Posts filed under: Stress Management

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,......
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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......
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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......
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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,......
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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......
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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......
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“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......
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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......
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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......
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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 –......
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