Rubini Wellness

Coping Mechanisms

Posted by Joanna Rubini on

Today, coping mechanisms. We are living as human beings in for the most part high stress situations. Are they really high stress? Probably not if really thought about it and put things in perspective and took better loving care of ourselves. I mean, does that package REALLY need to get there on the exact date or is a day or even a week later just as thoughtful? We do have a million different ways of communicating, so you could always communicate your intention or love and the date it will be done/sent/delivered/finished...right? Uggh, I wish this was allowed. I try...

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Discussion on Relationships

Posted by Joanna Rubini on

Today I want to talk about having a perfect intimate relationship. If yours feels beautiful, functional and rewarding, then you already know what to do. But if you are disenchanted in it and are secretly hoping your relationship will change for the better - you must change something, and since we cannot change other people- like your intimate partner for example- then our only recourse to enact change in our lives, in our relationships, is to change ourselves. Literally, the law of attraction as succinctly stated by scientist Bruce Lipton, is that if you think the same thing, take the...

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Shoulder Wellness

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Shoulder Wellness

Shoulder pain? In case you don't know my foundational beliefs: all body pain is caused by our feelings getting stuck in us. Feelings that we are either ashamed of or judge as bad or undesirable, and repress; or beliefs that being a certain way in the world serves us, so we we hold on to these feelings and beliefs. On the subject of shoulder pain, our shoulders are what we use to deal with the weight of the world. It is a a figure of speech that our body uses to show us our thoughts, feelings, beliefs. If you have...

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Hips, Legs, Pelvis, Psoas

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Hips, Legs, Pelvis, Psoas

If you read the spiritual role of hips, it is to "propel us forward". Located on the posterior of our pelvis are our big gluteal muscles whose contraction helps move the pelvis, thereby creating the momentum needed to swing our legs forward and take a step. We also swing our arms to create acceleration adds to our ability to move forward. And obviously, it is our leg muscles that execute the actual walking- our "psoas muscle attaches to the vertebrae on your lumbar spine, and then crosses the outer edge of each pubis (near your pelvis). It next joins with the...

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