MaryAnn Reynolds
Category Archives: brain
How to bounce back
Sometimes in life, things are going well, and then something happens, and before you know it, you’ve gotten off track. Continue reading
Posted in sitting, yoga, blogging, compassion, breakthrough, brain, body, NLP, heart, mind, spirit, inspiration, wisdom, movies, gratitude, video, music, food, happiness
Tagged Nelson Zink, mind juggling, EFT, James Altucher, Emotional Freedom Technique, bouncing back, James Brown, I Feel Good, Judy Collins, Amazing Grace, Navaching, Office Space
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I’ve touched 100 naked people
There are certain strokes that tend to get sighs of relief or moans of pleasure. Massage improves circulation, breath, brainwaves, mood, compassion, immune system, energy flow, digestion, posture, alignment, balance, movement, and presence. Continue reading
Posted in body, brain, breathing, compassion, connecting, gratitude, massage, spirit, yoga
Tagged anatomy, armor, body awareness, massage, massage therapy, naked people, nervous system, pleasure, relaxation
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How yoga changes the brain’s stress response
The good news is that you don’t actually have to go to a class to practice yoga. The poses most people associate with yoga are just a particular way of practicing yoga called the asana practice (“asana” translates to “pose”). The asana practice challenges you in a specific way, but life itself offers plenty of challenges on its own. Under any stressful circumstance you can attempt the same calming techniques: breathing deeply and slowly, relaxing your facial muscles, clearing your head of anxious thoughts, focusing on the present. In fact, applying these techniques to real life is what yoga is all about. Yoga is simply the process of paying attention to the present moment and calming the mind. Continue reading
Posted in articles, brain, breathing, science, yoga
Tagged Alex Korb, body-mind, brain, changework, downward facing dog, Leslie Kaminoff, neuroscience, PreFrontal Nudity, Psychology Today, stress, Ujjayi breathing, yoga
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Looking back on a year full of changes
So that wraps up 2011, a year of big changes. I don’t do resolutions, but I check in with my intentions, many of which I’ve shared here. Wishing you all many blessings in 2012. Continue reading
Posted in blogging, brain, happiness, massage, shaking medicine, trauma releasing exercises, yoga
Tagged 2011, 2012, Best Resources, blogging, Bo Boatwright, bodywork, Bradford Keeney, brainwave optimization, Byron Katie, Chandler Collins, changework, Charles Faulkner, cranio-sacral therapy, David Berceli, Ecstatic Dance of Austin, EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, Fran Bell, hindsight, Lauterstein-Conway Massage School, lomi lomi, Mango, NeuroBeginnings, NLP, Patrice Sullivan, reflexology, retrospect, review, sand painting, Spartan Carousel, Swedish massage, Texas Institute of NLP, The Work, Tibetan monks
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Two years of blogging, and happy first birthday, wellbodymindheartspirit!
Two years ago today, I posted my first blog post on this blog. Continue reading
Posted in blogging, books, brain, connecting, gratitude, images, movies, shaking medicine, story, trauma releasing exercises
Tagged blogging, Buddha's Brain, Facebook, left brain, Rick Hanson, right brain, shaking medicine, Spartan Carousel, Spartan trailer, The Cave of Forgotten Dreams, The Zafu Report, trauma releasing exerises, Twitter, Werner Erhardt, Wordpress, yoga tattoos
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Astrology for the coming year
I have a strong hunch that 2012 is going to be about blending heaven and earth. Continue reading
Posted in brain, gratitude, happiness, inspiration, massage, wisdom
Tagged 2012, astrology, brainwave optimization, Free Will Astrology, horoscopes, Laura Waldman, massage school, Rob Brezsny
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18 Health Tricks to Teach Your Body – Men’s Health
Found using StumbleUpon. Here are some awesome tricks you can use to relieve nasal congestion, hear better, cure an ice cream headache, make a minor burn not blister, cure a side stitch when running, stop a nosebleed, and more. Here’s how … Continue reading
Neurosculpting: Mapping the Mindscape | elephant journal
Neurosculpting: Mapping the Mindscape ~ Lisa Wimberger | elephant journal. Given the new discoveries that our brains are elastic and regenerative, rather than hardwired and fixed, what can you do to improve your mindscape? Writer Lisa Wimberger writes that first, … Continue reading
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Tagged alpha, brain, elephant journal, Lisa Wimberger, mindscape, stress
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Dana Foundation Blog: Using Mirrors to Reduce Arthritis Pain
Dana Foundation Blog: Using Mirrors to Reduce Arthritis Pain. I find it fascinating that by showing people a healthy limb in a mirror, they can remake their maps of their own bodies and gain functionality. Before now, mirror therapy has … Continue reading
The Biology of Meditation. | elephant journal
The Biology of Meditation. | elephant journal. Lisa Wimberger provides a Cliff’s Notes version of the book Power Up Your Brain: The Neuroscience of Enlightenment, by David Perlmutter and Alberto Villoldo. Excerpt: Stress, trauma and the health perils associated with … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, brain, elephant journal, limbic system, Lisa Wimberger, meditation
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