Completing the Cycle
When faced with trauma, the body often gets stuck in a cycle of autonomic arousal, much like a car engine revving without ever moving. Breathwork and practices like yoga help individuals regain control by consciously moving through arousal and returning to calmness. By consistently practicing this process, one can rewire their brain, making it easier to manage stress and anxiety over time.In this clip
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In a case where your body has a fear response to something but you want to change it—specifically, a reflexive response of your nervous system—how does neuroplasticity work if, every time you see something that triggers the fear response, you use breathwork to calm your body and change your nervous system response? You need epinephrine and acetylcholine to change your nervous system, but in that moment, breathwork activates a more calm state. How do these two actions, which seem contradictory, engage neuroplasticity? Am I suppressing the fear response with breathwork, and what happens to the epinephrine and acetylcholine levels?
In a case where your body has a fear response to something but you want to change it—specifically, a reflexive response of your nervous system—how does neuroplasticity work if, every time you see something that triggers the fear response, you use breathwork to calm your body and change your nervous system response? You need epinephrine and acetylcholine to change your nervous system, but in that moment, breathwork activates a calmer state. How do these two actions, which seem contradictory, engage neuroplasticity? Am I suppressing the fear response with breathwork, and what happens to the epinephrine and acetylcholine levels?
Would a solution to calm the body with breathwork at the moment when a person has a fear or phobia and their body becomes reactive upon encountering a trigger, as discussed in the episode EPISODE #1017: How to Reclaim Feminine Divine Power – Kelly Brogan, M.D and the clip Micro Exposures, provide a different input to the nervous system so that over time it stops being activated by the original trigger?