Raising Your Sword to Battle an Illusion
Our nervous system is a miraculous and complex network of information and control mechanisms. Our SNS (sympathetic nervous system) readies us for action, to mobilize, to activate, charge, fight or flea..among many other things. Our PNS (parasympathetic nervous system) calms us down, soothes, relaxes, and regulates…also among many other things. So when we get stressed, […]
Rewiring the Subconscious
Neuroplasticity is now a scientific house-hold word. It is our superhero power, our ultimate ability for mind control. According to Dr. Bruce Lipton in The Biology of Belief he notes, “I believe the greatest problem we face is that we think we re running our lives with the wishes, desires, and aspirations created by our […]
Thoughts influence Matter
Dr. David Perlmutter and Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. note in Power Up Your Brain that Neural networks are created by focused, engaged stimulation. . .the choices you make actually do influence the physical structures, the neural networks, in your brain. ‘Experience coupled with attention leads to physical changes in the structure and functioning of the nervous […]
Rewiring through Compassion
In the foreword to New Beliefs, New Brain, Dr. David Perlmutter notes “When His Holiness the Dalai Lama counseled that ‘The brain we develop reflects the life we lead,’ it is important to understand that his statement reflects not only a call for us to live a life of compassion based on his spiritual pursuits, […]
Turning Back Your Own Clock
BDNF–Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor–is a key growth hormone. It protects the structure and integrity of our neurons, enables our neuroplasticity–that’s our ability to create new neural maps, and promotes neurogenesis–our ability to grow new brain cells. By creating new pathways we empower ourselves to shift patterns, trauma, and open to new skills and abilities. Neurogenesis […]
Life out of Control
How we focus our attention determines the neural maps we reinforce in our brains. It is the basis of neuroplasticity–our inherent gift of transformation. Daniel Siegel notes in Mindsight “Some days we lean towards chaos–life feels unpredictable and out of control. But in general, when we are well and at ease, we move along […]
The Domino Stress Effect & the 5 Quickest Ways to Beat it.
How would you approach life differently if you were the first domino in an infinitely long chain of life events? What if each and every action, each and ever thought, rippled out in powerful waves from your being to touch the world around you? Would you consider your words and thoughts more carefully? What if […]
Rewire Your Body’s Hard Drive
Science knows now that we can rewire the brain and grow new neuronal maps. Neural maps are the active circuits through which all thought-forms flow. They are the pathways of mental engagement and creation. They’ve found that this happens through our focused attention and experiences HOWEVER it’s been proven that those experiences don’t have to […]
Mindfulness Changing the Political Brain?
The time has come for politics to recognize the magic of both compassion and neuroplasticity! “The fact that our brain is always changing means we’re not locked in to having the stress superhighway built into our nervous system…The cutting-edge research today shows us how mindfulness can help us reshape our brain and nervous system…Now studies […]
