Wisdom Within Counseling in Connecticut offers you a mixture of creative, holistic yoga therapy which includes meditation. Often times, distant couples black co-regulation. On that note, co-regulation is possible through mindfulness meditation together. For one, you might not know where to start with meditation and yoga therapy. You might think that meditation is something you have to do by yourself or independently. However, couples who meditate together regularly have less stress. And, they have healthier physical bodies too.
Mindfulness meditation can be a part of marriage counseling.
And, they know how to manage stress when it comes their way better through mindful living practices. Often times, stress and anxiety, from work, finances, and from parenting, add up. Therefore, mindfulness meditation and yoga therapy are great ways to build positive coping strategies for a marital stress. Plus, your therapist can combine traditional marriage counseling alongside gentle stretching, physical poses, and spirituality to provide deeper intimacy. And, in marriage counseling, when we talk about intimacy, we are talking about emotional intimacy, self-awareness, and physical intimacy.
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So, by learning to meditate and practice mindfulness in your marriage counseling sessions, you can gain positive communication skills.
Often times, couples do not have a ritual of connection to build intentional presence with each other. Meditation can be a great way to bring you and your spouse closer together and provide time for reflection. On that note, call regulation is one of the many benefits of mindfulness meditation and yoga therapy.
A lot of times, when one person in a relationship becomes anxious or angry, the other person mirrors those emotions.
Unfortunately, the last thing we need in a couple days for both people to be frustrated and anxious. So, you can learn to self soothe and reduce stress by mindfulness meditation with your therapist. In addition, the more you and your partner learn to meditate together and practice relaxing, the more you can help your partner regulate simply by being yourself. So, if you see or hear your partners voice becoming tens, you can take the deep breaths.
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In addition, when you and your partner meditate together, you are learning to strengthen your couple bubble.
By breathing together, your breast sing God and build synergy. You and your partner can learn to help each other slow down and regulate a calmer nervous system. Other times, couples likely awareness to know when their partner is stressed out from a conversation. Therefore, meditation can help you be aware of yourself and be aware of your partner if they get stressed out from the conversation. So, by paying attention to your own body and your breathing, you can become more in tune with your spouse’s. Overall, meditation and marriage counseling in Connecticut is more effective than talking alone.
On that note, mindfulness meditation can be a great practice for focusing on positive affirmations.
For many couples, they get into a negative mindset thinking their relationship is hopeless, they personally feel like a failure because they can’t make it work, or they feel like they are the one to blame for the challenges. Instead, working with positive affirmations and your meditation can be very powerful for your marriage. As well, setting an intention before you meditate can help you feel a spiritual connection. Studies show that when couples meditate together they are more aware of each other‘s emotions and feel more connected.
Essentially, for meditating together, you and your partner can share feelings of gratitude.
Often times, Couples find their physical intimacy decreases because they only look at the things that are not going well. Therefore, having a mindfulness meditation practice and routine can allow you to focus on appreciation and gratitude within your marriage. Plus, meditating together can create powerful energy from slowing down together. Meditation and marriage counseling in Connecticut is highly effective for reducing conflict and bringing back playfulness. In addition, meditation can be a great way to repair after a fight, a moment of disconnection, and heal after upsetting emotions.
In addition, couples who meditate together have built time together for a unique kind of intimacy.
Many times, when we think of intimacy, we think of great sex. However, for couples that have a healthy and enriching relationship, intimacy has a much larger and expensive definition. For example, meditating and practicing yoga can build a new kind of intimacy that is spiritual and emotional. Furthermore, meditation and yoga can be therapeutic if you have experiences of trauma.
So, if you or your partner have experiences of sexual abuse, physical abuse, or mental abuse from childhood, meditation and yoga can help you feel calmer in your personal life.
A lot of times, after a traumatic experience, loss, or a grief experience, as humans, we turn to substances, alcohol, and addictions to fill the void. And, meditation and yoga therapy can help heal, and build contentment and inner peace we crave. Deep down, meditation and yoga can help to remove tension and obstacles from your mind that might be limiting your thoughts.
Meditation and marriage counseling in Connecticut is a unique service not available elsewhere within 60 miles.
At Wisdom Within Counseling, your therapist can help you understand yourself and your partner in new ways. Also, mindfulness meditation and yoga help improve self-worth and your belief system. For example, in a meditation, you can repeat to yourself a mantra. A mantra can be, “I am good enough just the way I am,” and feel a sense of worthiness.
