'We see things not as they are, but as we are'. Our perception of the world through the nervous system lens.
‘We see things not as they are, but as we are’ I admit, I used to see this phrase and not really understand what it meant. However, I...
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Helen
- Nov 25, 2023
- 3 min
Why I don't meditate (I do)
Why I don’t meditate. I do actually. I just don’t call it meditation because I have an irrational dislike for the word, and think it’s...
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Helen
- Sep 15, 2023
- 4 min
The right brain and the suitcase
Today I went to cranio therapy to deal with the suitcase. To understand what I mean by that, read on. This summer my daughter had knee...
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Helen
- Oct 3, 2022
- 3 min
Sigh to soothe; the importance of sighing
Sighing is a natural phenomenon within breathing. We sigh roughly every 5 minutes, and we naturally sigh throughout the night when we...
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Helen
- Aug 5, 2022
- 4 min
Healing from bereavement and trauma - Ying's story
Who would have thought 6 months ago I would grow into the happy and calmer person that I am today. With the ability to cope with what...
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Helen
- May 23, 2022
- 2 min
Pandiculation; a sigh and a stretch
What is pandiculation? If you’ve ever seen a dog or cat arch their back when they get up from a nap, or watched a baby stretch their arms...
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Helen
- Jan 16, 2022
- 4 min
The importance of not forcing a shape
One of my favourite phrases: ‘the body has a story and it’s trying to tell you’ is never more applicable than in a yoga class. Through...
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Helen
- Nov 25, 2021
- 3 min
Trauma as loops
My perspective on trauma. This is not based on any science or theory or individual stories, but more the perspective I have developed for...
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Helen
- May 7, 2021
- 5 min
Sleep tips for tweenagers
My son's teacher asked me if I had a few tips for her class of 11 year olds; many of whom were struggling to sleep. Their issues seem to...
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Helen
- Dec 6, 2020
- 5 min
How I got here: my education and career
I’m analytically minded, and very observant. Over the years one of my friends has often asked me...did you do a degree in psychology...
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Helen
- Jul 22, 2020
- 4 min
How yin yoga can help mental health
When I first told my clients I was training in Yin many of them asked what exactly it was. Unable to give an educated answer at the time...
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Helen
- May 29, 2020
- 6 min
Alexithymia; a case of not feeling
‘I’m fine’. We all say it. Sometimes we mean it and sometimes we don’t, but we usually know whether we mean it or not. Some people will...
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Helen
- Oct 15, 2019
- 2 min
40 lessons by 40
1. Breathe. Breathe deeper, breathe slower 2. Change is easy when it’s small 3. Sleep heals 4. Sit down, be quiet 5. Every person you...
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Helen
- Oct 9, 2019
- 3 min
10 ways that yoga helps mental health
‘If the promise of yoga on mental health was found in a drug, it would be the best selling medication world wide.’ More and more research...
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Helen
- Sep 20, 2019
- 5 min
This thing called breathing
We all know how to breathe right? Kind of yes. It’s true that we are all merrily breathing away in order to stay alive, however somewhere...
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Helen
- Apr 26, 2019
- 4 min
The 5 unexpected benefits of binning booze
Let’s not get over excited, I only quit drinking about 2 months ago. It’s not a long time so I don’t have any grand statements to make or...
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Helen
- Sep 28, 2018
- 4 min
Yoga & CrossFit : cheese & biscuits
Yoga is the cheese to the CrossFit biscuit. The combination is now so highly regarded there’s a whole host of CrossFit trainers that have...
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Helen
- Jul 5, 2018
- 7 min
Birth Trauma: the ivy and the service station
Birth trauma in me was subtle. There was no big bang, no sudden onset of chaos after the event, and I didn’t have any classic symptoms of...
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Helen
- May 17, 2018
- 6 min
Downward dog, uplifted mood
I first started yoga at 18. I was at university and drunk alllll the time when my friend and I had the winning idea to start yoga at 9am...
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Helen
- Apr 17, 2018
- 6 min
Every little helps; looking after my mental health
I didn’t find childhood the easiest, and I grew up in a family dotted with undiagnosed mental health problems. As a result I've always...
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