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We were born to this planet, and we rely on this planet for our survival. No one would dispute the fact that in order to survive on...
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Helen
Jan 307 min read
'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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20205 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20206 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20195 min read
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, 20194 min read
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, 20184 min read
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, 20187 min read
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, 20186 min read
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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