When I was completing my first yoga teacher training in India, there was an Osteopath there that was teaching some of our anatomy classes. He was talking about the diaphragm and that it can be a place where you store emotions. When you release the diaphragm, you can release the emotions. I watched him perform …
Anyone can hold me, even with no hands – but not for long. What am I? Read More »
I’ve heard people describe fear as – False Evidence Appearing Real. We make skewed perceptions based off of our past experience and project those fears onto the future. Our fears are USUALLY not based in reality. Fears can come from not being present and being lost in our fabricated world of thoughts. In the documentary, …
Okay, it’s not really a joke like that. It’s more of a story: Two monks were traveling together in a heavy downpour when they came upon a beautiful woman in a silk Kimono who was having trouble crossing a muddy intersection. “Come on”, said the first monk to the woman and he carried her into …
Inescapable physical discomfort is the “first dart of existence” as long as you live and love, some of those darts will come your way. But then we add our reactions, these are the second darts, the ones we throw at ourselves. The second darts have the greatest impact on psychological well-being (anxiety and mood). – …
On our podcast this week I briefly talked about one of the theories of self-efficacy (one’s belief in their ability to do something). If you haven’t had a chance to listen or didn’t know we HAD a podcast… no worries, we’ve only published two episodes! But, they can be found here for Apple or here …
“All people have the capacity to excel, or become the best they can be at something. To turn your capacity into a living reality, you have to make the decision to focus fully on doing it. You have to choose to pour your heart and soul into it. It is that simple and it is …
Our brains have something called mirror neurons, which means that they fire when they observe someone else performing an action. They “mirror” the behaviour of the other in your own mind. Mirror neurons help us understand empathy. You don’t need to experience the pain yourself – when you can “experience” it by watching someone else! …
The Placebo Effect is a common term that is thrown around these days. It stems from the medical community, wherein some interventions/treatments, a control group is given sugar pills but are told they are getting something else. Then, the people who shouldn’t be seeing benefits start to actually see them…because they expected that they would. …
If you follow our posts and content, it’s probably obvious to you that it’s important to be mindful in the way you choose to direct your focus. AND how you phrase your self-talk. If you say, for example, “don’t miss this shot” right before you shoot a free throw…ummm guess what… You’re probably going to …
How do you start to believe in your capabilities? How do you gain confidence? “Self-efficacy is constructed through a complex process of self-persuasions… In general, sport research has shown that self-efficacy is a positive predictor of motor skill acquisition, execution, and competitive sport performance… athletes with high self-efficacy are more likely to try hard, choose …
