Category: Holistic Therapy

Breathing for Relaxation: Simple Techniques for a Calmer Mind and Body

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Breathing is a simple and effective way to promote relaxation and calm the mind and body. By focusing on your breath, you can slow down your heart rate, reduce stress hormones, and promote feelings of relaxation and peace.

Here are some simple breathing techniques you can try:

  1. Deep breathing: This involves taking slow, deep breaths, focusing on the sensation of air moving in and out of your body. To practice deep breathing, find a quiet place to sit or lie down, and close your eyes. Breathe in slowly through your nose, hold for a few seconds, and then exhale slowly through your mouth. Repeat this for several minutes.
  2. Square breathing: This technique involves counting and regulating your breaths. To practice square breathing, inhale for four counts, hold for four counts, exhale for four counts, and hold for four counts before starting again. This can help to slow down your breathing and promote feelings of relaxation.
  3. Alternate nostril breathing: This technique involves alternating between breathing in and out through each nostril. To practice alternate nostril breathing, close your right nostril with your right thumb and breathe in through your left nostril. Then close your left nostril with your right ring finger and release your thumb, breathing out through your right nostril. Repeat this pattern, breathing in and out through alternate nostrils, for several minutes.
  4. Belly breathing: This technique involves focusing on the sensation of your breath moving in and out of your belly. To practice belly breathing, place one hand on your belly and the other on your chest. Breathe in deeply, filling your belly with air and allowing your chest to rise slightly. Exhale slowly, feeling your belly fall as you release the air. Repeat this for several minutes.

In conclusion, breathing is a simple and effective way to promote relaxation and calm the mind and body. By taking a few minutes each day to practice breathing techniques, you can improve your overall well-being and reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression.

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Relaxation and Mental Health: How It Can Improve Your Mood and Well-Being

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Relaxation is an important aspect of mental health and well-being, and it can have a positive impact on mood and reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression. When we relax, our bodies and minds are able to rest, rejuvenate, and heal.

Relaxation can come in many forms, such as deep breathing, meditation, yoga, or a warm bath. It can help to calm the mind and reduce feelings of stress and anxiety. For example, deep breathing exercises can help to slow down the heart rate and reduce the levels of stress hormones, such as cortisol, in the body. This can promote feelings of calm and relaxation.

Meditation, in particular, has been shown to have a significant impact on mental health. It can improve mood, increase feelings of well-being, and reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Mindfulness meditation, which involves focusing on the present moment and accepting thoughts and feelings without judgment, has been found to be particularly effective for reducing stress and improving mental health.

Yoga and physical exercise can also be a form of relaxation, and they can help to improve mood and reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Exercise has been shown to release endorphins, which are natural mood-boosting chemicals in the brain, and to promote feelings of happiness and well-being.

In conclusion, relaxation is an important aspect of mental health and well-being, and it can have a positive impact on mood and reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression. Whether through deep breathing, meditation, yoga, or physical exercise, finding time to relax and recharge can help to improve mental health and overall well-being.

Meditation and the Positive Impact on Mental Health: What the Research Says

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Meditation has been the subject of increasing scientific interest in recent years, and research suggests that it can have a positive impact on mental health.

Studies have shown that regular meditation can help reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, improve mood and well-being, and increase resilience to stress. For example, a review of more than 1,300 studies on meditation found that it was effective in reducing anxiety, depression, and pain.

Meditation has also been found to change the structure and function of the brain in ways that can improve mental health. For example, research has shown that mindfulness meditation, which involves focusing on the present moment and accepting thoughts and feelings without judgment, can increase gray matter in the brain regions associated with self-awareness, compassion, and introspection.

Another type of meditation known as Transcendental Meditation has been shown to have a significant impact on reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans. A study conducted by the Department of Defense found that veterans who practiced Transcendental Meditation reported a significant reduction in symptoms of PTSD, including flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, and anxiety.

It is important to note that while research suggests that meditation can have a positive impact on mental health, it is not a substitute for professional medical treatment. However, when practiced regularly and combined with other therapies and treatments, meditation can be a valuable tool for improving mental health.

In conclusion, the research on meditation and its impact on mental health is still ongoing, but the results so far suggest that meditation can be a useful tool for reducing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions.

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What Are Chakras and How Balancing Them Can Improve Your Mental and Physical Health

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Chakras are energy centres in the body that are believed to play a vital role in our physical, mental, and emotional well-being. In Hindu and Buddhist traditions, there are seven main chakras, each associated with different aspects of our lives, such as our emotions, relationships, and spiritual growth.

