Healing Through Breath
Shanti shares her journey of using meditation and breathwork to support individuals dealing with trauma, particularly in her work with female heroin addicts. She emphasizes the transformative power of conscious breathing, which not only calms the nervous system but also empowers individuals to make healthier choices in moments of crisis. By directing awareness to the breath, clients can shift their mental state, allowing for greater emotional regulation and resilience against stress and trauma.In this clip
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Does using breathwork to calm my body when triggered mean that I was able to diminish the physiological response to my childhood trauma, even though I didn't use the repetitive retelling of the narrative as discussed in the episode Shanti Medina - Healing From An Abusive Mother?
I have heard stories of people who erased trauma through meditation. I guess those people would calm their bodies using breathwork every time a fear, trauma, or distressing thought appeared. They would kind of dissociate themselves from that; they wouldn't see the fear, trauma, or distressing thought as truth. Instead, they would see them for what they actually were: trauma, stories. Then, they would repeat another story to themselves, the one they chose to believe, over and over. They would keep doing this process of just watching the fear and trauma, calming their bodies, and then reminding themselves what they actually wanted to believe in.
Have there been stories of people who erased trauma through meditation by calming their bodies using breathwork every time a fear, trauma, or distressing thought appeared, as discussed in the episode 'Lessons from Stoicism and The Military | Nancy Sherman | The Knowledge Project 126' and the clip 'Emotions and Reflection'? Did those individuals dissociate from those feelings, not seeing the fear, trauma, or distressing thought as truth but rather as trauma or stories? Did they then repeat another story to themselves, the one they chose to believe, over and over? Did they keep doing the process of observing the fear and trauma, calming their bodies, and reminding themselves of what they actually wanted to believe in?