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If you’re someone who’s looking to create better health and wellbeing for yourself or others, you’re in the right place. I provide information, resources and tools that are simple and doable by anyone, anywhere and at any stage in life.
Why yoga?
Yoga is unique as it helps to focus your attention. You learn to notice, sense and see what might benefit you in terms moving towards long-term health and healing.
Start by reading these posts first:
1. Do you feel stuck?
Look at a baby or a young child for a few moments and you’ll notice they make all kinds of movements, in all kinds of ways. I watched a video yesterday and thought back to the crazy, wild, wonderful things we did as kids with no thought or consideration about how to move our bodies.
Look at old or aging people and what do you notice? …
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2. First, Pay Attention
Why is it you sometimes need to visit a doctor, chiro, physical therapist, massage therapist, etc. time and time again for the same problem? They adjust you, work with you in a manner that seems to provide relief but within a few weeks or months, you’re back in their office again. I have been to them all and credit is due in helping with immediate pain or to fix something.
Sometimes it works long term.
Sometimes, only temporarily.
I want to speak to the temporary fix……
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3. It turns out – we are adaptable
The most fascinating thing I’ve learned about the human body is we are adaptable. I think my brother, the evolutionary biologist, would be happy to hear me say that.
Tissue can change.
Our brain can change.
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4. Change the brain, the nervous system, the body
One of the most important changes in the last 14 years or so is the emerging field of neuroplasticity.
Years ago, when our kids were little, I recall speaking with my cousin who has a degree in psychology. We spoke about the development of children and she told me how important it was to interact with them, stimulate them, provide them with challenges. The reason being, that “scientists once thought that the brain stopped developing after the first few years of life. ….
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5. What I Know For Sure
What I also continue to learn is we really can’t be absolutely sure, about any of this. But, stay with me …
As soon as I discover something to share or write about on a blog post, it may soon be out of date. Though research leads us in the most reliable way we know at any one time, it’s only as good as the next study that proves it is slightly different than we first thought (see neuroplasticity).
There is constant change in what we thought we knew, what we’re now learning and what’s yet to come.
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