Latest News From Embodied Living

A short yoga nidra practice

05 August 2012

Yoga Nidra, a scientific and systematic practice developed by Swami Satyanada, is a powerful practice that allows the power of the unconscious mind to be realised. This means that we can have powerful changes to rid ourselves of mental, physical and emotional tension and remove deeply rooted repressions and emotions and clear out negative memories. Yoga nidra practice, done regularly, frees our mind so that we can be more of ourselves. here is a short practice:http://www.embodiedwellbeing.com/2012/08/a-short-yoga-nidra-practice/

New FREE online Emotional Wellbeing course ...coming soon

15 July 2012

Embodied Living is launching a new FREE course for anxiety and depression. Using the techniques of yoga, yoga therapy, EFT (emotional freedom technique) and teachings from other modalities such as CBT, psychotherapy, the course will be online and FREE to subscribed users. It is our vision to offer some of these techniques to the world as a resource, to reach those who normally wouldn't be able to afford. Whilst not a substitute for powerful one to one therapy, the 10 to 12 week course will offer enormous advantage in helping people through the symptoms of anxiety and depression.

1 day workshop: build your resilience and inner power through yoga

14 May 2012

The Inner Power of Yoga

Building Inner Power by Tapping into the 3 Human Minds

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Acton Trussell Community Centre, Acton Hill Road, Acton Trussell, Stafford. Staffordshire. ST17 0RY

Saturday 7th July 2012

Cost £45, or £38 with early bird discount

A powerful combination of yoga and psychotherapy to build emotional resilience and 'inner power'. Release negative emotions, build emotional and physiological coherence and tap into the vast healing power of the unconscious mind.

This workshop is about embodying the benefits of yoga practice with NLP, Ericksonian psychology and energy system work, to effect lasting changes in our nervous and body-mind systems.

Sue Tupling has been developing this theme over the last six years, focusing on yoga practices that work on the human energy system and include the latest thinking in neuroscience to build inner strength and resilience.

Joining Instructions

Full joining instructions and yoga questionnaire will be sent out to you prior to attending.

Please bring along your yoga mat, blocks, blanket and wear loose comfortable clothing. Refreshments will be provided.

Full cost, including a free Audio CD of the practices, is £45, or £38 early bird discount.

for any additional information please contact Sue on 01785 227183/07908 730726, email sue@myyoga.org.uk

For more info or to download the booking form click here: http://myyoga.org.uk/power.html

New One Day Workshop - Emotional Wellbeing through Yoga, Mindfulness and related practices

02 May 2012

Our one day course - Emotional Wellbeing Through Yoga - is intended to help you relieve the symptoms of anxiety and learn techniques of restorative yoga, mindfulness and meditation to relax on a deep level. It will help you feel more energized and balanced, you will learn how to gain control over your emotions and calm your mind. It will help you to remove mental problems and stop letting anxiety get in the way of your life.

Some of the main learnings you will gain include:
• To provide delegates with a clear understanding of anxiety and relaxation
• To enable delegates to improve their breathing to calm the mind and move towards emotional and physiological coherence, feel the effect of postures and breathing on mental state.
• To increase balance of the nervous system and improve the felt sense of connection to one’s somatic mind, whilst improving the thinking processes and resources of the cognitive mind

NEW RESTORATIVE WORKSTATIONS
Enjoy the 6 Yin Yoga workstations for deep restorative practices with guided relaxations and self hypnosis practices, to change your body-mind balance and increase your wellbeing.

FREE CD
You will get a free CD of hypnotherapy practices/meditations

COURSE DETAILS:
DATE: Saturday 12th May 2012
TIME: 10am to 4.00 pm
VENUE: Acton Trussell Community Centre, Acton Hill Road, Acton Trussell, Stafford. Staffordshire. ST17 0RY
COST: £35

Contact Sue Tupling for details: sue@embodiedliving.co.uk. Mob: 074111 78380

New taster workshop - Emotional Resilience

28 March 2012

Boost your Emotional Resilience with our highly recommended one day taster course

Do you want to build your emotional resilience to protect you against the stresses and pressures of work and life?

This taster day - From Stress to Resilience (Mental Toughness) - you will learn how to change your behaviour, your strategies, your thinking and, most importantly, your body, so that you can experience peak performance under the greatest pressures, and be happy and healthy too!

The traits of those with mental toughness encompass confidence, self-belief, courage, creativity and pushing themselves out of their comfort zone. Mental toughness is said to be the key sought-after trait for employers in 2012.

