Somatic Movement & Mindset

Within this episode Heidi discusses the link between stress and inflammation.  She uncovers research highlighting how stress creates certain responses within your body and how proactive approaches release powerful natural anti-inflammatory actions and agents.  Heidi discusses how Somatic movement can assist with returning your mind and body back to a natural state of balance or homeostasis. TO LEA...

With recent events in the world, we have all felt a variety of feelings and emotions.  Within this episode, we will delve into how challenging events cause us to stop and reassess many areas of our life. Heidi Hadley discusses the importance of caring for your emotional, mental and physical health from the inside out.   Within this episode, you will gain a deeper understanding of why looking at wh...

Did you know you have an amazing filtering system in your brain?  Without this filtering system you would suffer with serious data overload!!  Learn how this filtering system shapes your world and how it gathers sensory information.  Within this episode, Heidi highlights the various facets of life that we see this filtering system working.  It can also impact long held beliefs, affecting our perso...

Why is Movement like medicine?  How can it improve your health and wellbeing?  Allow Heidi to answer many burning questions in this area of Somatic Movement. What is happening within people who suffer with depression?  What is happening with unresolved feelings?  What happens when emotions are pushed down?  Did you know headaches, muscle pain, insomnia, digestive and reproductive dysfunction and a...

Did you know your posture has a profound effect on your internal organs?  Did you know the intense pressure poor posture can create on your muscles and joints?  Did you know your posture heavily influences your mood and energy? Within this episode, Heidi will explain how you can reduce recurring pain and injuries once you know how to address one of the biggest contributing factors, your posture. W...

Do you know what is happening within your mind and body when you are stressed or in pain?  To fully understand and get to the root cause, Heidi will heighten your awareness to the powerful subconscious actions that happen during these periods in your life.  Learn how you can harness and influence the actions of your nervous system. Heidi discusses trauma and what is happening within the nervous sy...

Ongoing stress impacts on your mind and body.  Within this episode, Heidi explains how stress and high pressure can affect you.  Do you know how somatic mindfulness enhances your neurophysiology?  Within this episode, you will learn about your brain waves and how they affect your health and wellbeing.  When you know how to influence your brain activity, you will be amazed to what you can do! Heidi...

Within this episode, Heidi explains the various stages of sleep and how it can refresh and recharge you.  Learn of the health issues that can result from poor sleep patterns and how you can adopt the principles and practices within Total Somatic movement to start changing the way your nervous system is operating. FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT: www. TotalSomatics.com www. HeidiHadley.com www. ReallyWellWo...

Do you know how to read your body from the inside out?  Do you know what your default patterns and habits are?  Learn how important proprioception is and what can happen when you lose this awareness.  Heidi highlights with a case history how important the sensory nervous system is and how your brain can adapt and grow, thanks to Neuroplasticity.  Learn how visualization is a powerful practice for...

Have you ever linked emotions and mindset with your back pain?  Did you know they are heavily related?  Within this episode, Heidi will explain the close connection between them and how years of stored emotion can manifest in physiological symptoms.  Learn how certain regions of your musculature are prone to holding tension and learn how this can be reduced. FOR MORE DETAILS: www. TotalSomatics.co...

What is somatics?  How can it help you?  Which areas of your body are involved?  Is there a link to your mind?  Learn the link between your emotions and movement.  This episode delves into what your Soma is and also how intricately tuned you are. For more information, listen to episode 15, “What does your posture reveal about you?” TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: www. TotalSomatics.com www. HeidiHadley.com...

How are you feeling?  Do you feel you have control?  Do you feel you confident moving forward or does your current situation cause you to feel fearful and unsure what is your next right move?  This episode considers how stress and trauma can splinter off and create many flow on effects.  Learn how past experiences can be triggered by recent events.  You will learn how long standing coping mechanis...