Balancing the chakras involves aligning the flow of energy within each of the chakras and restoring balance to the whole system. When the chakras are balanced, it is believed that we experience greater physical, mental, and emotional health.

Here are some of the ways in which balancing your chakras can improve your well-being:

  1. Reduces stress and anxiety: Balancing the chakras can help to reduce stress and anxiety by promoting feelings of calm and peace. When our chakras are out of balance, we may experience feelings of restlessness, irritability, and tension. By restoring balance to the chakras, we can reduce these symptoms and improve our overall well-being.
  2. Boosts self-esteem and confidence: The third chakra, located in the solar plexus, is associated with our self-esteem and confidence. When this chakra is balanced, we feel more secure and confident in ourselves and our abilities.
  3. Improves relationships: The fourth chakra, located in the heart, is associated with our relationships and love. When this chakra is balanced, we are able to form strong and meaningful connections with others, and our relationships are characterised by love, compassion, and understanding.
  4. Increases creativity and intuition: The sixth chakra, located in the forehead, is associated with our intuition and creativity. When this chakra is balanced, we are able to tap into our inner creativity and intuition, and our imagination flows freely.
  5. Promotes spiritual growth: The seventh chakra, located at the crown of the head, is associated with our spiritual growth. When this chakra is balanced, we feel a greater connection to our spiritual selves and a deeper understanding of our place in the world.

Balancing the chakras can be done through practices such as yoga, meditation, visualization, and aromatherapy. By incorporating these practices into your daily routine, you can improve your overall well-being and experience greater physical, mental, and emotional health. In conclusion, balancing your chakras can have a profound impact on your well-being, promoting feelings of peace, confidence, and spiritual growth. By incorporating practices such as yoga, meditation, and aromatherapy into your daily routine, you can improve your overall health and well-being.

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How I managed at school being small and being bullied

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I joined my local comprehensive school in the early seventies. When I started, I was 4’2’’ and left having grown 9’’ inches to 4’ 11’’.

Because of my size, I was considered an easy target to bully. I remember either trying to be friends with the bullies or hiding away from them during my first year at secondary school. I had an exceptionally low self-esteem at this point, almost hating school. I was still a member of the Girl Guides, which continued to help me improve my self-esteem. By my third year, I decided to take Judo lessons, which boosted my confidence enormously, the bullies started to leave me alone, and I made more friends. I was also able to discuss and laugh at my deafness with people when I misheard words, and the scars from the scald on my hands had also faded considerably.

At fourteen, an eye test showed I needed glasses. My parents were only prepared to get me prescription NHS glasses. From what I remember, these are similar to some of the designs you get today. However, I refused to wear them, and I always would sit at the back with my friends, copying their work. There was no way I was going back to the primary school experience of sitting at the front of the class or giving the bullies something to tease me about. In some subjects, this majorly affected my results.

I left school at sixteen and started work as an admin in a Solicitors office; after six weeks, I joined BT. Looking back now, I can see how I would seek approval from the people I worked with, just like I did with my parents and friends during my first few jobs.

I worked to please other people; my first few relationships were also built around me pleasing my partner, not about loving them. I don’t think I knew what true love was. I made sure I left my early relationships first to avoid the hurt of feeling abandoned and rejected. I always felt the need to be in control and attempt to control others. I never let my true feelings show. I needed to be independent to show I was in control of my life.

While training as an energy healer, releasing suppressed energy, I started to get my life on track. Think back to the milestones in your life; how much have you suppressed? What is affecting your life now?

If you have traumas, mild or severe, energy healing can help you. Email Rosemary to find out more about how it can help.

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How finding out I was deaf in one ear affected my primary education.

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When I was about three, my mum noticed I was often shouting when I talked, and she asked me to speak quietly. After a few weeks of my behaviour not changing and me being unaware I was talking loudly, she asked for a doctor’s advice. After various tests and my ears being syringe, the doctors were sure I was deaf in one ear; it was confirmed when I started school two years later. I had regular hearing tests, and there was always nothing they could do.

The diagnosis meant I had to sit at the front of the class and not with any friends I had made, which I always resented. Not always hearing what people said, or words, or topics correctly, people often thought I was rude because I did not reply or said something irrelevant. The one game I dreaded was “Chinese Whispers”, children would not let me turn my head for them to speak in my other ear, often the teachers also stopped me turning my head too. Of course, I had to make up something that had nothing to do with the original “whisper” being passed around the circle. During my first three years in infant school, I felt alone and made few friends. The scars on my hand from the scald were still quite noticeable, and some children found them offensive too.

