Posted July 7, 2019 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Heart Bench

Debra’s Wellness Tips

I love yoga. I am not alone.

Yoga poses can address specific situations, like depression.

Ideal to eliminate depression are yoga poses that help to expand and open your rib cage. Using appropriate props enables you to rest and relax in the pose as you focus on your breath.

How: […]

Posted March 31, 2019 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Be Ready for April Fools' Day

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No one is quite sure how the first day of April came to be known as April Fools’ day—but tomorrow is a day ripe with the opportunity for justified jokes and purposeful practical pranks.

It is interesting how every experience provides you with multiple options for emotions to arise. Do we […]

Posted September 4, 2016 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Que Sera, Sera

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Resistance leads to persistence. Whatever you resist or push against simply persists and pushes back in equal measure. Instead, transform resistance into acceptance by practicing “Que Sera, Sera … whatever will be, will be…”

This was the Brahma Kumaris daily thought. While most of us have some sense of the […]

Posted November 22, 2015 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Thankful for Balance

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Holidays can be extra stressful when family members come together and eat (or drink) too much, get too little sleep, and trigger old habit patterns buried deeply within our culture.

Take a look at a few previously published hints for handling emotions well:

Posted January 8, 2014 in Wholesome Thoughts, […]

Posted September 2, 2015 in Wholesome Thoughts

I Am Not This

“Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.” Mignon McLaughlin said that. It takes a bit to understand the wisdom, but you can see it.

Each feeling is temporary. When very strong emotions come up, remember, “I am not this.”

As the emotion dissolves, there may be […]

Posted May 10, 2015 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Mindfulness-Emotional Benefits

Emotional well-being is something we mostly think about when we are experiencing something else! Your mindfulness practice improves your ability to become aware of what you are feeling, notice how it feels in your body, and identify what thoughts are related. You are observing without trying to fix or control. In fact, you can become […]