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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

Pandemic Pounds? How psychological shifts can help when nothing else does

blue skies Posted on May 11, 2021 by Miriam GraceMay 17, 2021

Click the picture for the full Guardian article! Why is it so hard to do the right thing when it comes to losing weight? This is a question that so many of my clients have asked me and this is … Continue reading →

Posted in Anxiety, Awareness, Compassion, Fitness, mindfulness, Psychotherapy, Weight | Tagged Acceptance, Body Awareness, Gwyneth Paltrow, losing weight, non-judgment, pandemic weight gain | 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

The Paradoxical Theory Of Change 2020

blue skies Posted on September 28, 2020 by Miriam GraceJune 7, 2022

CLICK ON THE PICTURE FOR MY NEW VIDEO: “The Paradoxical Theory of Change”   ..change occurs when one becomes what he is, not when he tries to become what he is not. Change does not take place through a coercive attempt … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Anxiety, Awareness, Being, chronic illness, Compassion, mindfulness, Person Centered, Psychotherapy | Tagged Acceptance, Beisser, Body Intelligence, Gestalt, Nourish & Nurture, Paradoxical Theory of Change | 2 Replies

Just when I get my ducks in a row, in come the monkeys…

blue skies Posted on April 16, 2020 by Miriam GraceApril 16, 2020

There is no exit strategy. The monkeys have the balls and we don’t know where they will be dropped. The frustration stage precedes the distress of the injustice and grief of loss. However, a deeper sense of internal safety grows within, once we learn to live with uncertainty.

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Posted in Anxiety, Awareness, Being, bereavement, cancer, chronic illness, Compassion, Depression, Gestalt, illness, mindfulness, Person Centered, Psychotherapy | Tagged coronavirus, Covid 19, monkeys and balls | 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

‘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

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