Calming down the nervous system can help shift the relationship between symptoms and triggers, and signal safety to the nervous system.: -developing greater tolerance involves relaxing in the face of adversity, being connected to your body, and noticing your surroundings: Understanding the different states of the nervous system, identifying them, and developing techniques to shift the state of your nervous system are the basics of what Michael teaches. Emotions move quickly and we can have more emotional fluidity. There's wisdom and purpose to emotions, and they typically last only a few seconds. Owning and not justifying our emotions helps us tolerate them better. Heart rate variability is a proxy for overall health and can help us detect when our nervous system is unregulated. Breathing is a two-way street where we can influence and be influenced by our nervous system. - Shaking can help to down regulate the nervous system in response to hyper arousal, anxiety, or stress. In a chronic state, shaking can help to discharge the stress and restore balance. emotions are signals coming from the body or the nervous system and they are interpreted in a certain way. Reframing can be helpful in changing how we experience an emotion. When we relate to things with a sense of acceptance, things are easier to deal with. There is a spectrum of bodily responses to things that can be a useful tool for managing anxiety, but if they're too intense or not appropriate to the situation, they may be an indicator that something is not quite right. Some of the ways to work with these responses include focus on the trigger, working on our relationship to the symptoms of the trigger, and doing exercises with a therapist, coach, or other partner. Political theory is important because it can help us understand what's going on within us and help us work with difficult situations. The ventral vagal state is our natural state of being and the fight and flight state is when our nervous system is activated in order to, you know, react to a threat. The third state, social engagement, is when we're most capable of living our lives and functioning normally.
