I wanted to share a practice that I do and have honed over the years to elicit what’s called the relaxation response. When we can get the relaxation response to activate we start to feel as you would imagine, more relaxed, more calm, settled, quiet and to a point of inner stillness. That stillness is […]
I’ve spoke about these 2 branches of the nervous system many times. And the more I think about it, it keeps making more sense and simplifies down what can be a complex process in the brain. Stress from the brain causes neuroplastic symptoms in the body. We know that. How does that filter down into […]
Changing the level of stress we experience can change the level of symptoms we experience. Neuroplastic symptoms are essentially symptoms of stress. So if we can get the stress down on the inside (our brains) and the outside (our lives), we can lower the brain and nervous system stress reactions that create symptoms. Today I […]
How you attend to neuroplastic symptoms can be a powerful mediator. Either increasing or reducing symptoms. This is because attention is a brain mechanism. When one attends to symptoms from a perception of threat and danger, one is likely attending from hypervigilance. Hypervigilance is a real thing that has been shown to not only amplify […]
One of the most amazing things about neuroplastic symptoms is that as bad as they can feel, they are not actually dangerous. The symptoms come from perceptions of threat and danger at the brain level not actual threat and danger like a fracture or acute infection at the body level. If something is a perception […]
I have been running some classes each month and next month for April (4 weeks) I am excited to be going over how to approach neuroplastic symptoms from a somatic/experiential angle. What this means is learning and practicing ways to work with what we feel in the body from a felt sense level. With neuroplastic […]
I recently did a recent YouTube video about 3 things that define neuroplastic symptoms. Neuroplastic symptoms are real bodily symptoms. The difference lies in the causes of neuroplastic symptoms vs. physical symptoms. Neuroplastic Symptoms Brain produced Psychological threat/danger Perceived threat/danger Physical Symptoms Body produced Physical threat/danger Actual threat/danger When we approach neuroplastic symptoms, the first […]
Defusing Perceived Threat and Danger With Neuroplastic Symptoms LIVE (and recorded) Class offered Wednesdays at 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific Time March 4th – March 25th, 2026. Cost $150 4 Classes = 6 hours of class with ample time for practice and Q&A I am excited to be teaching this class for the month of March. […]
It’s naturally instinctive that we want symptoms to go down when they are up or they are feeling very intense. We try to do anything we can to make this happen. However, when it comes to neuroplastic symptoms, this can backfire because we can be reinforcing threatened danger when there actually is none. Most neuroplastic […]
When we think of the brain and its role in neuroplastic symptoms, we think of the threat and danger model. This model has been studied extensively and I will be presenting a 4 week course in March titled: ‘Defusing Threat and Danger with Neuroplastic Symptoms.’ You can sign up through the link here. One area of […]