Are you in pain?  How do you view pain?  Have you been able to control or manage your pain?  Do you find you are living in a very tense, tight body, finding the activities you love to do are becoming a thing of the past?  In this episode you will learn how pain is not the enemy but actually a protector.  Heidi will explain how your brain learn pain with conditioning and how we can re-train your br...

With the changing world we currently live in, many people are working from home.  How has it been for you?  Have you noticed any new aches and pains with working from home?  How does it affect you mentally?  Can you switch off at the end of the day? In this episode, we explore how this has its advantages but has also brought a collection of new problems!  With new behaviours, come new habits and w...

For many years stretching has been the go-to approach for many to release muscle tension.  Does stretching really work?  In this episode, Heidi uncovers the science behind stretching and why this old approach to releasing muscle tension has changed.  Notice how experts are moving away from stretching and using movement to release muscle tension.  Learn how education is how health professionals are...

Stretching and strengthening the core has been the two common back pain approaches for many years.  Do they really work?  Many health professionals have been directing clients to these avenues, with many people still suffering with back pain.  Learn how various factors influence muscle tension and create pain.  Heidi explains the difference between stretching and pandiculation.  Notice how stretch...

We are all creatures of habit!  Do you know why habits are formed?  Do you know how to break them?   Within this episode Heidi explains how your subconscious is a driver in your life and how it influences your words, thoughts, actions, behaviour and posture, just to name a few.  Learn how limiting beliefs can hold you back from a healthy future. Within this episode Heidi refers to Pavlov’s dog.  T...

Would you like to know how to boost your brain?  Learn all about neurogenesis and how you can make your brain flourish.  Heidi explains what your soma is and how this and neurogenesis impact on your current and future health and wellbeing.  Learn how your living conditions, environment and lifestyle can have a profound effect on the rate of neurogenesis. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: www. TotalSomatics.co...

In this episode, Heidi teaches you about your Hippocampus and how important it is for your brain health.  Learn how amnesia can occur from stressful events.  Within this episode, you will learn the power of silence from research and also how various types of drinks can either stimulate or slow down neurogenesis. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: www. TotalSomatics.com www. HeidiHadley.com Support the show

In this episode you will learn the importance of exercise and movement to stimulate neurogenesis.  Learn how novelty and curiosity is crucial for brain cell production. Heidi mentions the hippocampus.  To hear about it in more detail, go to episode 9, “How to boost your brain – part 2.” TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: www. TotalSomatics.com www. HeidiHadley.com Support the show

Would you like to reduce pain?  Would you like to move with ease?  Learn how your muscles can create a distorted posture, which at times you are unaware of!  Heidi will explain why office workers have a common posture and how this can be corrected with pandiculation.  Learn how pandiculation creates LASTING changes because it is working at a brain level. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: www. TotalSomatics.co...

Learn how important your balance systems are.  Heidi explains how intricately connected they are and guides you through an awareness practice to heighten your awareness to muscle tension and posture.  Learn how developing awareness can start to create huge shifts and changes in your posture and pain. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: www. TotalSomatics.com www. HeidiHadley.com Support the show

Are you a thermometer or a thermostat?  Within this episode, Heidi explains the difference and how you can maintain an internal balance or equilibrium when everything else around you can be unsettling or stressful.  Learn if you are reactive or responsive to external stimuli.  She teaches you that what you focus on, has a profound effect on your wellbeing. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: www. TotalSomatics....

Words have great power and can create peace or wars.  How do your words reflect your inner thoughts and mindset?  How do they impact on you?  Learn how your subconscious and conscious mind work together, either building you up or tearing you down.  Can you change your mindset?  ABSOLUTELY!  Within this episode, allow Heidi to teach you how.   TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: www. TotalSomatics.com www. Heidi...

What is Somatics?  What is Pandiculation?  Within this episode, Heidi will explain what they are and how your posture can be improved by developing somatic movement.  You will learn how your brain patterns muscle tension from stress and habits.  You will find out how this impacts on your pain levels and muscle tension.  There is good news though!  Heidi teaches you how pandiculation within somatic...