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8 Creative Techniques to Cope with Painful Emotions
Many of us have a hard time coping with negative emotions. This makes sense. “Painful feelings like anxiety, sadness, anger and shame tap into the parts of our brain that are conne…
A Hidden Path to Stress Relief
Most of us have been unconsciously clutching the pelvic floor so consistently, and for so long, that we’re not even aware we’re stuck in an unnaturally frozen and weakened state.
Audio Meditation: In the Flow of Discomfort
This audio meditation is for those times when there’s discomfort in the body, whether emotional or physical, that doesn’t easily go away.
Befriending Pain
Over the last several years, I’ve come to believe that the greatest, most powerful, most courageous thing we can do in our lives is learn to befriend our pain. This idea is a majo…
Being in the Flow of Heartache and Pain
Yoga and mindfulness can help us recognize that our discomfort has a flow.
Book Review: The Nest in the Stream
“By staying with our woundedness, we encourage the other to stay with theirs; that is when and how healing happens.”
Chronic Pain, Trauma, and the Nervous System
Chronic pain can be caused by lingering trauma, creating stress that is unresolved. Break the cycle.
Contemplating Injury: What Yoga Has Taught Me About Pain
This is how bad things have gotten: I am squatting on my floor by a low table to write this because I threw out my back again and I am in extreme pain. Pain, however, can lead to r…
Coping With a Lupus Diagnosis
Cope with a chronic illness diagnosis through small, mindful changes to your everyday routine. “Chronic illness is just one iota, one tiny ingredient that can be added to the cosmic mixture of what makes up a human.”
Do We Talk Too Much About Our Pain?
In a world of constant sharing—a debate about how much is too much.
Healing Neck and Shoulder Pain
How I learned to tame my subscapularis muscles, buried behind each shoulder blade.
Help Your Nervous System Manage Pain
In our search to live and move through our lives without an excessive amount of pain, we must keep moving.
Ho’oponopono: Digesting Pain and Inviting Forgiveness
Address your spiritual wounds with the traditional Hawaiian cleansing practice of ho'oponopono of taking responsibility and seeking absolution.
How Our Wounds Can Help Us Heal
Unlocking the wisdom of past hurts can help you heal yourself and others.
How To Heal From A Disaster
An M.D. faces the toughest test of a spiritual practice—healing herself from a terrible fall.
Lessons from Yin Yoga for Managing Chronic Pain
Yin yoga works the connective tissue that wraps around our muscles and carries messages from the brain. By practicing yin yoga, we may be able to reprogram some of the physical patterns causing chronic pain.
