"Just as we can impact our feelings with positive self-talk, we can impact them with positive body talk," --Emily Williams, Author/Speaker/Therapist
Think of mudras as self-talk for your hands. These simple movements, the gestures that we often make unconsciously, can help us focus on our work, calm ourselves, release anger and energize us.
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Join us for an evening of Tea, Talk and Mudras with Emily Williams, author of Mudras: Ancient Gestures to Ease Modern Stress and you'll see how easy these gestures are to learn.
The word "mudra" can be translated from the Sanskrit as "that which brings inner peace," and as author and massage therapist Emily Fuller Williams points out, mudras are a physical means of quieting our bodies.
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Even better, mudras can be done anywhere, at any time: at traffic lights, in meetings, in airplanes, when we're arguing, when we're grieving, when we need to prepare for sleep.
Perhaps most important, with mudras, people develop greater confidence in their ability to cope and to weather crises.
Mudras are for those of us who:
- Need patience to be better parents, partners and caregivers
- Want to release anger, frustration, grief or sadness
- Struggle to relax
- Need to to focus better on work or at school
Emily Williams has a degree in secondary education from the University of Wisconsin Madison, and began her career in medical research. She was licensed as a massage therapist 25 years ago.Her emphasis has always been how massage can impact feelings, and thus an individual's sense of well-being. Almost ten years ago, concerned about the level of stress she saw in the practice she shares with psychologists and counselors, Williams began studying specific mudras and the benefits they offer.
A warm, gentle woman, Williams introduces mudras wherever she is: to clients, colleagues, even strangers on airplanes.
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