Setting your intentions within the first few moments of your day is an incredible way to mindfulness. Take less than ten minutes of your time to incorporate this guided meditation featuring breath work, sound scanning and reflecting on self love and the impact in can have on not only you, but the world around you.

On this episode we will learn a new skill : Body Scanning Benefits Include

-Greater Relaxation

It’s common to hold stress and tension within your body – this can look like tense shoulders, a stiff neck, or even stomach problems

When that occurs, you may feel this physical sensation and not be aware there is an emotional tie.

Learning the difference between your body’s actual physical sensations vs your emotional triggers can lead to a greater sense of relaxation from the mind body connection.

Pain Management

Your thoughts can be consumed by pain when your body is feeling it.

Body Scanning can help you separate pain’s physical sensations from the emotions and cognitive experience during pain.

Benefits of body scanning have been linked to improved quality of life when pain is reduced by retraining your mind.

Knowing Your Body

Body scanning can help build a sense of awareness. Your ability to notice physical sensations or pain will increase.

Over time as you pause to appreciate your body and how it is feeling you will learn as you go and have a better understanding of how your body works, and in return know how to take better care of yourself.

Welcome back! It’s a new year and I’m so happy you are joining me on this mindfulness journey. In this second meditation, we will revisit the first skill touched on before : breath work. Amazing things will come as we build on these skills. This one is a great way to connect with yourself at any time you feel overwhelmed or need to be present. Benefits include - improved attention, reduced anxiety, and a sense of calm.

“The best way to get something done is begin”. Starting off the mindful mini series of guided meditations and breath work with a short self check in. When starting this journey I always stated that all you need is a few minutes to begin. Staying true to my word, enjoy a few moments to yourself. Connect with your breath, and enjoy this time with yourself.

On a recent Instagram poll 100% of the participants afraid they’ve felt it. As 2020 comes to a close it is still making sure to leave an impression as we are only days away from the new year. Keep your head up, listen as I get candid about covid and talk about coping tools that can help us, not only now, but always!

My passion for meditation is growing and I’m looking forward to connecting with you more about meditation. In addition to this listen, I encourage for you to breathe for ten seconds. Get lost in your inhales and exhales. Stay tuned on my Instagram as I’ll soon be joining @joesorocks with the @neuronerds in mindful chats about how we feel about meditation! I’m also happy that another brain buddy @tawniethemermaid is feeling inspired too! So give this a listen and meditate with us!

Join me as I acknowledge being human and making mistakes. I’m so blessed to have a neuro health community focusing on brain injury and encouraging me to embrace my day one of this project. Instagram Poll decided the topic for this episode - Migraine. This is an intro as this is just the beginning of this conversation. Thank you @maddistrokeofluck & @tawniethemermaid for providing questions to initiate this conversation. *correction to incorrect date, my surgery took place in 2018 not 2019.

Welcome to the beginning of my podcast! The topic of this episode touches on why I’m here, who I am and a little bit about why self care is important for me as a chronic pain sufferer.

Introduction: join me as I introduce my new podcast and what to expect in the future as I embrace a community of kindness and promote safety along with mental health awareness and life conversations.

The why behind my podcast