How does yoga therapy and meditation help trauma?
From traumatic experiences, you might have a big inner critic or feel like you are judging yourself. Maybe, you are hurting emotionally from a past painful experience. On that note, one of the most important principles of meditation is letting go of judgment. Rather than being critical with yourself or living from a place of trauma, meditation and yoga allow you to feel confident and safe in the world.
Plus, meditation in marriage therapy can help you practice self-compassion.
Essentially, by meditating and practicing yoga with your partner, in marriage therapy in Connecticut and at home, you can become more in tune. Maybe, in tune means understanding their facial expressions and body language. In addition, yoga therapy, meditation, and mindfulness helps you feel a sense of balance within your life.
You can truly take a breath into your belly and begin living in the present moment form mindfulness meditation.
If you are new to meditation, one of the most important things is to find a quiet place. You don’t want any distractions such as someone bursting into the room. So, put your phone on airplane mode and make sure no one bothers you. Set a five or ten minute timer to start. Also, when you are new to meditating, get comfortable. So, you might need to prop your hips up if you are sitting with cross legs.
How to set up for meditation practices?
Also, you can use towels, pillows, or a bolster to prop your hips up so that your spine can elongate. If your legs fall asleep while you’re meditating, stretch and change positions. On that note, meditating and mindfulness is not about suffering through pain, but simply becoming aware of the temperatures, sensations, and emotions around you. Since this is a couple’s meditation with the intention to build emotional intimacy, you can try holding hands while you meditate.
Why do the therapists at Wisdom Within Counseling in Connecticut combine holistic meditation, yoga therapy, and marriage therapy?
One of the many reasons why our team of therapists offer options and alternatives beyond traditional talk counseling is to rebuild positive memories and meaningful connection. For example, combining meditation and marriage counseling can increase relationship satisfaction. Many times, couples are craving touch, time to connect, and feel frazzled trying to do so.
Therefore, attending holistic marriage counseling that combines meditation and yoga can improve your intimacy and your sex life.
Sometimes, couples talk about subjects in counseling that are intense and anxiety might be lingering from that conversation. Therefore, mindfulness meditation and yoga at the close of a marriage counseling session can reduce remaining stress or anxiety. Furthermore, your marriage counselor can help you learn to soothe yourself if you feel panic or anxiety too.
You’ll gain yoga and meditation tools to lessen anxiety, decrease of stress, and even reduce symptoms of mild depression.
A lot of times, couples do not understand negative cycles of communication and negative communication patterns that play out from childhood. Additionally, any adverse childhood experiences, experiences of trauma, or living through domestic violence still live in your body. So, doing yoga and practicing meditation within marriage counseling allow your therapist offer you more emotional support.
Moreover, meditation and yoga can provide you positive coping tools to reduce PTSD flashbacks, anger, and anxiety from trauma.
As well, certain yoga poses such as child’s pose and supine spinal twist allow you to be more in touch with your present moment sensations.
After childhood trauma, it is very hard for people to live in the present moment because their mind is always worried that the drama will happen again.
So, yoga can allow you to be your best self and bring your best self into your romantic relationship. As a group of marriage and family therapists in Connecticut, we specialize in creative expressive arts. So, you and your spouse can choose from holistic therapies to build playfulness and reconnect. A lot of times, talking in a traditional way just causes couples to feel more frustrated, tense, and on edge with each other. So, if talking is not working for you that marriage counseling session, your holistic marriage therapist in Connecticut will provide an alternative therapy.
Furthermore, your marital therapist may integrate yoga therapy, meditation, or even another therapy like drama or art.
Drama therapy can be a great way for you to take on role-playing and try on different characters. As well, art therapies use clay, painting, glitter, and various medias to allow you to express yourself beyond words.
Our marriage counselors in Connecticut specialize with couples who get perpetually stuck in fights.
So, you get in creative expressive arts and holistic therapies to truly reconnect in a meaningful way. Our marriage counselors in Connecticut find that holistic therapies provide a means for communication that words might not be able to provide. Distant couples who do yoga and art together in counseling can learn to communicate in ways beyond words.
From meditation within holistic marriage therapy, you can slow yourself down and gain a sense of mental clarity and perspective.
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