Week 3 – Observing your inner critic
Week 3 – Observing your inner critic
This week you will be introduced to simple yoga exercises that release tension and facilitate your inner focus.
Your tool week 3 – Medical yoga
The simple yoga sequence this week gives you relaxation in back, neck and jaws. The exercises has been tested in Swedish studies since 1998 and a part of the rehabilitation program within the medical health system.
Research on the exercises has shown:
- Effect on back pain
- Effect on blood pressure and heart
- Medical Yoga would save society 1 million SEK/person/year if it was implemented as the first intervention for unspecified back pain (according to Professor Irene Jensen, Karolinska Institutet).
Start noticing how you feel and what happens with your energy level when you criticise yourself, others and life circumstances. Your nervous system doesn’t distinguish between high work pressure and stinging self-criticism/judgment- both expose you to stress/worry.
The simple yoga sequence this week gives you relaxation in the back, neck and jaws. The exercises have been tested in Swedish studies since 1998 and are a part of the rehabilitation program within the medical health system.
“Let go or be dragged” Zen proverb
Your reflection week 3 – What type of situations trigger your inner critic and perfectionist?
What are your current strategies to take you from stressful reactions to calmness? Are they healthy? Try healthy ways to redirect your focus and see if it might be a more efficient strategy which also saves you from energy-consuming rumination.
If you feel disappointed of the result, focus on the value of trying again tomorrow.