that form knots are muscles that have gone into… Read more »