Watching Birds – The Starling

This piece explores the therapeutic benefits of birdwatching, particularly focusing on starlings. It highlights how observing birds fosters a connection to nature and alleviates stress, serving as a complementary practice to mental health care. The article celebrates starlings’ beauty, especially their winter aerial displays known as murmurations, encouraging outdoor engagement. Continue reading Watching Birds – The Starling

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

“Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation and healing” – Jon Kabat-Zinn. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction comes under the umbrella of Mindfulness Based Interventions (MBI’s) which are intended on helping people improve their health and wellbeing. Change Therapy delivers MBSR Certification courses – get in touch for more information, using this link. Intended to increase consciousness and encourage the connection between your body and mind, MBSR uses techniques that target negative subconscious thoughts, behaviours … Continue reading Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction