Depression

Depression is a constant feeling of sadness and loss of interest, which stops you doing your normal activities. Different types of depression exist, with symptoms ranging from relatively minor to severe. Generally, depression does not result from a single event, but from a mix of events and factors.

 Depression is marked by a lack of motivation and energy, a sense of hopelessness. It involves rumination on past events to affirm that nothing can or will work. We have to disengage from the constant circular thought and make way for connecting to the life force energy within. By doing this we can start to think and feel differently about ourselves and our position in life.

Anxiety

Anxiety manifests in feeling tense, nervous, or unable to relax, having a sense of dread or fearing the worst. Feeling like the world is speeding up or slowing down. Feeling like other people can see you're anxious and are looking at you. Being unable to sleep. Anxiety can be paralyzing.

When anxious, we create an energetic imbalance in our body. We experience physical symptoms that we normally try to push away or ignore. The key is to learn how to deal with the physical, emotional symptoms and then the mind will know how to handle the anxiety creating thoughts.

Trauma and PTSD

Trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, rape, or natural disaster. Immediately after the event, shock and denial are typical. Longer term reactions include unpredictable emotions, flashbacks, strained relationships, and even physical symptoms like headaches or nausea.

All of our experiences are catalogued and stored within our body/mind complex. When we are unable to process an event, no matter how big or how small, we will be left energetically and emotionally unresolved. Learning the language of the autonomic nervous system creates a safe environment to experience release and healing. This then allows for integration and healing, physically, mentally and emotionally.

Grief and Loss

Grief is the response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or some living thing that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, grief also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions. Grief can be described as the intense emotional and physical reaction that an individual experiences following the death of a loved one. Not only is grief characterized by deep sadness but also by an intense yearning to be with that person again.

Grief is a part of the human experience that most people would rather live without. Grief can have tremendous physical impacts on us so learning how to process grief is critical. We learn to process how the different aspects of loss manifest ( in the body/mind complex) and  treat each area with tenderness and care to allow for natural healing to take place. We can organically move from deep grief to loss to gratitude for what we have experienced in our lives.

Insomnia

Common causes of chronic insomnia include: Stress. Concerns about work, school, health, finances or family can keep your mind active at night, making it difficult to sleep. Stressful life events or trauma — such as the death or illness of a loved one, divorce, or a job loss — also may lead to insomnia.

Treatment: Insomnia is an inability to let go of thoughts making it difficult for the brain to move from Beta brainwaves to Alpha.  Learning how to create distance from your thoughts is essential. Developing practices to help retrain the brain to shift gears allows you to experience the deep restful sleep needed for a healthy life.

Habits and Addiction

A habit is something we do out of convenience. We do it without thinking, and it makes things easier for us, or else we enjoy it. An addiction is something that we do over and over again, despite causing harm to our lives.

There is much to understand about the process of something moving from being helpful to being a hindrance. We do many things that are not in our own best interest so learning how to recognize where we are on the spectrum is vital to a joy-filled life. There is no judgement because that causes more stressful thoughts and subsequent undermining ways to deal with the stress. Self-acceptance and understanding are key to taking control of what and why we do what we do.