by @team-king | Jan 12, 2024 | Trauma, Anxiety, Healing, Psychotherapy, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Stress, Stress Relief, Therapy, Wellbeing
Many years ago before training to be a Psychotherapist, I worked as a Medical Secretary supporting various Consultants around the world and as a Fitness Professional helping people to rehab and recover from injuries and surgical procedures. In these roles, I witnessed...
by @team-king | Dec 12, 2023 | Stress Relief, Anxiety, Body-centred, Healing, Self-Care, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Therapy, Trauma, Vagus Nerve, Wellbeing
Please read the previous article on Trauma and Your Psoas Muscles for more info before doing Constructive Rest Position … Constructive Rest Position is the simplest way to release psoas muscle contraction, as it allows the skeleton and gravity to do the work of...
by @team-king | Nov 12, 2023 | Trauma, Anxiety, Body-centred, Healing, Self-Care, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress Relief, Therapy, Vagus Nerve, Wellbeing
The psoas is a very important yet often unknown muscle that plays a vital role in your physical health and mental wellbeing. The cumulative effect of neglecting this muscle is physical and mental stress and tension, which manifests itself mentally as anxiety and...
by @team-king | Oct 12, 2023 | Trauma, Anxiety, Body-centred, Breathwork, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress, Stress Relief, Therapy, Vagus Nerve, Wellbeing
Trauma is physiological. It is a highly activated incomplete biological response (fight, flight, freeze). Anxiety signals that your nervous system is lacking safety and we constrict. This impacts our nervous system, muscles and tissues. Constriction in the body...
by @team-king | Sep 12, 2023 | Anxiety, Body-centred, Boundaries, Compassion, Healing, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress, Stress Relief, Therapy, Trauma, Wellbeing
Have you ever noticed that when you are distressed you don’t hear properly and can easily misinterpret someone’s tone of voice? Or you become more sensitive to certain sounds or noise? Or you may startle more easily when you hear a noise? Did you know...
by @team-king | Aug 12, 2023 | Anxiety, Body-centred, Boundaries, Confidence, Healing, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress, Stress Relief, Therapy, Trauma, Vagus Nerve, Wellbeing
When you need to set boundaries with someone close to you, use calm, assertive language to discuss the boundary clearly and in advance, to give the person a head’s up that things will be changing. Practice and rehearse what you are going to say and how you are going...
