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Enliven, Enlighten and Enjoy! Ten Ideas for an Inspiring Spring

With an understanding of the Two Phases of health – stress and regeneration – META-Health helps us to tune into our natural rhythm of health and the cycles of nature. After the regeneration of winter, spring marks the beginning of the eu-stress (positive stress) phase. Throughout the natural world, it’s a time of increased growth, activity…

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‘How can I get rid of my symptoms?’ A Journey into Resistance, Acceptance and Transformation

By Joanne Ross ‘How can I get rid of my symptoms? I want them to just go away’ When a client said this to me last week, I was not surprised; it was not the first time I’d heard this sentiment. Almost all of us will have felt like this when we’ve been beset by…

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Step into Spring: How to make the most of the new season

Spring is here! With the equinox on 20th March, daylight begins to overtake night. This seasonal changeover point usually brings us an increase in energy, motivation and activity, so here’s why and how to make the most of it! META-Health and the Spring Equinox The vernal equinox on or around March 20th each year heralds the…

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Being in Allowance of Healing

What is healing? Is it more than just symptom relief? How can we understand and trust the self-healing process? These important questions are at the heart of the work of therapists, coaches and those on a path towards health improvement and personal growth…  What is healing and when do we heal?  In society, there seems…

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Quiz: How Stressed Are You?

META-Health shows how our energy naturally follows a two-phase pattern: a stress phase followed by a regeneration phase. Ideally, we have an equal balance of these two phases on a daily basis: healthy stress and activity during the daytime and healthy regeneration and rest at night. The problem is, many of us are stuck in…

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How to make the most of the Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice has been celebrated for thousands of years and across many cultures as a high point in the annual cycle. From a META-Health point of view, it corresponds with the high point of the Stress Phase. But this isn’t bad! Eustress, or positive stress, is a state of energy, growth and vitality. See our…

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The Top 10 Stressors and Regenerators

What puts you into stress? What helps you relax most deeply? It may not always be what’s most obvious! One of the most basic yet powerful self-help tools that META-Health provides is an understanding of the Two Phases of energy and health: sympathetic stress (Phase 1) and parasympathetic regeneration (Phase 2). Where we are, what…

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