Tag: anti-anxiety

Everything you need to know about your nervous system

By Kate Hesse

If you have had a conversation with me about stress, you have probably heard me mention the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system responses.  You know how on commercials for prescription drugs there is a whole host of side effects and contraindications the announcer runs through toward the end of the commercial?  When I mention either…

Anti-Anxiety Breathwork – learn the simple 4-7-8 pranayama

By Kate Hesse

There’s a saying you might have heard in a yoga class – as goes the breath, so goes the mind.  This connection works in both directions linking your breath and your state of mind.  And by utilizing anti-anxiety breathwork practices, we’re able to calm the mind by regulating our breath.   Think about your breathing when you’re anxious,…