Beyond Medication Community Group
In this group we will be looking at alternative or supplementary methods of dealing with every day stressors and anxiety. This is for people who do not want to feel as though they do not want to be tied to the medicine cabinet. We will be using such techniques as mindfulness, meditation, grounding, guided imagery, Yoga and other behavioral and self-discipline techniques...
Our bodies tell us what we need. Unfortunately, my own body speaks a language even more obscure than psychobabble. I can't translate my body's signals to ingredient labels to save my life. Not even the all natural pills, powders, and what knot.
My sinuses and tongue are my most trusted indicators. I read them most clearly in making my teas. I build my tea blends while walking among the plants, sniffing each plant as I go, adding the winners to the blend growing in my hand or tea strainer.
How 'bout youse guys? Got any sensory signals you interpret with confidence?
My sinuses and tongue are my most trusted indicators. I read them most clearly in making my teas. I build my tea blends while walking among the plants, sniffing each plant as I go, adding the winners to the blend growing in my hand or tea strainer.
How 'bout youse guys? Got any sensory signals you interpret with confidence?
What sort of puzzles me is the olifactory sense. Spring was really intense with everything blooming. But it amazes me how I got the scent from people passing on the path. Strong soap, shampoo, perfume, sweat. I can just imagine what the dog is picking up. It is a lot of information all of a sudden then it is gone. it is not so distracting now. Guess people were just more smelly in the spring. Or I am not in tune with it so much now.
I was swimming yesterday and as I lifted my head to breath, I swear it started to happen again, I was taking in people scents again. A lot more subtle. It was lap swimming and I was aware of swimmers as they pushed off the wall. I expected to feel the water swell and hear the slapping on the surface.
I thought it was a little freaky.