Migraine Release

This guided experience will help you release tension in your neck area, promoting better blood circulation and oxygen flow to your brain. Often, headaches are caused by restricted blood flow to the brain. Focus on any tightness in your neck and shoulder areas. Then, allow Coach Rob to guide you into a more peaceful and relaxed state.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to Gym Mental with Coach Rob Silver.

Sometimes,

You know,

We get that little headache,

Right?

And it's because we're not getting enough blood flow to the brain.

And in order to do that,

We're going to do a little exercise today where I want you to take both of your thumbs and place them right behind the back of your head,

Right where the skull and neck meet at,

Right in that area.

And as you feel into that area,

I want you to just kind of knead around,

Just feel into it,

Notice it,

Right?

And as you're noticing it,

Find an area where you feel the most pressure,

The most tension,

And just put a little bit of pressure on it with your thumbs.

And when you get that pressure on that area,

I'd like you to slowly take a nice deep breath in and exhale out.

Just slowly still pressing and feeling into that area nice and firmly as this time you take another inhale in and exhale out.

Letting that area just pushing it just a little bit,

Feeling into that uncomfortability,

Into that tension nice and gently as we take this last inhale in and exhale out.

Good work.

Now take those thumbs and knead around a little bit more.

We're going to do this a couple more times.

So as you feel into that area on the back of the neck,

Just anywhere it feels tense,

This is your time to just put your hands right on that area.

And as you have a nice firm hold on it,

Take a nice slow inhale in and exhale out.

Noticing that change,

Noticing that difference.

As we take another nice inhale in and exhale out.

Come on,

Let's get one more like that.

Hold it just for a little bit longer as you take a nice deep inhale in and exhale it out.

Beautiful.

All right,

Let's do this one more time.

Knead around a little bit more.

We all can use a little bit more blood flow,

A little bit more energy to the brain,

Right?

We got a lot to do,

A lot to think about.

So let's get this blood moving.

Go ahead,

Put those fingers,

Find that spot again.

If it's a new one,

It's a new one.

You got your fingers on it.

All right,

Let's take a nice inhale in and exhale it on out.

Again,

Moving with the body nice and gently as you inhale in and exhale out.

Last one,

You're almost there.

Come on,

Hold on right in that area and take that last inhale in and exhale out.

Wow,

You just got it done.

Until the next time,

My name is Coach Rob Silver and I'll cheat you later.

Take care.

Reviews

The simplicity of it helped. Thank you!

That felt good after the migraine I had earlier today.

That was a really helpful practice to relieve some of my migraine-related tension. Thank you 🙏🏼

Such a simple, yet effective, practice. Thank you.

This was amazing! Not only did it help with my headache, but you made me sincerely smile... Which hasn't happened in a long time! Thank you so much for creating this!

I will add this to my regeim of using peppermint oil on my temples and down, across from my eyes. Then cover my eyes; and lay down in complete darkness for approximately 20 minutes! If done at the immediate onset of the symptoms of “flashing lights”………it will nip it in the bud!

That really help thank you ❤

Good stuff. And a good morning start for me. Thank you.

I wish I would have known about this a looong time ago! I’ve been having a headache that just wouldn’t go away and your technique did the trick! I’m in awe! Thank you for this! It is greatly appreciated!

Great it helped a lot and I found it to be a helpful way of mindfully connecting to the neck and head! Thanks

I am experiencing a migraine aura, and as I was doing the exercise, the aura actually moved around and slightly dissipated. It didn’t completely go away, but I am hopeful that the headache will not be as severe. Thank you!

Great, thank you☀️

Superb 👍

Thank you 🙏

Thank you, feeling a little bit better!

Three minutes and it actually helped! Thank you.

You're my new coach! Thanks for not only helping me get rid of my migraine, but also encouraging me to keep at it. Why did I wanna quit 8 times in that 3 minutes??😄
Many blessings,
Sara

Really improved my migrane 🌞 thank you so so very much!

Brilliant

I felt like I wa getting ready for a game with your energy & motivation 😊 Thank you. Every little bit I get to help my migraines, I take.