With certain practices, including mindfulness (bringing one's complete attention to the present experience on a moment - to - moment basis), meditation (a self - directed practice, often
using focused breathing, for relaxing the body and calming the mind) and gratitude, it is possible to re-access a deeper happiness that is available regardless of the day - to - day challenges that life presents.
Most use a series of postures designed to stretch and strengthen muscles and also
use focused breathing to quiet the mind.
Not exact matches
When you have the brand right and everyone in your company is
breathing into it, you can
use social media as a way to keep authentic engagement going as part of an integrated approach
focusing on these three questions:
Turn on music, light candles or adjust the lighting,
focus on your
breathing,
use the time to be quiet and think, make yourself a pretty drink in a pretty glass.
What students need is a schoolwide mindshift: - away from global and at times disruptive and controversial schoolwide reforms - to a tailored individual -
focused approach that promotes one - on - one personal connections (staff - student and student - student) and gives students anti-stress «mindfullness» tools — like
breathing and relaxation exercises and attitude recognition and readjustment — that they can
use throughout their lives.
Through her prenatal yoga practice, Kenya
uses pregnancy
focused breathing and emotional grounding to empower and prepare women for birth.
If your child isn't old enough to
focus on this, you can still demonstrate it to give them something to watch while they
breathe, while also beginning to teach them a new skill they can
use later.
The classes and positions are
focused on developing your ability to
use special
breathing techniques as well as opening the hips which is perfect preparation for birth.
Now is a good time to practice your
breathing techniques for labor, and
focus on relaxation exercises you can
use when it's time for your baby to be born.
Amy
used coping techniques including
breathing,
focus, going within, movement, vocalization, and water to achieve her natural water birth.
But you slowly get
used to what all of the beeping means and it does help learning what everything is and then
focusing on not just sitting there looking at the monitor, scanning their heart rate and everything but just
focusing on how does the baby feel, do you feel them
breathing?
The Lamaze technique is famous for
using breathing techniques to help a laboring mom
focus and gain control over her pain.
Also
focusing on your
breathing using techniques such as HypnoBirthing, the Bradley Method or the Lamaze Method is recommended.
His job was to help mom
focus, keep track of when contractions occurred (thought I'd argue women didn't really need help with that), and remind her of what
breathing technique to
use when.
Use breathing exercises, such as yogic
breathing, to practice controlling and
focusing on the breath.
To do guided imagery on your own, you would close your eyes,
focus on your
breathing, and
use your imagination to visualize a beautiful scene.
Viniyoga is a style of yoga that concentrates on providing an experience tuned to the individual,
using breathing as the
focus of each asana.
Focus on
breathing from the lower abdomen,
using your diaphragm instead of your upper chest.
We will
focus on body postures (asanas), control of vital energy by
using breathing techniques (pranayama), disciplining the mind, cleansing (kriyas) and vibrations (mantras), to resolve the energetic imbalances of the human body and mind.
Book Description: Detailed information about
breathing for singing, with tips on relaxation and
focus,
using the diaphragm, and everyday exercises anyone can do.
Also on strengthening muscles and working with the breath to calm the body and build a foundation of
focused breathing for
use in labor.
Once you are confident with your technique, which includes a
focus on both body mechanics and
breathing (exhaling on the drive and inhaling on the recovery), you will find that
using the rowing machine can be a surprisingly pleasurable activity.
And then one of the first structured sessions that I'll throw back in is super slow strength either with a suspension strap like a TRX or most fit suspension strap or doing like a super slow protocol at the gym
using something like Doug McGuff's Body by Science protocol where it's lots of
breathing,
focus and quality of movement but again, no chronic repetitive motion.
After he moved to the US, Pilates, the man and the movement, quickly gained a following, especially amongst dancers like Martha Graham, who appreciated his
focus on core muscles,
breathing and strengthening
using the body's own anatomy (in some cases via straps and pulleys.)
In it, Benson
used scientific research to show that short periods of meditation,
using breathing as a
focus, could alter the body's stress response.
Here is how diaphragmatic
breathing is done with a
focus on
using and sensing the deep core muscles.
Kabat - Zinn presents several meditation techniques that
focus the attention
using either a simple phrase,
breathing, or various parts of the body.
At first, this approach is
used to
focus on physical sensations (like
breathing), but then moves on to feelings and thoughts.
These cards make it easy and enjoyable for kids and their parents to connect,
breathe, move,
focus, and relax — practices we could all
use a lot more of in our daily lives!
This thoughtfully written book includes information such as how to set up a yoga space and which props to
use; dozens of child - friendly meditation activities,
breathing exercises, and poses; and the science behind it all, providing the reader with a comprehensive approach to promoting mindfulness,
focus, and resilience.»
Using the 5 domains of social and emotional learning and a
focus on breath and
breathing, our children learn about body awareness, integration of mind, body + soul.
Emphasis will be on creative psychotherapy
using insight, cognitive - behavioral therapy, somatic
focus (yoga, movement,
breathing games, flow activities), mindfulness practices, medication and «nature's remedies,» and family system interventions.
I
used breathing techniques and imagery (listening to tapes (back then) that had someone describing a walk on a beautiful path, etc.) to change my thoughts and where they were
focused.