This short taster workshop is designed to enable delegates to understand what constitutues emotional resilience/mental toughness, how to assess themselves and use techniques to develop greater degrees of mental toughness/resilience to better cope with the stresses and pressures of life.

COURSE DETAILS:

DATE: Saturday 16th June 2012
TIME: 10am to 5.00 pm
VENUE: St Alban's House, St Alban's Road, Stafford, Staffordshire. ST16 3DP
COST:£55

Contact Sue to find out more: sue@embodiedliving.co.uk

SPECIAL DISCOUNT OFFER!

28 March 2012

Anyone booking an intake session in April, quoting discount code 'EL/121/April' will automatically qualify for a 30% discount on the hourly session rate for the duration of their therapy. Offer ends 30th April 2012.

New therapeutic approach to Emotional Wellbeing

27 March 2012

Boost your happiness and productivity with our highly recommended one day taster courses

Stress is at a four year high, with more than 1 in 3 of us (35%) are now experiencing an unreasonable level of stress at work. And over a quarter of a million people in the UK are claiming ESA sickness benefit due to mental ill health , the majority of whom are aged 24 to 44.

Our two new courses are specifically designed to counteract this trend by boosting your emotional wellbeing and reducing levels of anxiety and stress and then developing your emotional resilience so that you have more mental toughness and are less vulnerable to the damaging effects of stress on your physical and mental health.

Our one day course - Emotional Wellbeing Through Yoga - is intended to help you relieve the symptoms of anxiety and learn techniques of restorative yoga, mindfulness and meditation to relax on a deep level.

COURSE DETAILS:

DATE: Saturday 12th May 2012
TIME: 10am to 4.00 pm
VENUE: Acton Trussell Community Centre, Acton Hill Road, Acton Trussell, Stafford. Staffordshire. ST17 0RY
COST:£35, or £30 with early bird discount

Contact Sue (sue@embodiedliving.co.uk) to find out more or go here:
http://myyoga.org.uk/pages/EmotionalWellbeingWorkshop.html

Emotional Wellbeing: Anxiety great success!

11 March 2012

The new one day Emotional Wellbeing through Yoga course was a great success. We got many lovely comments from the delegates who felt they they benefited greatly from course and now have tools to tackle their anxiety. The next course is running on Sat 12th May in Stafford:

http://myyoga.org.uk/pages/EmotionalWellbeingWorkshop.html

contact us for more details

NEW Emotional Wellbeing for Anxiety

12 February 2012

Emotional Wellbeing through Yoga

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Hayes Green Community Centre, Hayes Way, Cannock. WS12 3XP

Sun 4th March 2012, 10am to 4.00pm

Cost £35, or £30 with early bird discount

Course overview
This module will cover theory and practice of the western and yogic aspects of yoga and anxiety and deep relaxation combining NLP psychotherapy with yoga. This course is intended to help people relieve the symptoms of anxiety and learn techniques of restorative yoga to relax on a deep level.

Objectives of the Course
• Increased knowledge of western and yogic perspective for anxiety, worry and tension, and deep relaxation
• Use Coherent breathing to increase heart rate variability (HRV) and ‘vagal tone’ bringing the autonomic nervous system back into balance. Practice mindfulness practices to develop ability to witness thoughts and feelings and connect to a deeper felt sense of themselves
• Practice simple, powerful yoga postures to balance the nervous system, ground and centre the body and mind, release mental and physical tension and improve self confidence
• Learn important psychological techniques drawn from CBT,REBT and NLP to teach them about the psychotherapeutic model for change

Full Course details here:
http://myyoga.org.uk/pages/EmotionalWellbeingWorkshop.html

Booking Form
http://myyoga.org.uk/PDFdownloads/Bookingform_EmoWellbeing2012.pdf

for more information please contact Sue on 01785 665527/07908 730726, email sue@myyoga.org.uk

Want to lose weight in 2012? Try yoga!

08 January 2012

Yoga: perfect aid to weight reduction

I’m guessing that the most common New Year’s resolution is to lose weight. And yet most people don’t think of yoga as part of a weight reduction programme. I know from personal experience that yoga keeps me at a consistent weight, and that regular practice not only tonifies my hips, butt, waist and thighs (and keeps other areas fairly perky, for someone , ahem, let’s say ‘over 40!). So I was searching for statistics about how many calories yoga burns, and hey presto, look at this blog post to find out more and about how you can lose weight with yoga.

