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Season 2, Episode 12: How does your nervous system affect your life?  Today's episode explores how understanding the nervous system can create a fuller and richer life in ministry and life.

The four states we find ourselves in when we are dysregulated are: Fight, Flight, Freeze & Fawn.

 How we help ourselves:
1. Become aware of our states (internal, external) and the story we tell.
2. Take steps to become more regulated - breathwork is a good place to start.

Other things that help with nervous system regulation include: 

• Getting enough sleep at night and rest outside of sleep.
• Simple movement throughout the day
• Connection with others, and ourselves ( including journaling) or with an activity we enjoy, such as a puzzle or game, or hobby.
• Prayer, meditation
• Being outside in nature, especially walking barefoot on the grass.
• Listening to music
• Connecting with water – the ocean, a bath or shower or fountain,
• Creating a soundscape, music, fountain or fan, or audio file we find calming.
• Get a hug, back rub or bodywork

3.  Do things that help you stay regulated.
4. Practice co-regulation.

How we help others:
1. Be regulated.  
2.  Start meetings and gatherings outside of Sunday with practices that help people bring their best to these gatherings.  Things that help include, 

• time for silence, reflection on a text, prayer time, and breathwork.
• Singing helps with regulation too, so using a song can be very helpful.
• Even a simple time where people hold hands in a circle and pray together can make a big difference in how people show up to a meeting.

 Other things you can do to help – 

• When people are acting dysregulated, meet with them one-on-one.  
• Meet people for a walk or in a park,  nature can help people relax and bring their best selves to the meeting.
• And last, respect vacation and downtime .– Respecting others and their boundaries leads to better regulation for all.

 So, what does all this make you think about today?  

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