<![CDATA[MILA VASILYEVA, CMT, CLT, MLD

<![CDATA[MILA VASILYEVA, CMT, CLT, MLD - Blog]]>Fri, 03 May 2024 15:55:58 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[how to help your neck in one minute]]>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:56:47 GMThttps://milavasilyeva.com/blog/how-to-help-your-neck-in-one-minute

Allow me to introduce you to something SAFE and EASY I love doing for myself and clients -
THINKING CAP.
It helps with:
🙌🏻neck rotation
🙌🏻hearing
🙌🏻comprehending information
🙌🏻driving safely since it broadens the peripheral vision
🙌🏻short term memory
🙌🏻relaxing the eyes
🙌🏻whole body balancing to name just a few...
FOR WHOM (everyone will benefit, but these groups especially):
Drivers, Students, Office workers.
WHEN AND HOW: Every day, multiple times a day, for one minute. Stretching the ears from the top of the ear to the ear lobe, using two fingers on each side.
FOR IMPROVING NECK ROTATION: Turn your head to the side, massage the ears and look back with your eyes. Remember to breathe 😊
ADD yawning while you are doing it. It will moisten the tired eyes, improve the blood circulation to the brain and relax the jaw muscles.
Simple solutions are often the BEST solutions. I certainly see that in my bodywork practice and in my own life.
Try (or better yet - make it a routine) and leave a comment below. Be well.

]]><![CDATA[November 06th, 2020]]>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 20:50:45 GMThttps://milavasilyeva.com/blog/november-06th-2020

A simple, effective technique for reducing muscular tension and stress, improving coordination and balance in the body. ONE MINUTE.
It is called Brain Buttons. I have learned it years ago from the Educational Kinesiology, Brain Gym. I successfully used it in my own life, in bodywork session with my private clients, and it is my wish for more people to learn about safe and easy ways to help themselves.
For best results, practice it in the morning upon waking up, and at night before falling asleep. Also, when you find yourself stressed, working too much in front of the computer, etc.
Let me know how it goes in comments and be well.

]]><![CDATA[Letting Go of Negative Emotions. Meditation]]>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:12:13 GMThttps://milavasilyeva.com/blog/letting-go-of-negative-emotions-meditation

This meditation will challenge you, because I will ask you to scan your body and feel the negative emotions before letting them go. If you dare.
The way out is through, you know.
The emotions that are covered here are the basic human emotions of anger, fear, grief, guilt and shame.
Do not worry, I walk you through each of them, we set a grounding foundation before journeying there, and finish up nicely as well.

The background noise is actually a beautiful alpine stream sound I recorded in the summer of 2019 in Mt Shasta, but it sounds more like a white noise on this recording. Oh, well. The words are powerful though.

Happy journeying back to YOUR TRUE SELF as you let go of layers of outdated stuff.

]]><![CDATA[Settling Into Yourself Meditation]]>Fri, 06 Sep 2019 01:45:44 GMThttps://milavasilyeva.com/blog/settling-into-yourself-meditation

This is a meditation to calm yourself down, to gather back your energy which may have been scattered around. To reduce anxious, panicky thoughts. To help you return back to Your True Self. It is done by using breath and focused attention.

I have been meditating my way into the state of relaxed presence for years, and now it comes easily.
There is a term called ''entrainment'' which means we mirror the states of people we surround ourselves with or in this case listen to. I invite you to entrain with me and find Peace.

]]><![CDATA[Healthy Back Meditation]]>Tue, 16 Jul 2019 02:54:58 GMThttps://milavasilyeva.com/blog/healthy-back-meditation

This meditation is for the people with anxiety issues, as well as for those people who have general or localized tension in the back due to stress or trauma.
Having suffered panic attacks and anxiety myself, I know what worked for me and what did not.
I combine my knowledge of stress relief techniques, energy healing therapies, bodywork, breath to create a safe and effective format to let go of tension and fear.

I trust it can help people feel better.

]]><![CDATA[Standing Grounding Meditation]]>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 03:28:57 GMThttps://milavasilyeva.com/blog/standing-grounding-meditationThis grounding meditation was recorded to help people reduce anxiety, feeling 'out of body', overwhelm, etc. It is to be done in standing, although you can be sitting, walking or laying down if you wish.
The words used in this meditation, like 'meditation sanctuary', 'aura', 'chakras' come from my studies of energy medicine at the Academy of Intuition Medicine in Sausalito, CA, USA.
I have found it to be of immense help with my own anxiety and ADD issues, and am excited and forever humbled to share it with everyone who cares to listen.

]]><![CDATA[Grounding]]>Fri, 17 May 2019 16:21:03 GMThttps://milavasilyeva.com/blog/grounding

The most important tool in my opinion for a modern Human is the ability to be grounded, aka rooted in present time.
Everything grows from there. Literally. Just look at trees))
Having studied and read E. Tolle`s books like the "Power of Now" I thought I was doing pretty well, until I entered Intuition Medicine program and realized I had no idea what a true grounding was.

First, let`s look at what Grounding is not:
- It is not when your mind is anywhere but here, thinking about either past or future
- It is not when you don`t feel your body from within, especially your feet and hips
- It is not when you are not aware of your breath.

Grounding is really a loop of earth energy circulating through your body. It is not an idea or concept, it is a felt thing.
You gather earth energy via the souls of your feet up to the pelvis. And at the same time you allow it to pour back into the core of the earth from your hips. In a circular motion it goes, in and out of your body. You can also choose to bring it all the way up to your head, if you feel particularly ungrounded.

Now, details:
Grounding begins with taking a slow breath through the nose. When I say slow, I mean at least four seconds long.
Nothing new here, I am sure you have heard about breath many times before. Does not make it irrelevant though))
Ideally your focus shifts into the very center of the skull, way back behind the eyes. There lies your 'meditation sanctuary' (roughly a location of pineal gland).

Then comes the exhale. My favorite part!
To take a full advantage of the exhale, consider doing this:
- make it longer than your inhale. At least by a few seconds, even better if you double the length. For example, if you inhaled for four, breathe out for eight seconds.
- through the mouth or nose is not that important.
Although I personally have been trained in purely nasal breathing, having my tongue at the roof top of my mouth where two major meridians, governing and central, meet. It closes your energetic circuitry (especially relevant when you are surrounded by negative people and don`t want to absorb their crap into your system).

- I love playing with the direction of my exhale.
For example, if I am laying on my back, I intend for my exhale to slowly pour out of my body down into the ground, like waterfall cascading down into the earth. It can be from the low back, or hips, or entire body, sinking into the surface on which I am resting.

If I am sitting, I direct it down into the earth from the tail bone. That would be the location of the first chakra. The imagery that I like to use for that is dropping an anchor straight into the molten core of the Earth; being in a trunk of a very large tree, deeply rooted into the ground or sitting on the top of a huge mountain; or simply having my pelvis, legs and feet covered in thick warm mud.

Do this routine daily, especially before falling asleep, when you are already in bed. For ten minutes or so.
When you get a hang of it, it helps to significantly improve the quality of sleep.
I also enjoy doing it after being in crowded areas or talking too much. Having a sensitive NS, I feel really ungrounded after prolonged interactions with others, so using this technique has been profoundly useful to recollect myself, over and over again.

I love using it in traffic, on public transport, at stores...
When I am at the airports! Everyone is super ungrounded there with their mind in the future, worrying about the flight.

Please, recognize that for it to be effective, it should be a practice that you do for the rest of your life. Daily or a few times a day. So worth it! Especially for us, sensitive folks✨

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