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  1. The long exhale is what actually pulls the brake. You'll feel it land behind the sternum, a half-inch drop, unmistakable.
    Cuir do làmh air do chridhe — put your hand on your heart. Do it while you breathe, so the body has a witness.
    Your jaw is doing something right now. Check.
    What does your body do first when it braces?
    #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice
    The whole morning's issue → thistleandmoss.com/p/firesale-
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  2. Before you touch the news: inhale through the nose, then — without exhaling — take a second short sip of air stacked on top of the first. Let it out slow through the mouth, longer than the inhale, like fogging a windowpane. Three rounds.
    That second little sip reinflates the collapsed sacs at the bottom of your lungs.
    #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice #Embodiment
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  3. The long exhale is what actually pulls the brake. You'll feel it land behind the sternum, a half-inch drop, unmistakable.
    Cuir do làmh air do chridhe — put your hand on your heart. Do it while you breathe, so the body has a witness.
    Your jaw is doing something right now. Check.
    What does your body do first when it braces?
    #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice
    The whole morning's issue → thistleandmoss.com/p/firesale-
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  4. Before you touch the news: inhale through the nose, then — without exhaling — take a second short sip of air stacked on top of the first. Let it out slow through the mouth, longer than the inhale, like fogging a windowpane. Three rounds.
    That second little sip reinflates the collapsed sacs at the bottom of your lungs.
    #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice #Embodiment
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  5. SLEEP IS FUNDAMENTAL
    TO EVERYTHING ELSE 💎

    In sleep, your body self-repairs.

    Your brain restores itself.

    And your nervous system settles.

    If sleep isn’t coming easily, try five or ten minutes of conscious breathing.

    Draw a long, slow in-breath.

    Then let the out-breath be even longer.

    Keep going.

    For me, Ocean Breath is the doorway into deep, restful sleep.

    Never underestimate a good night’s sleep.

    Everything else depends on it.
    ________________________________
    Find Kevin Connelly's Reconnect
    Breathwork here: aus.social/@Robinzz3

    #Sleep #Breathwork #OceanBreath #ConsciousBreathing #NervousSystem #Recovery #Healing #Wellbeing #Health #Relaxation #Rest #Mindfulness #Presence #Peace

  6. SO I SLEEP 💎

    I've been doing evening #Ocean Breath just before sleep for about a #year now.

    I look forward to getting into the #zone every #night.

    For the past two nights, I've started my usual 30 to 50 minutes.

    A few minutes later...

    I fall into a #deep, #sound sleep.

    A few months ago, I would have forced #myself to stay #awake and complete the round.

    “I haven't finished my practice.”

    Now, though, my body says, “Sleep.”

    So I sleep.

    The purpose was never to complete 30 to 50 minutes.

    The purpose was to arrive at peace.

    Perhaps some practices don't need to carry us all the way across a threshold.

    Perhaps they only need to bring us to the #door.

    Then life, knowing what is needed, quietly takes over.

    #Breathwork #OceanBreath #Sleep #Rest #Peace #Wellbeing #Mindfulness #Presence #NervousSystem #Health #Healing #Relaxation #Meditation #Recovery #Life #AI

  7. Which cell is characteristic of the nervous system?
    A. Myocyte
    B. Hepatocyte
    C. Nephron
    D. Neuron.
    #cell #nervoussystem #test #science ... Continue to: facebook.com/1130092409221646/

  8. The jaw you've clenched since November has a plant that answers it.

    Bruise a scant teaspoon of culinary lavender between your fingers and steep it three minutes — no longer, or it turns to soap — in warm milk before bed. Lus na tùise, the herb of fragrance. The calm isn't folklore; it's linalool, easing the nervous system down off the ledge.

    #Herbalism #Herbs #Lavender #Wellness #NervousSystem #Rest #SelfCare #Botanical #Nature #QueerWitch #Druid #Apothecary

  9. The more neuroscience I study, the more I notice it describing mechanisms I've been observing in tantric bodywork

    Perhaps science and tantra aren't as far apart as they seem

    New essay:
    "What Really Happens in the Brain During Slow Touch"

    #Tantra #Neuroscience #Touch #NervousSystem #Awareness
    sensualtouchthejournal.wordpre

  10. Tha thu sàbhailte an-dràsta. You are safe right now.

    Even knowing the fight resumes at dawn. The same nervous system that flooded with cortisol today knows, in some unhurried way, how to come back down.

    #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Gàidhlig #Blessing #Grounding #NervousSystem #Calm #SelfCare #Resilience #Mindfulness #Language

    twp.ai/4hrsrU

  11. Your brain can’t always tell the difference between a work deadline and a saber-tooth tiger.

    That’s why you fight, flee, freeze, or fawn.

    innermasteryhub.com/fight-flig

    Which response do you default to?

    #MentalHealth #NervousSystem #TraumaInformed