BODY BRAIN SUPERPOWERS

HIGHLIGHTS OF POST:

• BODY BRAIN CONNECTION
• INNER CHILD AND CHILD BRAIN
• ANGER – HOW EMOTIONS SHOW UP IN THE BODY
• UNDERSTANDING OUR EMOTIONS ON A DEEPER LEVEL
• STANDING FIRM IN WHO YOU ARE

Morning all!

Well, It’s the 1st of June 2023 and I haven’t uploaded any of my posts since late last year as I’ve been busy writing content for various programs and have been re-shuffling a lot of what is on here to make room for the work that I am finally in flow with, which thanks to these programs has freed me up more time to focus on being able to offer workshops and more localised client based work using the somatic BODY BRAIN connection methods and talk therapies. You know I LOVE TO TALK but I’m also a fantastic listener!

A lot of people ask me, but what is this and how does it work and for those that come to any of my SOMA SESSIONS will know that yes, while talk therapy is great and in fact the primary reason I set any of this up, we also need to find a way to re-wire ourselves to be able to self-regulate and self-soothe where talking isn’t required and we can go deep within so that we can be in control of who we are and what we’re thinking, feeling and doing. A lot of people over the years have also asked me, but what does that mean? Go within? And inevitably this is a tricky one to try to explain to someone who (generalising but…) wakes up far too early after going to bed far too late and rushes out of their ‘safe space’ every morning to jump on a hamster wheel of chaos and confusion to go to a pressurised environment of equal chaos and confusion whilst leaving families far behind. A world of over sensitized madness, synthetic, numb, fake, pointless, stressful chaos that we’re all programmed to BELIEVE is the only path and the right path to be living life. It’s so mainstream that anything outside of this world of material commerce, academia, economy and finance is so inconceivable / incomprehensible as unless you’ve got a vivid imagination, and that is definitely a key factor for sure, you likely won’t see any other reality other than the one you’ve been taught to see. I say taught because that’s how it starts.

From as young as 6 years old and while our brains and bodies are still so free and innocent, we are TAUGHT the way of the world. Children are natural born learners. They completely capable of teaching themselves but no, we step in and start to tell them how the world works instead, like we have half a clue. Of course adults think they’re far more intelligent, insightful, intuitive right, haha SO WRONG! children are THE sensory experts. They have a far heightened sensory awareness than adults every could have because they explore their surroundings with no conditioned pre-conceptions. They touch, taste, feel, see and hear things in ways that we adults would laugh at. They’re so tuned in to their natural environment they behave in similar ways to animals, rolling around on the floor making strange noises and we as adults laugh and think ‘oh how uncivilised’ not realising that civilised is the entire problem.

An example, I watched both my kids 2 winters ago one running in front of the other. The 1st went to a frozen ice pool in a track we were walking on and proceeded to stamp on it to crack it. She then picked up a huge shard of ice and instinctively took it up to her mouth (it had hanging bits of crap on it) and she then took a bite. She wanted to taste the ice she had cracked. She needed to know what it felt like in her hands and mouth so that her body and brain could make sense of what was around her and she was doing. Minutes later, her younger sister came running towards the same ice puddle and repeated the exact same process. The ice, covered in cow manure and earth dirt, footprints and whatever else to an adult would be a straight up, simple ‘no brainer’. We wouldn’t do it because we are de-sensitized and far too grown up for such childish feral games but, that’s the difference between the mind of a free and unconditioned child and that of a conditioned adult that has been TAUGHT how to live in the world. We need to STOP TEACHING and re-learn so much about our natural environment and our natural selves instead of having it systemically drilled in to us according to societal beliefs and pre-conditioned formats. Adults now are far too scared to touch anything that has earth or dirt on or eat a piece of fruit that an insect has touched because we believe it to be ‘dirty’ but in actual fact, it is just a part of our natural environment that we are disconnected from, therefore, we are disconnected from ourselves. We are disconnected from our own bodies and brains because we are taught through schools, media, governing bodies (YOU and you alone govern your body) etc that it is somehow bad. It’s somehow wrong.

