Support for Recovering from Shock or Trauma
Notes from this podcast
Eat simple healing meals
Warm nourishing breakfast: oatmeal, barley, quinoa flakes with cinnamon and almond milk
Avoid raw foods and favour meals that are warm and easy to digest for example: simple vegatable soups and stews with olive oil. Dal and rice, steamed vegetables.
The key words for nerve-nourishing nutrition are: warm, wet and slightly oily
Keep hydrated
Sip water frequently - not ice cold or with added ice.
Cool water with Rescue Remedy
Warm teas with calming spices like fennel, chamomile, cinnamon or cloves
Oil up
Practice oil massage - find out about Ayurvedic self oil massage here
Oil feet before sleep
Move and breathe
Gentle walks in nature while taking deep breaths
Rocking and breathing
Restorative yoga
Bedtime settling and healing routine
Warm milk - lamond or dairy. Add nutmeg for sleep, saffron for the heart.
Heart breathing practice.
Guided healing meditation - listen to a sample of our Solace album on iTunes and Amazon
Morning Healing Ritual
Listen to the podcast for a shared story from Claudia Welch - The Power to Heal the Past
Wake before dawn, daily, preferably at the same time each morning. Spend some time in loving meditation or contemplation, preferably facing the same direction each morning, no matter where you are, in a room or space that feels safe and undisturbed.
Apply some 100% natural essential oil of rose or other pleasing, sweet scent to the wrists, neck and to the center of the sternum.
Sing or listen to a melodious, loving song.