calming

Alan Gordon (author of The Way Out) once mentioned carrying around with him a brain-shaped stress ball and looking at it kindly, thinking, ‘This poor little primitive brain,’ to help calm the fear response behind his chronic pain. He’s also described the primitive brain as a scared kitten that...

I ran into this by accident and tried it. It’s Tibetan bowls. I put on head phones, closed my eyes and listened for the full hour. It’s beautiful! It honestly felt amazing. My whole body calmed down. I’m going to try this on a regular basis. Then I looked up what singing bowls do for you and...

My TMS coach is also a pain specialist - she practices a wide variety (all inter related) of modalities of approaches to TMS or neuroplastic symptoms, and every few months writes a great blog post relating to some new tidbit she has found or to her own experiences as an athlete. This month she...

Hi everyone! In my quest to lower my stress level and to soothe my hypersensitive nervous system, I’ve been deliberately reading only very upbeat gentle books. I recently read two very good ones. I highly recommend these feel-good and well-written books. One is a Christmas story, but it...

Was curious to know if anyone has tried and explored the martial art Tai Chi as a way to help with TMS? I have been doing it for the last month or so and have found it very helpful. It's almost like a form of somatic tracking as you have to be very mindful and aware of how you hold your body in...