Our nervous system is formed in the uterus. It starts as folding of the outer tissue layer of an embryo. The process of this formation is slow and amusing. It develops into a complex system that sustains us over the lifetime.
At the moment of our birth the nervous system that we developed as fetus starts to adjust to our environment. It reads information about safety and danger, it keeps us alive.
When our needs are being met (needs are intellectual, emotional, physical, spiritual) we react to the outside world with curiosity and connection.
When this bonding/connection is interrupted, our nervous system protects us by becoming sensitive to our environment
This sensitivity expands to external world:
- other people (from threat to people-pleasing to form connection)
- sound (too loud, too quiet)
- touch (triggers unpleasant past experience)
- the way we experience our life
Hypervigilance
This sensitivity is called Hypervililance. It is the state of high alertness.
Hypervigilance shows as elevated fear of danger and impeding fatality.
Nervous system responds to threat by raising blood pressure, increasing the heart rate, creating loops of negative thoughts of our own belonging.
Most of us live in hypervigilant state now. We have no idea what to expect from the world anymore. There is worry, there is fear.
Good news is: No matter what our nervous system has adjusted to, there is a gradual way to restore its normal function. The body bounces back to health when we give it a chance. It wants to be vibrant and light.
It is possible to turn the levers of the nervous system and tune it to slow and safe modality. This process is slow, consistent and is the most rewarding investment in your mental & physical health.
Dangerous = Fast
Safe = Slow
I am here to guide you through the practice of slowing down.
Let’s repair the system with breath and gentle movement.
“The great thing in all education is to make our nervous system an ally instead of our enemy.”
– Wiliam James