Progressing up to the juniors was a little better. I was able to explain more about the deafness and scars on my hands. However, I still struggled to be part of a group, and I had no close friends. To try and gain friends, I would give away my things, do what others wanted, I had become a people pleaser, at home and school.

At the age of eight, I was able to join the local Brownies. Here I was able to be myself, have friends, build my confidence, and get support from the leaders.

The deafness was still strengthening the original abandonment issue caused by the scald.

It seemed “abandonment” would be an issue I was going to need to heal in my life. The energy healing training certainly went along way to heal this issue.

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My Soul Journey – How being scalded at 18 months shut my feelings down.

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Here is part two of my journey.

I was born into a loving family; although a little chaotic, there was no routine. My father did shift work, and my mother was always distracted, instead of getting dinner and doing any housework etc. My sister and I were often late for school and other activities, rushing in at the last minute.

When I was eighteen months, my father was looking after me, while my mother took my sister to a party. However, he left me in the kitchen while he went to the bathroom. While he was upstairs, I climbed onto a chair to try and pour a cup of tea from the pot he had just made. I was severely scalded and taken to the hospital.

I was placed in a cast; it was important I did not move, cracking the cast letting air in, would have left more scaring. Neither of my parents were allowed to stay with me at the hospital. I, therefore, did not settle, and my mother was called back that night to try and get me to sleep. I am told she sang me to sleep. I woke the next morning crying with no one I knew around. Over the three weeks, I was in the hospital, my parents visited each day and left at the end of visiting time. The picture above is ten days after the original scald injury after I had had the cast removed, and my parents were allowed to pick me up.

Being in pain and left alone with people I did not know at such a young age, I felt abandoned and insecure. Abandonment in my formative years resulted in me clinging to security, relationships, and routines. I did not trust life and possibly people; therefore, I feared change. This sense of abandonment undermines the trust I needed to develop a sense of security, hope and confidence in my life.

When I started the Energy Healing training, I had no idea how this childhood accident had caused me to feel abandoned as an infant and had affected my whole life. By working through these feelings, I was able to feel more open and secure.

If you have had childhood traumas, mild or severe, energy healing can help you. Email Rosemary to find out more about how it can help.

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My Soul Journey. Why I started my business Soul Essence back in 2007

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Living in New Eltham South East London and watching my dad in the seventies and eighties help relieve people’s pain from arthritis and helping me when I had pain in my back and neck gave me my interest in healing.

While I was training as an Energy Healer, healing became my passion for helping others improve their health, both mental, physical, and spiritual. Throughout the training, we had to work on our own energy blocks and beliefs. It was amazing to see and feel the transformation in our own and others’ lives.

I have constantly learnt new skills to help others since my three-year professional training in Energy Healing, either by reading, attending courses or workshops. I have learnt how to have more control over my lifestyle. How to increase my vibration, connect to my source, depending on your beliefs, you may call source God, Universe, Grace, core, or higher self.

When I first did a meditation in my professional healing training, I struggled so badly, and I thought I would never be able to meditate. I was lovingly encouraged, and I persevered, and each meditation became a little easier. By the end of my training, I had started to enjoy meditation. By 2011, I loved it and began running groups for friends at home, which quickly had more people join and is now online and face to face. Therefore, to all those struggling with meditation, know it is okay for your thoughts to be there, each time it happens, bring your focus back to your breathing or the voice guiding the meditation. The more you do this this, the longer the gaps between thoughts will be, you will slowly be able to go deeper and heal your body.

Working energetically with the body and improving people’s health is so fulfilling. Clearing the energy blocks from peoples learned beliefs, and traumas, seeing them flourish is much more rewarding than working 9-5 in an office. I still had my own blocks to clear like releasing the fear around leaving a secure job and becoming self-employed. Releasing this fear has been the most challenging part of my journey. It is now 2022, and I am still working part-time on my business, Soul Essence. Since the lockdowns and pandemic, I feel like I am starting from the beginning again, thinking about retiring from my 9-5 office career and starting a new phase in my life.

I am writing a series of posts about my life and healing journey. To ensure you hear about the next stage, please follow my blog or Facebook page.

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Spiritual Laws – Decree

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There are thirty-six or more spiritual laws that offer excellent ways for us to understand life on earth, some of the following text has been taken from Diana Cooper’s fantastic book “A Little Light on the Spiritual Laws”. I have already briefly explained some of the laws back in 2009, over the coming weeks I will explain some of the laws of higher frequency. If you find this interesting I would encourage you to read Diana’s book. I use Diana’s book when I am low or want an answer to a problem I flick through the book and open it at a law, and more often than not that is where I need to focus at that time.