Read the full article here: http://www.embodiedwellbeing.com/2012/01/yoga-perfect-aid-to-weight-reduction/

And why not join one of my three yoga classes in Stafford or Cannock. Find out more here: http://myyoga.org.uk/pages/class.htm

Yoga for Health Grows in Stafford

18 December 2011

The Yoga for Health class in Stafford is proving so popular we have had to move it! The class now runs at Brooklands School early Friday evening:

Inspired by Satyananda yoga, a whole mind-body system, combining deep mindfulness practices with meditation and psycho-education. This is a blissful 75 minutes of mindfulness practices, yin yoga, deep relaxation and meditation. Ideal for alleviating stress/anxiety (and other psychosomatic illnesses) and leaving you chilled out and ready for the weekend. Ideal for those who want to explore a more mindful practice and deepen their experience of meditation. You will learn relaxation and resilience skills that you can use for the rest of your life; the Yoga for Health class the best health insurance you could ever take out. Beginners welcome.

FREE TASTER SESSION
Call Sue: 07908 730 726
www.myyoga.org.uk/yogaforhealth.html
When? Fridays, 5.45pm to 7pm
Where? Brooklands School, 167 Eccleshall Road,
Stafford ST16 1PD.
Cost? £5.50 per class (£30 for 6 weeks)

STAFFORDSHIRE CRIES OUT FOR MORE RELAXATION

01 November 2011

Nearly 40 per cent of people in Staffordshire are putting their health at risk by not relaxing enough according to new research.

A recent online survey has revealed that people in the county believe relaxation is very or extremely important to them, although a whopping 37 per cent admitted they get much too little of it.

Sue Tupling, yoga teacher and psychotherapist who conducted the survey, said: “The interesting thing is that the 140 people surveyed are personally interested in techniques such as yoga, and overall, nearly 80 per cent of them felt they don’t get enough relaxation.”

Sue went on to say that the ability to relax is important to release mental, emotional and physical tension.

All tension starts with emotional tension but if people learn how to relax properly they can actually alter their genetic activity in ways that significantly improve their health or heal a number of medical conditions.

Sue continued: “Studies have shown that 95 per cent of people suffering from health problems including, anxiety, arthritis, back pain, heart disease, high blood pressure, insomnia and pre-menstrual syndrome have reported a significant improvement in their condition by practicing yoga.

In response to this need, Sue is starting a new class, Yoga for Health, to help people in Stafford relax.

Read the full press release here. http://www.cisionwire.com/changeworks-communications-ltd/r/staffordshire-cries-out-for-more-relaxation,c790633

Yoga funding for children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions

15 October 2011

The Stafford Branch of the National Autistic Society (NAS) has secured funding from Aiming High for Disabled Children, Staffordshire County Council for a unique yoga project to help children aged 7 to 14 in Stafford. The course will run for 6 weeks.

Children with an Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC) have difficulty with social communication, social interaction, and social imagination. They often have low muscle tone and impaired coordination. Yoga can help them in several ways.

Sarah Binks, NAS Stafford Activity Leader explains: “I am working with Sue Tupling and we are planning a uniquely adapted yoga class. It will help to improve strength, flexibility and balance and will also help to reduces the children’s anxiety, and calm their sensory and nervous system.”

Sue Tupling, yoga teacher, adds: “Each child with autism is unique, and whilst they may struggle to make sense of the world, they are very talented. Yoga can help them to accept and love themselves as they are, unique and worthy.”

The 6 week course is being piloted in Stafford, commencing on Wed 2nd November from 5.45pm to 6.45pm at Littleworth Community Centre. The initial course is open to 8 children, with funding from Staffordshire County Council and a donation from Howards Chartered Accountants. Following the success of this course, it will be expanded to other children and taken into young adults.

For more information: http://myyoga.org.uk/nasyoga.html

NEW Yoga class in Stafford!

07 October 2011

Yoga for Health is a new yoga class that starts in Stafford in December. To be held at the Friends Meeting House in Foregate Street, Stafford, the class will run on Fridays from 6pm to 7pm. In 60 mins you will experience the bliss of Satyananda yoga combined with deep mindfulness practices and meditation. Ideal for anxiety and stress and leaving you chilled out and energised for the weekend, the class is good for beginners but will also benefit those more experience in Yoga who want to explore a gentle more mindful practice and meditation techniques.

