Tag: meditation
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4 Ways to Cultivate Gratitude
Before I share 4 Ways to Cultivate Gratitude, did you know there are some proven benefits of practicing gratitude? Proven Benefits of Gratitude: Opens the door to new relationships Improves physical and psychological health Enhances empathy Improves self-esteem Reduce stress and anger Improves sleep quality 4 Ways to Cultivate Gratitude 1️⃣ Write a Thank You…
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Meditation Videos
Are you looking for some meditation videos to help you decrease your stress, anxiety, or depression? Each December we do a meditation challenge. Check out our December 2020 meditation challenge page. Why Meditation Meditation creates many changes that include: Changes in brain wave activity Increased parasympathetic activity & increase in heart rate variability Reduces stress…
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Take 5 Minutes In The Morning For Your Mind and Body
How we start our morning often sets the tone for our day. So let’s start taking 5 minutes in the morning for our minds and bodies. And often we wake up immediately thinking about our busy day ahead! Even if you are not a morning person (I am not), creating some regular small habits can help…
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10 Ways to Reduce Stress Today!
Does that exclamation and title stress you out a little bit? A lot?! Let’s look at 10 ways to reduce stress today. April is Stress Awareness Month although I would say every single day we need to be aware of our stress. Being in a consistent state of stress can result in insomnia, depression, high…
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Cortisol – The Stress Hormone
Cortisol is the “stress” or “fight or flight” hormone and is released when we anticipate pain or discomfort. Let’s look at what cortisol does and how we can lower cortisol in our bodies. It helps fuel your body’s “fight-or-flight” instinct in a crisis, but cortisol plays an important role in many things your body does. For…
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Meditation Challenge
Let’s meditate together this month! December is usually a busy and hectic month and 2020 has already had enough surprises of its own so let’s try to make this December as peaceful as we can by encouraging one another to participate in the December Meditation Challenge. It was two years ago that I first went…
