There was a beautiful nugget I received from a teacher recently. I often use breathwork to bring me back into nervous system regulation. But I was curious about when breathwork doesn’t work.
Because sometimes, when the trigger is loud enough, when the gong hit reverberates too intensely, breathwork doesn’t seem to move anything. It’s like I’m breathing against a brick wall.
I asked him about this and he shared something so beautiful. Wind is useful when it blows in one direction, but when it has no where to go, wind can blow in circles, kicking things up and clearing nothing. Instead, heat melts the ice of a trigger. The warmth of the sun, the warmth of enjoying people or things that you love.
Our path into nervous system regulation is as unique as we are.
With love.