In this issue i talk about:

• Surviving the Silly Season with tips on how to get on with others peacefully and controlling your own emotions
• Tips on watching your posture whether you are at the dinner table, rushing around or sprucing up the garden.

Surviving the Silly Season!

10 tips for surviving the holiday season

Tips for increasing your calm,gratitude and love for others and to reduce stress and overwhelm.

1. Be conscious of how you feel. Before you get angry stop, pause and notice what is going on .This too shall pass.

2. Focus on food, exercise and lots of water.

3. Build routines AM and PM. Go for that walk or swim. Meditate or read.

4. Do not let others rule you or boss you around. I am responsible for my emotions.

5. Talk less and listen and observe more. Be kinder to others and love others. Notice the feelings of others more too.

6. Feel more gratitude for what you have. LIfe will be more enjoyable. 

7. Recognise your internal rules .- buying gifts clash with others ideas etc.?

8. Be conscious about what you eat, do, feel. Your routines. How I show up! 

9. Stay focussed. Be positive and don't let rainy days get you down.

10. So, start your Xmas and New Year now!

Watch your posture!

Over the holiday season we will probably be round the dinner table more or sitting around more.

So take these 5 points into consideration to lessen any pain in your neck/shoulders or back

• Keep your neck central over your spine so you are not poking your chin forward, straining to hear someone across a room or table. Or even if you are gardening ,weeding and pruning to get your place spruced up for guests.
• Do not twist your neck into the same position for long periods to talk to someone on your left or right. This will jam up the joints and cause muscle tightening on the one side.Similarly with gardening if you are pruning up high .
• Sit evenly on your sit bones.
• Keep your back upright so your upper back is not slumped. Slumping reduces oxygen into your lungs and reduces your energy and aliveness! 
• Keep your shoulders back and down. Imagine your shoulder points are in little pockets on your back.

And if your neck, back or shoulders do get tight from a positional or stress point of view remember to do the exercises I have given you or book in for a massage session to reduce pain, tightness or stress build up.

Quotes of the quarter

' Giving thanks and appreciation opens many doors '.

'Gratitude is healing to the emotions'.

' Inner peace comes from within not from without'.

House keeping

Fees

Unfortunately due to the rate of inflation over the last year of 7.3% I am going to have to put up my fees by $5 as of January 1.  I have not raised my fees for 2 years or more and costs overall have risen. I hope you understand.

Reclosing over the holiday break these are my times over Xmas and New Year.

Closed from Friday 23  December and reopen on Wed 28 Dec.

Then, closed on Friday 30 Dec and reopen on tues 3 Jan 21023.

Wishing you an enjoyable Xmas and New Year wherever you are. And safe travelling far and wide. 

Kind REgards

Penny Wade

Massage Therapist and herbalist