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Chris’s Corner
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In September it will be eight years since I purchased my first NeurOptimal® system. What a journey it has been! The initial impetus was to help our son who was dealing with ADHD and high anxiety and to help us, as parents, handle our stress more easily. At that time, I had no idea the impact that stress and an over-aroused nervous system were having in our lives. I saw first-hand the positive changes we personally experienced as our systems calmed down and I have had the honour of seeing similar changes happen for many clients over the past 6 years. What I know now is that NeurOptimal® can calm down our nervous system and then it is up to us to keep it in balance, through NeurOptimal® tune-ups and/or combinations of other methods. Read on to learn more about one excellent technique to maintain the calm.
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RAIN – How to Stay Dry When the Storms Come
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One way to help keep our nervous system in balance is to practice mindfulness. My go-to teacher for that is Tara Brach. The practice that she teaches, which emerged about 15 years ago among a group of Buddhist teachers, is called RAIN, and it helps to move us from what Tara calls "trance to presence". It’s about pausing …
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“Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life.” - From: The Clearing by Martha Postlewaite
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Thanks for reading. See you soon!
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