DATE: starts Friday 2nd December (drop in class)
VENUE: Friends Meeting House, 69 Foregate St, Stafford. ST16 2PX
TIMING: 6pm to 7pm
COST: £6.50 per session (or £6 if you buy a discount card)

ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH FOR YOGA

12 September 2011

A Cannock yoga teacher has thrown down the gauntlet for men and is challenging them to be man enough for yoga by offering free attendance at her weekly class.

Whilst it is estimated that nearly half a million people in the UK practice yoga only around 5 per cent of these are men.

Yoga teacher, Sue Tupling says: “I think that men see yoga as not being macho enough, or they worry that they are too inflexible or that they will be the only man in the class. But I am worried that they are really missing out.”

Ryan Giggs, and a growing number of sportspeople (the long list includes West Ham and England goalkeeper, David James and tennis players Peter Sampras and Andy Roddick), are fans of the practice, saying that it tests parts of their bodies that their main sport never reaches.

But what yoga is best suited for is eliciting relaxation and a sense of wholeness which can mean that men can improve their performance at work and in other areas of life.

“In the 90 minutes of the class you focus on your body and breathing and leave feeling stretched and energised, yet very relaxed and focused. This is very good for getting work done. Men find that yoga improves their energy levels and even their sex life!”

Sue’s classes take place at Hayes Green Community Centre in Cannock on a Monday night, and for the months of September and October will be free to all new men who attend.

Read the full release here: http://myyoga.org.uk/PDFdownloads/PRCW10_%20ManYoga_FINAL.pdf

LOCAL BOOST FOR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING

07 September 2011

A new approach to self-help for the mind is coming to Stafford.

Not so much about ‘positive thinking’ or self-help mantras, the Emotional Wellbeing course is about achieving balance in both body and mind to boost mental and emotional health.

Designed by 42-year-old psychotherapist and yoga teacher, Sue Tupling, the eight week course relieves the symptoms of anxiety and depression using the latest in psychophysiology and neuroscience to give people simple yet powerful techniques they can practice themselves. The classes will introduce people to practices drawn from coherent breathing, mindfulness and deep relaxation techniques, yoga and self relations psychotherapy.

Sue believes that most people don’t know how to take care of their mental and emotional health – and GP surgeries are overwhelmed with people who need help.

“In Staffordshire alone, almost one in four people attend their GP surgery for mental-health related problems, and in the UK the number of prescriptions issued for antidepressant drugs has risen significantly.

The eight week course is funded by Staffordshire County Council’s wellbeing fund and is non-profit making and includes CD/DVD, workbooks and other resources for people to use at home.

Download the full Press Release PDF here:
http://embodiedliving.co.uk/Downloads/PRCW07_%20EmotionalWellbeing.pdf

NEW YOGA WORKSHOP: The Generative Self

16 August 2011

A transforming combination of asana, pranayama, Qi Gong, energy work and self relations therapy to develop a deeper connection to self and nurture a state of disciplined flow and 'creative consciousness'. Works with the 3 human 'minds.

The Generative Self

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Hayes Green Community Centre, Hayes Way, Cannock. WS12 3XP

Sun 18th Sept 2011

Cost £20, or £16.50 with early bird discount

Click here for more info: http://myyoga.org.uk/pages/GenerativeSelfWorkshop.html

Attendance includes a FREE professionally produced Audio CD of the day's practices!

Suitable for most ages and abilities.

• Feel centred, relaxed and at ease with yourself and the world, more of the time

•Tap into your 'creative consciousness' (that is already within you) so that you think clearly, are more creative, have improved memory, develop your intuition, and are more accepting of yourself and others

•Improve your physical health - lower blood pressure, increase HRV/vagal tone, reduce average heart beat rate

The programme will include Asana (postures), Pranayama (breathing exercises), Meditation and Relaxation.

