Taking care of your body is an essential part of self-nurturing. Pain is your body’s way of speaking important messages, letting you know that it needs nourishment and care. If you are looking for a new way to connect to your body/mind and enhance your health, explore your options starting with the sublime seven: *Restorative Yoga: Restorative Yoga is the gentle practice that uses props, slow movements into long postures that are easily held. This is beneficial for a person who has sustained an injury or is new to yoga. The intention of this form of yoga is to leave the mind, body, and spirit nourished, relaxed, and healed. Yoga, meaning yolk or union, helps to unify aspects of ourselves that we sometimes view as being separate from us. When we integrate and work toward aligning all that we are, we possess wholeness. *Laughter Therapy: Laughing truly IS the best medicine, at least when it is applied to therapeutic practices including trauma counseling, bereavement care, revitalizing of self-esteem and reducing stress. Laughter therapy has proven to be particularly beneficial to cancer sufferers and is widely used in Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Why is laughing important? It releases pain reducing endorphins and promotes a positive outlook for the patient. *Halotherapy (Salt Room Therapy): Salt therapy is beneficial for those that suffer from respiratory and skin issues, drawing moisture from inflamed areas. It has been purported to ease the discomfort of cystic fibrosis, and is a catalyst in the cessation of eczema and psoriasis. This purification therapy is ages old and now it is regaining popularity in spas that have rooms entirely crafted from pure salt. *Voice dialogue therapy: If counseling is your route to wellness, voice dialogue is your expansion pack. Voice dialogue allows you to gain a deeper sense of yourself by attributing a voice to aspects of yourself that have not been given a voice or have been silenced. Voice dialogue is an important tool used to treat addictions and trauma by allowing the “aware ego” (you) to speak to the addict or victim within. It is a great convergence of non-dogmatic spirituality and psychology widely used by clinical therapists, social workers, and psychiatrists. *Ecstatic Dance: For the kinesthetic healer, ecstatic dance helps to connect you to your body while giving your body a voice to tell your story of healing. The physiological benefits are innumerable from cardiovascular health to releasing old emotional patterns. It is a fun and exciting way to heal and learn to trust your body again after illness or surgery. *Guided Meditation: Visualizing is essential to the fruition of your future. By partaking in the power of your mind, you grow your mind. Guided meditation is a beneficial practice for a beginner. It helps your mind to focus on the picture that is being developed so that it does not wander. It presents an objective to create a safe place within. *Pranayama: Pranayama is a series of yogic breathing techniques that can heal just about any ailment. There are pranayamic techniques for sleeplessness, high blood pressure, pain, mental confusion and more. It is important to be under the tutelage of an experienced yoga instructor that can assist you in choosing the appropriate techniques for your body-mind. May you find wholeness, health and happiness.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 11:55:54 +0000
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