A little anxiety is a good thing …

… a lot is a problem Anxiety is all about perceived danger, not actual danger. Hard to distinguish based on feelings alone. Some of us suffer anxiety and it can be debilitating. It can stop us take necessary risks in every day life. It can interfere with our futures, our relationships, our work and block…

Mindfulness Meditation Classes in Tecoma

Meditation Basics Meditation Basics provides students with an introduction to seated practice. Using Khentrul Rinpoche’s book, An Authentic Guide to Meditation, students delve into the Buddhist view of meditation and learn tools and techniques to connect with a deeper level of mind. Each session explores meditation philosophy and the mind and offers guided practice. There…

In the Mood for Food?

Food and nutrition is a greatly under utilized source of medicine and it is essential to look at nutrition and diet when learning to manage or treat any mental health condition. Said simply “food affects mood”. The food we eat impacts the production of neurotransmitters in the brain which in turn influences our moods that…

Stress System Overload ~ It is real

OK so we all experience stress here and there but stress is becoming a major health hazard with people working and eating on a 24 hour schedule. Have you ever felt as though you have been pushed too far and cannot get it together? As though you are turning the ignition key but the engine…

Couples in Conflict

So everybody in relationship with another person – could be child, sister, brother, colleague, neighbour, father, mother, partner – doesn’t matter what kind of relationship it is – will eventually experience the erruption of conflict. Conflict is an inevitable consequence of being human, of being individual and seeing things from a unique perspective. None of…

Frustration with Procrastination

Procrastination is a slippery adversary, stealthy, incidious, secretive maybe even seductive enemy that creeps up behind you, moves in and remains, unwelcome but tolerated. WHO HAS TROUBLE WITH PROCRASTINATING? You know – putting things that need to be done – off. Avoiding the annoyance or unpleasantness involved with that thing that needs doing. No? Not…