Posts filed under: Stress Management

Stress Management

Lessons from a Chipmunk

5 Strategies for Softening and Deep Restoration When an eastern chipmunk drops into hibernation, their heart rate drops from an average of 350 beats per minute to 15 little thumps,......

Make No Sudden Moves

Rest, and make no sudden moves. No proclamations, no commitments. Except for a commitment to rest, hibernate, go within, or look into the shadows. And be. There is something exciting......

Adaptogens for your Whole Self – medicine for dysregulation

ADAPTOGENS, a gift from Mother Nature, particularly when stressors we experience exceed our capacity to adapt. How do we know we have exceeded our adaptive threshold? We might experience feelings......

The Work of Rewilding

REWILDING — for me, the meaning of this powerful word is woven with the threads of hope, spaciousness, and freedom. John Davis, director of Rewilding Earth, states, “Rewilding, in essence,......

Medicine for the Seasonal Shift Ahead

The pressure valve of heat and humidity we’ve been experiencing here in the south shows signs of letting up with the recent crisp mornings. It’s as if the Great Mama......

Integration and Growing Pains

Life continuously invites us to expand the edges of our current container. Expansive moments such as a profoundly connecting with a new or beloved landscape, an aha moment that lands deeply, wisened......

The Life-Changing Art of Listening

“There is a very important distinction to be made between listening and hearing. Sometimes we listen to things, but we never hear them.” “When you listen with your soul, you come......

From Sedating to Healing –a gentle pathway forward

When you feel ungrounded, unsettled, or anxious – how do you respond? There are two different paths many of us take – depending on how well we have been tending to......

The Subtle…. And restoration of your nervous system

SUBTLE: so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe. (Oxford Languages). The subtle is often beyond words – though poets, artists, and musicians come the closest......

Getting Grounded – Thriving in a stress-filled world

Unlike the winged ones in the air, or finned ones in the ocean, we have feet – and they are designed to tread softly on the Earth.  Form follows function –......