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My 3- 2- 1 Survival Method

blue skies Posted on April 12, 2022 by Miriam GraceApril 12, 2022

Let me introduce the 3-2-1 Survival Method©, which I have developed over three decades of working with clients with depression, anxiety, chronic illness, and in emergency situations of overwhelm and stress. While I was in my own situation of illness … Continue reading →

Posted in CFS, chronic illness, Compassion, Depression, illness, Mind-Body, mindfulness, Psychotherapy, Wisdom | Leave a reply

Pause Gently: Hold Lightly

blue skies Posted on June 6, 2021 by Miriam GraceJune 6, 2021

Originally posted on August 14, 2013 by Miriam Grace   Do you have your dreams, or do your dreams have you? Do you have your feelings or do your feelings have you? Do you have your job or does your job have … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Anxiety, Awareness, Being, Body-Mind, Gestalt, Mind-Body, mindfulness, Psychosynthesis, Psychotherapy, Spirituality, Wisdom | Tagged Acceptance, Body Awareness, Body Intelligence, therapy | Leave a reply

Psychotherapy Without Words

blue skies Posted on June 4, 2021 by Miriam GraceJune 6, 2021

Originally posted on May 24, 2012 by Miriam Grace When the tissues and structures of the body are engaged and held in stillness… In that stillness there is opportunity for change and enhanced self-awareness.  Phil Greenfield I attended Phil Greenfield’s http://www.corealignment.co.uk/ talk on … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Awareness, Being, Body-Mind, Gestalt, Mind-Body, mindfulness, Psychotherapy, Zero Balancing | Tagged Authentic Movement, Body Awareness, bodywork, Imogen Ragone, Paradoxical Theory of Change, Phil Greenfield, Unravelling | Leave a reply

Here and Now: the timeless, powerful and effective Gestalt teaching

blue skies Posted on May 8, 2021 by Miriam GraceMay 8, 2021

Often reframed  as mindfulness, acceptance, focussing or compassion focused therapy, and having borrowed from buddhism, Zen, Reichian therapy, the Gestalt practice of starting where we are has retained its power for nearly 60 years, for centuries if we acknowledge that … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Awareness, Being, Body-Mind, Compassion, Gestalt, Mind-Body, mindfulness, Person Centered, Psychotherapy | Tagged Acceptance, Beisser, Body Intelligence, Dr Elinor Greenberg, Imogen Ragone, non-judgemental, pandemic, Paradoxical Theory of Change, therapy | Leave a reply

No going back: conscious re-entry and post-pandemic living

blue skies Posted on April 12, 2021 by Miriam GraceApril 13, 2021

How can we re-enter the world post-lockdown in a way that is chosen, powerful and reflective of our growth in the last year? This is the question I have been inviting supervisees, clients and most of all my Nourish & … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Anxiety, Awareness, Being, Body-Mind, Mind-Body, Person Centered, Psychosynthesis, Psychotherapy, Uncategorized | Tagged Acceptance, Body Intelligence, Change, coronavirus, Covid 19, Imogen Ragone, Nourish & Nurture, pandemic, therapy | Leave a reply

Pyjamas and Pearls: Enjoying life with all we have

blue skies Posted on July 15, 2019 by Miriam GraceJuly 4, 2019

I’m republishing a February blog this week. I used to do a Wednesday Morning Breakfast Interview in my blog, with various practitioners or teachers. You may remember Julie Creffield from The Fat Girl’s Guide to Running or Phillipa Wilson from … Continue reading →

Posted in Body-Mind, cancer, CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, chronic illness, Compassion, Depression, illness, Love, Magic, Mind-Body, mindfulness, Psychotherapy, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Wisdom, yoga | Leave a reply

'Being Positive' and 'Finding Joy' are different

blue skies Posted on March 9, 2019 by Miriam GraceJuly 6, 2019

Trying to be positive and ‘better’ to make others feel better is what I’m giving up for Lent. ‘Being positive’ has to be one of my pet peeves. Finding joy, however, is my absolute favourite thing. Can you tell he … Continue reading →

Posted in Being, cancer, CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, chronic illness, Compassion, illness, Love, Mind-Body, mindfulness, Oakwood yoga, Psychotherapy, Uncategorized, Wisdom, yoga | Tagged https://www.luleki-sizwe.com/, https://www.oakwoodyoga.co.uk/ | 1 Reply

Is it helpful to talk with clients about the psychological aspects of their pain?

blue skies Posted on February 24, 2019 by Miriam GraceJuly 4, 2019

I am a psychotherapist, with a specialism in trauma over the last 30 years, who has long been fascinated with the mind-body link and how we can encourage ease of physical movement with psychological and physical experiential exercises. I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Body-Mind, cancer, CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, chronic illness, Compassion, Gestalt, illness, Mind-Body, Person Centered, Psychotherapy, Uncategorized, yoga | Tagged pain, psychology of pain, talking about pain | 2 Replies

‘A Paradox of Neuroses and Wisdom’: reflections from my yoga mat

blue skies Posted on January 26, 2019 by Miriam GraceJune 28, 2021

संकल्प ‘I am well, I am happy, I am peaceful and at ease’, I said to myself, three times, focusing on my heart. I say this three times before my yoga nidra practice and three times at the end. Its called … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Anxiety, Awareness, Being, Body-Mind, cancer, CFS, Change your thoughts, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, chronic illness, Compassion, Depression, illness, Mind-Body, mindfulness, Person Centered, Psychosynthesis, Psychotherapy, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Wisdom, yoga | Tagged non-judgemental, non-judgment | Leave a reply

The question that is so important and the answer that is not.

blue skies Posted on August 7, 2018 by Miriam GraceAugust 7, 2018

What if you didn’t have long to live? I remember sitting with a client during a session while she was waiting for results of a cancer test. “What would you do if the results are positive and you have two … Continue reading →

Posted in Awareness, Being, cancer, chronic illness, Compassion, Gestalt, illness, Mind-Body, mindfulness, Psychosynthesis, Psychotherapy, Spirituality, Uncategorized, yoga | 6 Replies

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