The Soma & The Psyche Body & Mind Counselling & Massage Albury Wodonga

Grounding is the energetic phenomena we experience when our bare skin directly connects to the Earth. To be grounded is to be energetically centered . We are not meant to be wearing rubber soles every time we leave the house. Our modern way of life has limited the raw contact our bodies have to...

For something different I thought you might be interested in a few fun facts about me :

I love chocolate and peanut butter .Not together….although I imagine it could be yummy..like Nutella!
I cannot have either in the house!

I grew up on a farm in the Riverina. I can ride a horse and a moto...

Guided drawing is a form of body therapy.

All feelings, sensations and emotions are connected to thought patterns and body postures .

All are related and they influence each other .

For example , we know that tight shoulders are related to stress and tension ie. our emotional and mental st...

We now know that brain development continues throughout our lifetime
and that our brains are capable of developing new neural connections as we age, meaning that the effects of childhood trauma ,which we know adversely impact the developing brain, are reversible .

A neural network is a group o...

Me: How good is this sketch of a duck ?

You: Duck?

Me: Yes , duck!

You: I see a rabbit ??

Me: You’re crazy!

But wait …Ahh…yes …I see it now , we are seeing the same image differently!

Its all about perception … !

When we can’t change a situation about which we are unhappy , it’s well...

Your thoughts affect your biology and your
biology affects your thoughts.

When we have experienced trauma( and we all have ) we lose the ability to engage our logical brain( pre frontal cortex ) . We begin to operate on emotions and the limbic system in our brain. The limbic system is part of...

One of the first things I ask my clients to do is to pay attention to and act upon their biological impulses.
My daughters cat(above)was listening to his impulses when he and his humans moved house recently .He was exhausted from the associated anxiety so he spent the best part of 2 days in bed ....

Peace ….isn’t that the end game , to feel peaceful ?
As we find ourselves swiping yet again looking for news updates about floods , mosquito borne disease , death of a sporting hero ,Covid and now war , it’s easy get caught up in triggered responses...forgetting that we have a choice.

The body...

With the Victorian long weekend coming up and many of us heading off to our favourite camping spots please remember to stay safe and keep yourself protected from mosquitos . 🦟

With 7 cases including one death from Japanese Encephalitis in this area , mosquito borne disease is a real threat . Ot...