Author: Catherine Strang
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On Making Promo Videos
I’ve recently made a short video as part of the “blurb” about my online course on fatigue. Not pleasant to do. I’m quite comfortable now with making teaching videos and doing a live class on zoom but anything that feels as if I’m selling something is still uncomfortable and feels inauthentic – even though I…
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Healing The Heart – Live Class
This post is a reminder about the class tomorrow, Thursday 28th April, at 7pm (London/GMT time). Via zoom. The session is for one hour, the first half being an introduction to HeartMath and the benefits of this simple but powerful practice. We take a look at how it can: Shift emotions. Alleviate mental health issues.…
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My First Live Online Class!
I’m really happy to announce that I’ve recently become part of a holistic services charity called The Flourishing Well set up by the lovely Lorna Cameron, in Scotland. I will be facilitating classes through The Flourishing Well on and offline. The Flourishing Well was set up to help anyone struggling with mental or physical health…
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Below The Turmoil Is Stillness
No matter how external appearances seem to be and no matter what you may be feeling within, the quality of stillness is always here, in this now moment. I remember coming home after a stressful day and feeling quite anxious about something I had to do the next day, I took a few moments to…
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Peacefully Witness Conflict – Internally And Externally
At the moment, March 2022, a lot is going on astrologically and energetically that is proving to be difficult and tumultuous for many and not just because of external global events. The energy influxes and astrological movements at the moment are quite difficult and provoking many feelings – overwhelming fatigue, sadness and conflict being the…
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Healing From The Sacred Space Of The Heart
In this weeks video on Being Present I explore presence from the perspective of the Sacred Space of the heart. (link to video at foot of this post) Any meditative process that seeks to be more present to what is is always a lot easier from within the heart space. The reason for this is…
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Peace Or Fear, Love Or War
As the world continues to promote fear about current events – covid, now Russia. What’s next, climate change? Do we help, in any way, by feeling fear, or by becoming distressed about the suffering we hear about? Perhaps if we focused within, came into the heart and felt compassion instead of sympathy and distress, peace…
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Video on Being Present To Emotions
This weeks video aims to be a relaxing journey through relieving any uncomfortable or distressing feelings we may be going though right now. The fastest, and easiest, way to return to a sense of peacefulness is to simply move through what is preventing peace and ease. Let yourself be guided through that process via the…
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Soothing Sensitivity – Video
It may seem counter intuitive but the most powerful way to soothe being over stimulated or painfully sensitive to what’s going on is to become more aware or more present to what is actually going on. When we are more present we are training ourselves to come into the Now which, for the most part,…