Brain, Body and Buess

Stress, sadly has become a daily part of our lives. Stress largely revolves around our belief that we need to perform - in our work, at home or with our friends. Our constant of being switched 'on' is compounding this as we don't take the time to restore or rejuvenate ourselves.

Stress is a real feeling and is also becoming part of our 'norm'. Perhaps you no longer know what it feels...

Sitting has been classified as the new smoking. The average office worker sits for 10 hours per day between work and home life.

Prolonged sitting for 6 hours or more per day has been likened to smoking the equivalent of 1 and 1/4 packets of cigarettes. Don't think that if you are a healthy weight that this is not true for you! Also don't think that if you spent an hour at the gym before or after work that this isn't true f...

We take our bodies for granted and seldom slow down enough to listen to what our body is telling us or telling others. The time pressures and busyness of our western minds rob us from the ability to truly tune into ourselves.

The numbers indicate that 55% of what we say is body language, 38% is the tone we use and 7% the actual words we say. This brings another meaning to actions speak loud...

As you go about your day, how grounded do you feel? If there are times when you meet with negative opinions you may feel a little 'off balance' when responding.

Our bodies hold our truth in many ways. All our thoughts are encompassed in our nervous system and reciprocally feed our body. Our neural pathways activate not only our brain but also the automatic and conscious aspects of o...

Next time you stop at a restaurant, cafe, wait in line or are on public transport, do some people watching and see what their bodies are saying. 

Notice people who seem older than their years. People who are in their 40s, 50s and older. Their bodies have had many years of 'holding' themselves in a certain way. Maybe their shoulders are high and hunched over slightly, perhaps their chest is puffed out.