By Tanya Kowalenko, Educator and Event Planner for C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R. In our last blog post, I explained the how anxiety works in the body and that while it is sometimes a necessary and helpful response to threatening situations, it often occurs when there is no threat in the present moment. In that post, I provided […]Continue readingGrounding Techniques for Anxiety: Part 2
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Grounding Techniques for Anxiety: Part 1
By Tanya Kowalenko, Educator and Event Planner for C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R. Our bodies are hardwired for survival. Imagine for a moment that you are walking in the woods and, all of a sudden, you see a rattlesnake on the path. As soon as you see and hear the snake, the hypothalamus, a tiny region at the […]Continue readingGrounding Techniques for Anxiety: Part 1
Where’s Your Special Place? Nature and Mental Health
By Tanya Kowalenko, Educator and Event Planner for C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R. “…the wind rustling in the trees, the water running out of a pond, the smell of damp soil, the heat of the sun warming the skin, face, hands and arms, all this is an encouragement to natural relaxation, and brings a feeling of physical and […]Continue readingWhere’s Your Special Place? Nature and Mental Health