When we realise this, this is the first step in knowing we have a choice. We then have the option to re-set our principles and our ways of living. We can chose to explore other routes that are outside of the pre-conditioned ways of living. We can GO WITHIN. What does this look like? Well it starts with ones own mind deciding that it is going to do things the way it wants. For example: I will not go out for ‘Friday night drinks’ – The very modernised popular end to the week that has become the societal norm based on our societal work week schedules based on a systemic calendar that suits whoever rigged the system in the first place and instead of FRIYAY, I will make a tea, have a salt bath with some lovely essential oils (excellent way of connecting directly to nature in a bottle) and will listen to a meditation, focus on my own breath in the peace and quiet of my own ‘safe space’ do some stretches and have an early night. This is an excellent way of regaining your own SELF control and taking back the power to make your own reality based on your own body and brain. You might not feel that that’s perhaps for you however, we’re all different so perhaps instead you might chose to do some art, paint a picture, go for a walk, cook a lovely dinner…There are many ways of quietening your mind and body so that you can step away from the hamster wheel and touch back in to yourSELF.

We hugely underestimate our natural capabilities and instinctive human powers in this world we live in. It often makes us hugely uncomfortable to reconnect back to ourselves because most of us have so much that we don’t like about ourselves that it’s easier to be distracted and the disconnect is a comfort zone where you don’t have to see and feel the real world inside of you. If you like the world outside of you then great. Carry on but, for most of us, we really despair the world outside of us and are desperate for it to not be the way it is. We are in a constant state of disappointment, not truly enjoying the time we spend with those we spend it with. Shallow relationships that offer no meaning. Mindless endeavours that keep us chasing a thrill over and over because the normal isn’t really doing it for us so we become disruptive and destructive forces in our own lives and because we can’t seem to find the peace and harmony from within ourselves we tend to turn to drink and substance or the thrill of a moment with someone where when the moment it’s over, we wish we hadn’t gone there and are still left feeling dissatisfied and empty. This is because what you’re chasing isn’t what is real. You’re chasing a FEELING and expecting it to come in the form of a fling, a person, a material possession, a bank balance or a shopping spree. Nope, that’s unfortunately not how you find it. Sorry to say, but the only way you will find that thrill it by closing off the material world outside of you. That false, illusive world that is breaking you and face yourself on the inside to ask, what is it that you really want? I’ll bet it’s a feeling. You want to feel happy. You want to feel loved. You want to feel free. You want to feel safe. You want to feel fulfilled. Like yourself or not, the only way to find those feelings in inside of you.

INSIDE OF YOUR OWN BODY AND BRAIN

Every single thing in this world we live in is based on emotion and feeling. EMOTION = ENERGY IN MOTION. The second you can switch off the outside world and connect to yourself in a quiet place (and eventually in a busy place, it won’t matter) you will be able to master the art of playing both worlds together. The external world that you see outside of you and the inner world that is existing inside of you and the most amazing things can happen when you start to do this consciously, with awareness. EVERYTHING IS AWARENESS. If you are aware of what is going on inside and out, you will be able to feel a deeper resonance to the worlds around you. You will be able to understand your body and the signals it is sending you. Often times, pain shows up in the body as a way to signal that something needs your attention. It doesn’t always signify that you have a disease or illness and that you need to start to panic, (I’ve been there believe me) and instead it can simply be a way of your nervous system telling you to slow down, drink more, sleep more, sleep less, go for a walk, go somewhere quiet, go within.

We all know the primary sensory telling’s of our body. We know when our body tells us it’s too hot or cold because we’re designed to either sweat or shiver. When it’s hungry our tummy grumbles, when we’re tired we yawn and start to sleepily shut down. We THINK all of our feelings show up in our minds because we’re led by our minds but, FEELINGS show up in our bodies because our bodies are what SENSE the world around us. All those feelings are what consist of our primary life experience far before the mind gets in the way. Without them, your mind wouldn’t be able to exist. We FEEL tired, we FEEL hot or cold, we FEEL happy or sad because such and such happened. Literally every single moment of our waking reality is spent feeling things that then end up going from the body to the brain via sensory nerve fibres and neuropathways and then, based on our FEELINGS we process thought. See, how important it is to be able to identify and understand our feelings at all times? And how sad it is that we are so programmed in this false world we live in, to not feel. Leave your feelings at home, don’t bring them to the work place = You are a robot with no sensory input / output please act accordingly. Stop crying = Don’t show you have emotions. Stop daydreaming = Stay in this box reality and don’t wander inside – We have been so taught to not express, understand or connect to our emotions that we somehow view them as bad thigs. Please know, without them, you literally are just a robot and with robots coming in for the snatch right now, it’s about time you showed them who and what the human superpower is and what you can do that they cannot otherwise, it’s game over!

