Uptight & Off Center

Sharon Heller, PhD

Sharon Heller, PhD

Author

Do you feel uptight, anxious and off center—perhaps you are spacey, confused, distracted and disorganized; or impulsive, compulsive, or clumsy?

If so, you may have sensory processing disorder (SPD), a common, though relatively unknown condition in which sensory messages get scrambled in the brain and you cannot make accurate sense of, or respond appropriately to your world.

Uptight and Off Center will help you discover the symptoms, causes and many treatments for SPD. It will teach you how to implement a sensory diet for your unique nervous system by implementing sensorimotor activities and mind-body interventions. These interventions will rewire your brain to enable you to take better control over your life. Over time, this will translate into being more balanced, upbeat, productive, energetic, and loving.

Holistic Self-Regulation Workbook

Sharon Heller, PhD

Sharon Heller, PhD

Author

Does life often feel like a never-ending struggle against discomforting bodily sensations, emotional turmoil, and mental confusion. Do you struggle through the day, focusing on keeping your head above water?
 
If so, you have a dysregulated nervous system. This will need to change. To have a happier life, you need a more balanced nervous system.

Holistic Self-Regulation Workbook
 offers a unique approach to befriending your nervous system by addressing all bodily systems that might be out of balance. Without taking a holistic approach, you might fix one system but fail to get relief because other systems are dysregulating you. For instance, you might take steps to better self-regulate emotionally but remain jittery because of digestive issues, or sensitivity to environmental toxicity, or poor posture that inhibits breathing.

By taking a holistic approach, this comprehensive workbook offers you a better chance for curbing stress and cultivating a more peaceful and joyful life.

Yoga Bliss

Sharon Heller, PhD

Sharon Heller, PhD

Author

Part memoir, part theory, part research, Yoga Bliss explores why so many yogis experience profound serenity on the mat. Contrary to the popular belief that such bliss is a spiritual experience, Yoga Bliss explores it from a neuroscience perspective. Yoga postures profoundly balance and organize the nervous system because they provide enormous input into our power senses: proprioception (Sense of Body Awareness); the vestibular (Sense of Balance); and deep pressure touch (think bear hug). Strong sensory input from these three primary senses release at once a calming, visceral, and energizing chemical cocktail. The result is profound relaxation, uplifted mood, and sharper thinking.

Woven throughout is Sharon Heller’s own story of how, following head trauma, yoga became her go-to therapy to calm and quiet her nervous system.

 

Anxiety: Hidden Causes

Sharon Heller, PhD

Sharon Heller, PhD

Author

Do you suffer anxiety or panic? If so, you and your doctors likely assume the primary cause to be psychological and its treatment pills and talk therapy. Yet, in many cases the primary cause of anxiety and panic is physical, not mental. It might be illness, neurological insults, hormone problems, nutritional deficiency, cranial/sacral misalignment, toxic air, water, and food, sensory processing problems, or a combination. In Anxiety: Hidden Causes, you will learn about the many physical causes of anxiety, their identifiable symptoms, and the holistic treatments that seek to eliminate the primary cause(s) to return integrity to your system.

Healing Home

Sharon Heller, PhD

Sharon Heller, PhD

Author

Is your home cluttered and noisy? Is it crowded with furniture, lacking private spaces and filled with colors and décor too dull, too bright, or too busy? Is it also toxic from paint, furniture, and cleaners loaded with chemicals; and closed in from nature, doors and windows kept shut most of the time? And, importantly, does it lack sufficient expression of individual identity?

If you answered yes to many of these questions, your home is unhealthy and robbing you of an essential means of identity, security, and protection. The result is diminished well-being and happiness. In Healing Home, you will learn how to transform your home into an aesthetic, sensational, healthy, safe haven— a calming, peaceful inner sanctum that reflects your individuality, and revitalizes you to better face the world’s challenges.