Healing Archives - Babacool https://babacool.net/category/blog/healing/ Effortless Body ~ Peaceful Mind ~ Boundless Energy Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:48:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://babacool.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-Babacool_SiteIcon_512-32x32.png Healing Archives - Babacool https://babacool.net/category/blog/healing/ 32 32 Golden Fennel Rice https://babacool.net/golden-fennel-rice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=golden-fennel-rice Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:48:51 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=18589 I have a habit of misunderstanding measurements. Recently I signed up for a half marathon in the mistaken belief that it was 11 kilometres, only to be shocked on the day to find it was 13 odd miles! On the same day I signed up for the marathon, I greeted a very kind Waitrose driver […]

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]]> Breath and Long COVID https://babacool.net/breath-and-long-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breath-and-long-covid Sat, 31 Aug 2024 15:41:18 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=18340 Long COVID is debilitating, and recovering from it incredibly difficult since the person suffering has very little energy to expend. Breathing exercises offer a simple, low energy approach to recovery that get results. Often people are sceptical about the efficacy of breath as an approach to healing. After all it is such a simple act, […]

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]]> Alternate Nostril Breathing https://babacool.net/alternate-nostril-breathing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alternate-nostril-breathing Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:46:54 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=17503 Alternate nostril breathing is a classic Yoga Pranayama practice. But why do we do it? And why is it so fundamental to Yoga? The Subtle Body Yogic thought says that we exist on three different planes of existence: the physical, energetic, and wisdom bodies. The physical body is clearly the body of bones, blood, and […]

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]]> What Lies Beneath https://babacool.net/what-lies-beneath/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-lies-beneath Tue, 11 Oct 2022 17:02:10 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=17480 Yogas Chitta Vritti Nirodha. This is the famous line from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, written sometime in the early centuries CE. The Yoga Sutras are a defining text for the practice of yoga, taught on almost every teacher training. For Patanjali Yoga is simply stilling (nirodha) the fluctuations (vritti) in our consciousness (chitta). Fluctuations in Consciousness […]

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]]> Do The Work https://babacool.net/do-the-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-the-work Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:57:42 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=17385 Yoga is a pathway to freedom. Understanding the self is the key to freedom, and yoga offers us a powerful vehicle to achieve that. However, there is no shortcut to achieving this. No mantra or breath that is going to deliver up your liberation. Quite simply you have to meet yourself head on, and then […]

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]]> Yoga and the Mind – Body Connection https://babacool.net/yoga-and-the-mind-body-connection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yoga-and-the-mind-body-connection Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:29:50 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=17148 At the core of Yoga is the belief that mind, and body are intrinsically interwoven. We work the body to quiet the mind. We work the mind, to free the body. Our emotions and thought patterns can contribute to imbalances in the body, directly affecting health outcomes. Our mind can influence, if not change our […]

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]]> Finding Focus https://babacool.net/finding-focus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-focus Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:54:51 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=17134 A 10 minute practice to boost cognitive function, for those days when finding focus is hard. 1/ Invert – 2 minutes Come into any pose that brings the head below the heart – fold forward from a standing (or seated) position, use Downward Facing Dog, Cat pose, or Shoulder Stand. Breathe light and slow in […]

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]]> The Thyroid Gland https://babacool.net/the-thyroid-gland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-thyroid-gland Tue, 10 May 2022 11:58:55 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=16707 I know a lot about the Thyroid Gland. I don’t say this to be boastful, the fact is there gave been a lot of thyroid issues in my family. My mother swears it’s hereditary, so I have spent time understanding the issues. Just in case. What is it? The thyroid gland is butterfly shaped, and […]

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]]> The Comfortable Pause https://babacool.net/comfortable-pause/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comfortable-pause Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:29:06 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=16427 I’d like to share with you a simple way of testing the health of your breath. The Comfortable Pause (also known as the Control Pause or BOLT (Body Oxygen Level Test)) is central to the Buteyko method. It is an indicator of your tolerance to Carbon Dioxide. Consequently it may pick up on breathing dysfunctions […]

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]]> Healing the Heart with Emotions https://babacool.net/healing-the-heart-with-emotions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=healing-the-heart-with-emotions Tue, 19 Apr 2022 12:13:53 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=16410 In Yoga we spend considerable time healing the heart. This isn’t just the actual organ itself, but the area around the chest, extending into the shoulders, arms and hands. Of all the energetic centres, this is very often the one that has taken a battering. Grief, trauma, sustained stress, conflict, disappointment, a broken heart… The […]

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