So what do emotions in our body look like? If it’s true that our feelings inhabit our physical bodies, what does this mean? Let’s just look at a few for an example…First of all, let’s note that there is NO SUCH THING as a bad emotion. All emotions are useful and helpful if used accordingly. For instance, ANGER is an emotion that if harnessed positively can turn a bad situation (yes, situations can be bad) in to a good one from transmuting that feeling of anger in its raw form in to something productive. Anger tends to come from base feelings of sadness or fear and if projected outwards in a healthy way can be used as building bocks to reconstruct previous feelings or sadness, frustration, fear etc in to far more useful ones such as growth, joy and fulfilment. If not harnessed correctly via outward projection, the feelings will remain ‘inside’ and will take up residence within the body – This will lead to dis-ease and imbalance. Not healthy! ( healthy = heal thy – heal thySELF….)

PLEASE NOTE THAT AS HUMAN BEINGS IN A HUMAN BODY, WE ARE BIOTECH IN AND OF ITSELF. WE DO NOT NEED EXTERNAL INFLUENCE TO ACHIEVE THIS – WE ALREADY ARE THIS. OUR SOFT TECH BODY IS PURELY ALCHEMICAL AND REACTS TO THE OUTWARD ENVIRONMMENT, WHICH IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE BODY AND BE AWARE OF WHAT IT IS FEELING – THE MIND WILL THEN THINK BUT THE FEELING COMES FIRST

AN EXAMPLE OF EMOTIONS STORED IN THE BODY – ANGER:

When we’re angry, our body temperature rises (biological and alchemical combination) and that heat, unless processed properly will stay stored in the liver. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the liver is the root cause of all diseases, hence why I am using this one as an example to demonstrate the impact of our emotions on the body.

As mentioned above, we are biological and alchemical beings. This is undeniable unless you are from somewhere else never heard of…..And within these undeniable factors within this realm we live in, there are elements that effect the process of our healing or further disease. For example, if you have a common cold, you know that standing in the wet, rain and wind is not a good idea. The same theory applies in TCM where according to the liver (hepatic system) there are 6 excesses that must be balanced in order for the hepatic system to work properly. These are

• WIND
• COLD
• DRYNESS
• MOISTURE
• HEAT
• PHLEGM

If the liver gets too hot, it will end up overloaded with toxins and stress that will then lead to the inability to function properly. This will then show up in the body in ways such as:

• Dizziness
• Chest pain
• Dry mouth
• Insomnia
• Headache
• Rapid pulse
• Bloodshot eyes
• Flushed face
• Digestive symptoms such as belching, feelings of fullness, lump in throat

But the one main feeling with liver fire will be an underlying feeling of anger – The word LIVID, describes a state of intense anger. In psychoanalysis, the ID stems from the Freudian belief that the ID is the source of all psychic energy. The ID, EGO AND SUPEREGO concepts come from here. LIV – identifies the liver, ID comes from the the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest: Resentment, depression, frustration are all sub-feelings that go hand in hand with anger and will move through your bodies pathways until they set up home in the comfy liver zone where the heat can thrive. If you’re feeling feelings of anger, bitterness (and they call it bitterness for a reason – it is bitter, like a lemon) resentment, frustration, the WORST THINGS YOU CAN DO are

• DRINK ALCOHOL – This will lead to huge toxin overload and will poison the system leading to huge burnout.
• EAT FRIED AND SPICY FOODS – these add fuel to the fire and you’ll notice how after foods like these you always end up burping? Yup that’s the liver fire. Its burning good and proper!
• DRINK CAFFEINE – This is a big problem in our society where we’re all addicted to coffee like there’s no tomorrow! Sorry, but it’s not great for liver heat. You’re better off with a peppermint tea or a lemon water. (You think that that’s boring but how do you FEEL about it?)

Below are some infographics extracted from the MODULE 1 LIFE LAB that explores the inner child and emotions. The specifics on anger are to confirm what has been mentioned above and I believe it is the one main emotional ranges we should be working with right now in order to transmute a lot of complex, combined feelings that are getting in our way of progress and rather use them to re-direct stress, fear, frustration and conflict in to more progressive, productive streams of power lines

SEE HOW FEELINGS RULE – WHAT ELSE DO THEY RULE?

