I've been reflecting on how, for 80%+ of my breathwork clients who were experiencing symptoms of depression or lethargy... the root cause was repressed anger.
As soon as this was expressed, the depression magically lifted, and their life force returned.
One novel use case for chatGPT — designing game mechanics 🎴
I challenged it to create a simple card game from scratch that also developed players somatic awareness... and it came up with one hell of a concept called "Mind Match"
Here are the primary game mechanics
Followed by the two card types and how an example round might play out
One of the most underrated skills that you can acquire to take ownership of your own health & nervous system literacy is learning how to read, digest & interpret scientific studies 🤓
Here are three superb resources to learn from
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1 // Dive into @PeterAttiaMD's guide — a five-part essay series on 'studying studies' peterattiamd.com/ns001/ (in particular understand 'Part V' on 'power & significance')
2 // Dive into elicit.org — use AI to summarise key findings from multiple study sources, specific interventions and rank by number of citations
Seek to rise out of your reactivity. Regulation is responding appropriately to stimuli. Reactivity comes from our unconscious conditioning.
Understand that regulation is possible. Even if you've spent your life oscillating between burnout, depression & anxiety. Many others have turned their life around and you can too.
For the last few years, I've experimented with dozens of therapies, retreats, modalities & experiences (spending upwards of $55k)
After nudging from @p_millerd—here's a thread outlining ten of the most impactful + what I learned.
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For context: I initially dove into this world to process deep grief + loss but quickly realised that I'd been relatively repressed + numb from the neck down for most of my life.
The deeper I went, the more fascinated I became, so just kept digging 🐇🕳️
Okay, here goes 👇
1/ 400hr Breathwork Teacher Training // $5k, Canggu, Bali ~ led by Ed Dangerfield.
Probably changed my life more than anything else I've done. It's not an exaggeration to say that if/when this modality goes mainstream it will change the world.