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Christine Pollock
- Jan 12, 2020
- 4 min
10 Steps to Reclaim Your Life Force Energy in 2020
Vitality - Clarity - Alignment We are primarily made up of energy, so it’s no surprise that life force is critical to our well-being. Life force energy enables us to experience life to its fullest, without it our bodies cannot survive. When life force is in short supply we feel ungrounded, lethargic, depressed, and even struggle with moving through life. Integrating conscious intention empowers us to move into higher states of mental and emotional energy that can revitalize o
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John Fick / Christine Pollock
- Apr 17, 2017
- 2 min
Inner & Outer Awareness - A Mindfulness Practice
Are you finding peace inside yourself or being tossed around by the chaos in the outside world? Where are you focusing your awareness in each moment? Generally, our direct attention is on what is happening in the outside World. We are engaged in “doing activities” throughout the day - working, driving, texting, talking, watching. Inward focus seems to be experienced by fewer people that have a creative, movement or meditative practice. A few Practice Benefits: Reveals the loc
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John Fick / Christine Pollock
- Feb 26, 2017
- 1 min
Mindfulness in the Outdoors
Feeling anxious, ungrounded, or frustrated? For a quick and effective fix, try experiencing being mindful in nature. Experience nature as a powerful healing antidote! Mindfulness in Nature Practice Here is a basic practice for BEing mindful in the outdoors: Find a comfortable place to sit quietly. Observe your surroundings, let go of thoughts. Stay focused without distractions. Bring awareness to your senses, notice what sensations are arising. Relax and enjoy being in the p
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John Fick / Christine Pollock
- Feb 13, 2017
- 1 min
Our Physical Presence - Body Awareness
Our Physical Presence - Body Awareness Heart-Mindfulness Webinar Series A Free Online Event Session 2 March 9, 2017 7:00 - 7:30 pm MT Join us online to: Breathe awareness and spaciousness into the physical body. Experience whole body awareness that aligns, grounds and centers. Train the body to release intense feelings/sensations (fear, anxiety, overwhelm) in every moment. Complete a body scan for deep relaxation and sleep. Expand your heart-mindfulness practice. This is the
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Christine Pollock
- Feb 11, 2017
- 2 min
Is Suffering Optional?
Is pain inevitable? Is suffering optional? Pain appears straightforward and certainly unavoidable, but the notion of suffering causes pause, even contemplation. Pain presents itself in both the physical and emotional realm. Pain is actually impermanent. We normally experience physical pain diminish over time through the body’s innate ability to self-heal. What about emotional pain? Neuroscience studies have proven that humans become addicted to the chemistry of emotional pain
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John Fick / Christine Pollock
- Jan 9, 2017
- 1 min
Breathing Into Peace
Breathing Into Peace Heart-Mindfulness Webinar Series A Free Online Event Session 1 February 9, 2017 7:00 - 7:30 pm MT Join us online to: • Learn to use the breath to develop core mindfulness practice. • Short circuit your auto-response to stress with conscious breathing. • Learn a heart-mindfulness practice that will train mind/body. • Experience spaciousness and peace body, mind and spirit. • Jump start/expand a heart-mindfulness practice. This is t
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John Fick
- Jan 1, 2017
- 1 min
7 Simple Tips to Being in Alignment
Alignment is an inward felt sense of being balanced, grounded and centered (body mind and spirit) amidst the chaos and instability of the outer world – a state of Being Aligned with your true authentic Self and Life Purpose. It's being in balance with the heavens above and ground with the Earth below. And it's easier than you think, if you just begin with these seven simple steps: Establish daily mindfulness practices: meditation; conscious breathing; sitting in stillness; fo
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Christine Pollock
- Dec 23, 2016
- 1 min
Breath Awareness
Stop and notice how you are breathing at the moment. Are you even breathing at all? Are you taking in shallow, quick breaths? Or deep, slow breaths? If your breaths are shallow and quick, you may not be present in your body, caught up instead in the thoughts of your mind. Deep slow breaths can take you to a place a awareness and living presence. Of improved well-being, oneness and a connection to body, mind and spirit. For more details, explore the chart below. Did you know
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