NEW COURSE DATES FOR 2011

12 August 2011

We now have new course dates for the Emotional Wellbeing course and the Generative Self workshop. You can download the course dates and booking form here

http://embodiedliving.co.uk/Downloads/course_order_form_2011_V2.doc

New Emotional Wellbeing Flyer

09 August 2011

An 8 week course combining yoga and self relations therapy to improve your emotional wellbeing and relieve the symptoms of anxiety and depression. Feel more energized and balanced, learn how to gain control over your emotions and calm your mind. Remove mental problems,
improve your self confidence and stop letting depression and/or anxiety get in the way of your life!
Starts in Stafford on 29th Sept - from as little as £3 per session.

http://embodiedliving.co.uk/Downloads/Emotional%20Wellbeing%20Flyer.pdf

Community interest on Facebook

08 August 2011

Did you know that Embodied Living is a social enterprise? As a Community Interest Company (CIC), our profits go back into the local community to support people and organisations who share similar values or who perhaps can’t usually gain access to transformational change programmes. We believe in social progress and human potential. And we want to give access to powerful therapeutic and transformational programmes to those who are less privileged, economically or socially. We believe that business or companies have a responsibility to their local community and should not be in it just for profit or greed. We are not motivated by making lots of money, we are motivated by helping people achieve more of their available potential.
Embodied Living is now a facebook community dedicated to bringing this vision to life.

What is wellbeing?

07 August 2011

It is widely known that the Government is looking into a measure beyond GDP, of progress outside of economics: wellbeing. The recent report on the debate shows considerable public support for this measure. BBC Radio Stoke recently focused on the issue of wellbeing and asked me to comment. This blog post elaborates on what I didn’t have time to mention in those brief 5 mins of airtime!

http://www.embodiedwellbeing.com/2011/08/what-is-wellbeing/

Embodied Living gets a revamp

25 July 2011

Embodied Living is pleased to announce the launch of its new website to give you the very latest information about wellbeing services in Staffordshire including:

• Embodied Living Therapy
• Yoga Therapy
• Stress to Resilience Course
• Emotional Wellbeing Course

You can find out how each service can help you with depression, anxiety, low self confidence and other related conditions as well as details on what they include. A step-by-step guide shows you the process of the Embodied Living Therapy, whilst photographs and diagrams illustrate what’s involved.

Detailed outlines of the Stress to Resilience course and Emotional Wellbeing course are provided as well as how to book onto a course.

Embodied Living offers transformational coaching, therapy, training and classes from an ethical standpoint and is run by Sue Tupling is a psychotherapist and yoga teacher, an accredited stress management practitioner and qualified and experienced executive and therapeutic coach.

Sue is offering a FREE 30 minute taster therapy session. To book yours with no obligation call: 01785 227183 or email: sue@embodiedliving.co.uk

Embodied Living on BBC Radio Stoke

25 July 2011

Sue Tupling who runs Embodied Living was on BBC Radio Stoke this morning to discuss the new National Wellbeing report that has been issued by the government today: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/well0711.pdf

Radio Stoke’s Stuart George wanted to talk to a wellbeing expert in Staffordshire about the report and interviewed Sue on his mid-morning show at 11:30am.

The results from the report found that family, friends, health and job satisfaction came on top for what people are most interested in. Stuart was keen to find out what makes us happy and Sue discussed the aspect of optimistic thinking which “funnily enough is something that can be learnt”, Sue explained. There are techniques that can be taught to help people learn things like gratitude and forgiveness which ultimately can help increase creativity, productivity and tolerance.

Listen to the full interview here: http://www.embodiedwellbeing.com/2011/07/interview-on-bbc-radio-stoke/

To find out more about Emotional Wellbeing, call 01785 227183 or email: sue@embodiedliving.co.uk

NEW Emotional Wellbeing course

25 July 2011

Embodied Living will be running its ‘Emotional Wellbeing: Beating Depression and Anxiety’ course on Friday 29th September 2011 at Oddfellows Hall in Stafford.

The course offers effective treatment for depression, anxiety and other mental health issues and is proven to bring about greater degrees of emotional wellbeing. The programme consists of:

• Yoga therapy – simple breathing techniques, physical postures and movements and meditation to build physical and psychological strength and flexibility
• Neurolinguistic psychotherapy/Self relations therapy – learn how to tap into the 3 minds of the generative self and consciously change your thinking to alter poor thinking habits and develop resourceful beliefs, behaviours, states and strategies
• Mindfulness – simple meditation and mindfulness training to help improve your focus and reduce stress
• Acupressure and energy systems –to help you influence your energy system directly
• Deep relaxation techniques – proven techniques to put your system into a state of deep restorative relaxation

This is an 8 week course, consisting of weekly 1.5 hour sessions. You will also receive the following resources FREE, to support your learning:
• DVDs and CDs with practice materials
• booklets and information
• email and phone support
• personal practice plan

To find out more information about the Emotional Wellbeing course or to book your place, call: 01785 227183 or email: sue@embodiedliving.co.uk