The Law of Decree

Imagine a ladder leaning against a skyscraper, when you are climbing the lower rungs you can see the ground, the roof and sky seem a long way away.

Those of us who have a purely physical level of understanding are climbing the bottom sections of the ladder. They believe only in what they can feel see hear and think they are separate from or even superior to others. At this level, we look externally for guidance and possibly have a limited concept of the vastness of the universe and our place in it. This is the third dimension

When we start to use follow our inner wisdom and cease looking for external guidance we enter the fourth dimension. Here material things are no longer important. Our view of the universe changes. When we enter the fifth dimension, we are on the road to becoming masters. We take responsibility for creating our reality. We accept we are masters of our own destiny. We are co-creators with the divine. You know you are a master when you no longer blame anyone or anything for circumstances.

When you make a decree the universe moves to fulfil your command.

If a deckhand commands the ship without sufficient clarity or wisdom, chaos may ensue. The same applies when you make a decree without preparation, you may not be ready for the results.

A decree must be made with the greatest of integrity for the highest good of everyone.

Any decree you make for yourself, be prepared to be tested. If you decree for patience you will be offered lessons in patience.

Making a decree for humankind, to help bring people together and peace to earth would help bring about a happier world.

Decrees are said once, affirmations and prayers are repeated.

For examples of decrees read “A Little Light on the Spiritual Laws”

Quote from Diana Cooper’s book.

“When you make a decree the might of the universe is aligned behind it.”

Understanding the spiritual laws helps us create a happy and joyous life, energy healing can also help us to follow these laws to create wealth, health and prosperity in our lives, by helping to remove anger, negative beliefs etc.

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Spiritual Laws – Law of Blessings

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There are thirty-six or more spiritual laws that offer excellent ways for us to understand life on earth, some of the following text has been taken from Diana Cooper’s fantastic book “A Little Light on the Spiritual Laws”. I have already briefly explained some of the laws back in 2009; over the coming weeks, I will explain some of the laws of higher frequency. If you find this interesting, I would encourage you to read Diana’s book. I use Diana’s book when I am low or want an answer to a problem; I flick through the book and open it at a law, and more often than not, that is where I need to focus at that time.

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The Law of Blessings

When you bless someone or something, you invoke divine energy to them. When this is done with genuine intent, a shaft of light is transferred to whatever you are blessing. This activates the crown centre to allow the light to pass through. This is such a powerful and personal thing to do that it is considered bad manners to touch the crown centre in many cultures. Raising your hand in the direction of the person you wish to bless directs the blessing to them.

In India, there are many avatars or ashrams who give blessings or dharshans, as they are known in eastern cultures. These are fully enlightened beings who are totally connected to God, who give blessings to those who come to see them. Avatars like Sai Baba, his message is about duty and devotion. Amma, the hugging mother, her message is love and tolerance; she radiates light and compassion. Mother Meera her purpose is to heal the Nuremberg line and clear the dark energy left by the wars in Germany, spreading light. If you are lucky enough to receive a blessing from an Avatar, you will feel the change to the deepest core of your being.

When we bless our food and say thank you for it, it is filled with divine energy. Kirlian photography can film the energy of food. Much of the food we eat today is dead through irradiation, chemicals, long storage and poor cooking. When the food is blessed, it once more radiates life force and vitality. Obviously, we should eat as much fresh organic food as possible. However, blessing your food and asking the divine to fill it with whatever nutrients you need for optimum health can help you on a physical and spiritual level.

  • You bless people when they sneeze so that divine energy may enter them and help them be healthy
  • Bless your work and it will increase and be filled with joy.
  • Bless people around you and they will be happy and fulfilled.
  • Bless your plants and they will grow abundantly
  • Bless your home and it will be a place of peace.
  • Bless you body and it will become a beautiful temple for your spirit.

Here are some examples of blessings you can say to change your life.

  • I am blessed to live in such a beautiful body.
  • I am blessed to be surrounded by people who love me.
  • I am blessed to have such a peaceful home.

Quote from Diana Cooper’s book.

“Bless everyone and fill them with divine energy and you will be open to the blessings of the universe.”

Understanding the spiritual laws helps us create a happy and joyous life, energy healing can also help us to follow these laws to create wealth, health and prosperity in our lives, by helping to remove anger, negative beliefs etc.

If you would like to know more about how the spiritual laws can help your health through energy healing by helping to remove anger and negative beliefs, please contact me.

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