Brain Plasticity
After a recent talk on brain plasticity for SAARP in Sandbaai Saal, I once again realised how important it is for us to support our brain function, the brain’s natural, innate ability to form new networks throughout our lives, if we stimulate and enhance it! We are never too young or too old to do it! All it takes is practice, patience and perseverance every day to support this wonderful function all human beings have to grow, flourish and thrive. All we need is a little willingness to challenge ourselves, to try new ways, new ‘elsewheres’ of thought.
Stress levels are at an all-time high! There are many reasons.
Most importantly, we are at a point in human consciousness development where we, often unknowingly to our conscious minds, are searching for deeper meaning and understanding about the Source of light and love that we are. We can all rewire our brains, as Dr Joe Dispenza so eloquently explains, using cutting edge research to prove it!
Stress manifests physically, chemically and emotionally. Some current stressors include Covid vaccine published side effects, the terrible earthquake in Turkey, uncertainty, FEAR, all changed the whole world, with jobs lost, financial implications, relationships. The default, ancient survival stress reaction becomes triggered constantly, in its wellknown old neural pathways! We have to learn to utilise our prefrontal cortex of the brain, and superconscious mind! We can learn to have an inner locus of control – not out there, but within here – mindfulness, alignment, anchoring, breathing, meditation, prayer, soul based psychotherapy, are some of the many ways.
An ancient inner default mode of bias towards survival fear drives our stress reaction, which ultimately lowers immunity and causes renegade inflammation with subsequent chronic diseases.
Imagine….feeling transformed, courageous, resilient, empowered and in complete clarity, calm and centered.
Willingness and mind training are essential to find a better way towards healing and wholeness.
3 P’s 1 GNF: Practice, Patience, Perseverance with a dose of Good Natured Flexibility – remembering the key is to TRY and TRY AGAIN!
Amidst all the wild things happening in the world, we all need a new perspective, something to shake us up a little and help us remember how amazing and strong we truly are!
Some coping mechanisms for holistic support. During my courses and workshop, I explore and explain these in practical, easy understandable ways, using easy creativity and assignments for self-exploration.
- Become aware of symptoms such as a racing pulse or heartbeat, fast and shallow breathing, a dull feeling in the pit of your stomach, vague nausea and many other gut symptoms; fatigue, overthinking, overanalysing, feeling overwhelmed. Know that these emotions and feelings can lead to mental health challenges such as dysthymia and depression (also known as inflammation of the brain), anxiety and physical health challenges such as hypertension, insomnia, gut imbalances, diabetes, eczema, auto-immune disease, allergies, chronic infections, and many more.
- Find the many things around you to be grateful Both small and big things. Pick 3 for an immediate way to connect to your calm.
- Become centered and quiet, in a state of dynamic ease and calm, flowing with life effortlessly, even for a short while.
- Have some superfoods: pecans and walnuts that look like the brain, rainbow colours of fruit and vegetables, nutritious wholefood carbohydrates, bananas with 5HTP (precursor of serotonin), fatty fish like salmon, trout, sardine, pilchards and mackerel; raw honey, calming and relaxing teas with chamomile, hibiscus, berries and lavender flower extracts or infusions; seeds like chia, nuts, linseed, poppy seed, and so much more to choose from, to nourish heart, brain and body and simultaneously soothe your soul.
- Burn candles with aromatherapy essential oils to ground (bergamot, sandalwood, tea tree), uplift (peppermint, orange and lemon) or calm and center (rose blend, rose geranium, chamomile, lavender)
- Use colours to balance your mood: lilac, aqua, teal and hues of blue to calm and soothe; fiery colours for drive and more energy.
- Listen to music and dance to soothe your soul: rhythmic, pulsating for energy; flowing, swaying, undulating, soft and gentle to calm your mood.
- Choose to change your focus! Take a break even for a few minutes from your own monkey chatter. E.g. upset, angry, unreasonable, rude boss, unkind remark friend – STOP! Focus and choose to notice the finch on the wall, the bright pink bougainvillea in front of the white wall, the gentle chuckling of gardeners connecting.
- Attend meditation and yoga classes online or real-time – find something that works for you to connect to your calm.
- Support your happy chemicals (serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, endorphin). Note that Nootropics work on all the neurotransmitter, hormones, informational substances to calm, optimise and support integration and co-operacy for a happy, whole human experience! Read more about this and specific nootropics such as Lion’s mane, Gingko biloba, Ashwaganda and sufficient quantities of ALL the B-complex vitamins on our website (www.ArianiHealth.com), or ask C Beyond Health about my own formulation, Neuro Balance, that contains all of these and more.
Ask for help if you find it difficult to cope! Look for a soul-mind-body energy therapist to support you