I have a working theory that this weird skill of 'unclenching' also makes you quantifiably 'luckier' in life.

It turns out that what we label as 'luck' is a combination of the following measurable factors:
↓ 1/ Increased Tolerance for Uncertainty
Less contraction → feeling inherently safe in the world expands your sense of the ‘adjacent possible’— increasing capacity to sit with ambiguity + time for novel connections → thus reducing the odds of picking a low-risk default path.

In 2020, I attempted to spend ten days inside a dark room on the Oaxacan coast, to explore 'darkness technology' & live without light for 240 hours.

Here's what I learned from the experience.
↓ In his book, 'Darkness Technology', Mantak Chia describes how the dark causes melatonin to synthesize into 'Pinoline'.

This eventually (after 6 days) synthesizes into DMT & 5-MeO-DMT (yes, the same as the infamous 🐸 venom) ...leading to endogenous mystical experiences.

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.

https://twitter.com/jonnym1ller/status/1546344128547475456

@kithkui This is a good song for it:

open.spotify.com/track/1form6Xx…

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

I challenged chatGPT to invent a brand new language... and holy sh*t 🤯 Also provides a remarkably potent explanation for the etymology behind each word...

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
↓ 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')

How to Build Nervous System Wealth (without getting lucky)

h/t @naval Seek to rise out of your reactivity. Regulation is responding appropriately to stimuli. Reactivity comes from our unconscious conditioning.

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.

🧵 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 👇

Question: What do these four emojis have to do with regulating your nervous system?

🤖 Robots
👻 Ghosts
🥷 Ninjas
🧙‍♂️ Wizards

Allow me to elaborate
👇 0/ Let's begin with a 2x2:

– X-axis: shows internal stressors (e.g. frustration) & external stressors (e.g. loud noises)
– Y-axis: shows intentional responses & unconscious responses

🤔 With me so far?

I just returned from a 6-night men's retreat—it was one of the most profound & transformative experiences of my life.

This thread is an attempt to distil the core insights + takeaways 🧵 1/ Restoring Faith in Men 🙋‍♂️ I have spent most of my teenage + adult life struggling to deeply connect with, fully trust or form meaningful friendships with men. I discovered that I was not alone in feeling this way.