I’ll tell you a secret – I often think, if I had loads of spare money, I would go a spending spree and replenish my herbal cabinet. All my essential oils, my tinctures, my supplements that cost an arm and a leg and I’d spend days making all my soaps and balms and body oils (I haven’t bought a store bought beauty product in years – Why? Because I love making my own out of ingredients I know are great for my body and brain) and the anticipation of a great big shopping haul to get all these treats and pleasures are all about feelings rather than the action or thought involved in the spending of money to acquire these things. It’s all about how it makes you FEEL. So if we can’t just get in the car and head out to do these things because we haven’t the time or resources, it makes us feel like we have a lack somewhere. That we aren’t fortunate enough or that life is shit and we aren’t deserving. But perhaps sometimes, these restrictions, these seeming lacks are to draw us in to the place where we need to be reminded of what’s really important. What the value of things are instead of the wasted energy involved in spending resources for momentary feelings of pleasure. That you can still be healthy and abundant with what you do have and what is free from nature that you can quite as easily obtain without needing to head to a store and buy it in a fancy packaged bottle. Your lavender oil that you’d love to own in a pretty bottle so you can drop a few drops in your bath can still be obtained and enjoyed equally by taking a walk and picking some from a field for free instead of a store for bucks. Be honest with yourself though. Would you still FEEL as happy and fulfilled? If not, why not? If it all comes down to a feeling, dig deep on that! Money is currency but so is nature.

We have this programmed concept in-built where we are so trained to value the material world. Christmas – We must go buy all the pretty boxes and shiny things that are advertised all over the TV and displayed in every shop window but then you go buy all this stuff for your kids, and they end up playing with a cardboard box and the wrapping paper for days. Again, children know the value of things and it isn’t in the material shiny object. It is in the packaging haha, it is in what they can tangibly play with that creates sensory pleasure. For us adults, the packaging is the worst part. It makes a mess! God, we can’t have a mess! The point I’m making is, we need to re-set out minds to that of a Childs. We need to go back to basics and nature to re-install our value and purpose because this material world might just be coming to a crashing end and then what will we be left with? A whole lot of fear for most I’m sure but for those that have already tapped in to their senses and their inner world, they know there’s nothing to fear because with our senses and our imagination (I MAGIC NATION – I CREATE MY OWN NATION) You can create your own reality out of pure value. What is pure value? It is emotion. IT is feeling. The highest feeling being love.

If we can get to that place where that can lead, imagine (image – ing) what the world could look like! The power of visualisation is HUGE! And when we understand our feelings and can tune in to the world inside of us where feelings rule and we can create our own image-in -ated world’s then the world outside will change. This seems like a stretch a lot of the time hey! It seems as though there’s so much chaos and conflict in the world right now and those feelings of fear, anger and frustration are leading the way, right? Sure, for now but as mentioned above, we need to use our bodies and our brains simultaneously to transmute those energetic emotions and feelings in to something positive, not negative. There is no such thing as a negative emotion. There is only a negative response to a poor emotional reaction. Feel angry, sure, but let it out and release it in to something constructive and powerful. Don’t let it sit inside of you. See, how we are taught not to. That only makes you sick. And they want you to be sick because the spinning world runs on a spinning wheel of sickness and disease. It’s how it all goes round. If people weren’t sick anymore, they wouldn’t stay on the spinning wheel. They’d see that the wheel was the problem and they’d get off and go inside. They’d stop the wheel from spinning. It’s only us and our sickness that enables it to spin.

So, I encourage you to listen to your body. Quieten your mind and rest yourself so that you can hear the fine tunings of what is being whispered inside of you. I promise you, it’s not woo woo! Woo woo is the world we’ve been living in! You can stay there and normalise that all you like but no, the time is up on shutting out our feelings. There are too many of us seeing, sensing and feeling that the world is very sick now for it to continue being normalised. When kids cry, shout, stomp, throw things and act raw about life, THAT is what we should be tapping in to. Feelings are everything. Feelings are what drive us forwards and it’s perfectly ok to feel them. The trick is learning how to harness the energy of a feeling and use it to your advantage. That my friends, is pure magic!

I have completed module 1 on the 4 part series of the EMBODIED LIFE LAB where we look at the EMOTIONS, BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT. Part 1 focusing on the inner child and the emotional world. I am in the process of writing part 2, the body, which will be due for release in late summer but if you would like to join in and start from the beginning with the root causes and a deep look at our own inner child then please start HERE. It is a deep 100 + page program with audios and infographic downloads that you can use to go deep on your journey. All of the modules look at how you can connect the body, brain, emotions and spirit together using somatic techniques that will help bring you back in to yourself in a regulated, humanistic way. I hope you will love it but for now and after reading this, please consider the emotions. Sit with yourself and ask yourself how you’re really feeling. Start a journal perhaps. Start to vocalise your feelings to those around you. Talk and share. The power of your voice is a phenomenon that helps create the magic involved in processing emotions. You are a superhuman! I promise you that!

I LOVE YOU X