In pain & discomfort?
Overwhelmed & anxious?
Stuck in harmful habits & cycles?
Hi, I'm Maria McGivern, owner of The Mindful Body.
I help clients to overcome challenges and relieve diverse types of difficulty, stress, and pain. I use a mind–body mindfulness and re-educational method called the Alexander technique to help clients retrain harmful unconscious habits and responses to stimuli. This minimises pain and encourages positive and meaningful growth and development.
If you are looking for:
Pain management
Pain relief from musculoskeletal conditions (including most back, neck, hip & knee pain)
Lowered muscle tension
A method for lowering muscle tension & calming a sensitised, overactive & dysregulated nervous system
Relief from stress & anxiety, including post-traumatic stress
With increased ability to deal with intense emotions (affect regulation)
Freedom from harmful habits & reactions
A method for preventing deeply engrained automatic responses
Improved ‘posture’ & postural behaviour
Improved bodily alignment, connection, stability & poise
Improved mobility, balance & coordination
Increased ease in movement (including falls prevention), flexibility & grace
Improvements to breathing & voice production
For athletes, musicians, singers, actors, public speakers & others
Self-development & enhanced performance
For performing artists, athletes, businesspeople, creatives & people interested in self-development
Enhanced sensory processing & integration
With improved integration & coordination between the sensory system & the muscles
Increased sense of safety & comfort with touch
Increased feelings of safety within the body, leading to better relationships with both our selves & others
Support for the sensitive & neurologically different
Help for the highly sensitive, the neurodivergent & those ‘gifted’ with neurological ‘overexcitabilities’
A mindfulness technique for throughout your day
Increased self-awareness leading to increased mind–body integration
Tools for self-care & improved wellbeing
For these crazy times when we are all facing burnout & life is far from easy