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Tonight Class 3: Trauma and the Brain. . Why do we need to study trauma? . Because unless our brain and nervous system are predominantly regulated and online we won’t be able to learn and take advantage of higher order activities like meditation, yoga, positive affirmations etc. . This is why so many of us we feel like we’ve tried everything, and aren’t making progress. . Root cause trauma is driving the nervous system from behind the scenes. . It’s important yogis study trauma and implement trauma-informed interventions to move ourselves out of the body’s survival mode and develop the copcity to live in place of relative safety and collaboration. . It’s not our fault we are traumatized, but it is our responsibility to recognize and work with it. . #GradualAwakening #GradualPath #tibetanbuddhism #meditation #contemplativestudies #onlineprogram #milesneale #trauma #trauma-informed #psychotherapy #mindfulness
From the intro to #GradualAwakening ... ...and my first teacher Godwin, a Sri Lankan layman whose main teaching was not about the high art of transcendence but about showing up to our human condition with presence and love. #keepitsimple #keepitreal #awakenwisdomlove #srilankapilgrimage2019
Taprobane Island, Sri Lanka. . The magic is all around us, we just have to be oriented towards it. . #taprobane #magical #srilanka #feelme
Gangaramaya Temple, Sri Lanka. . My moonshot: revive the ethos of pilgrimage in a culture so spiritually deprived we have confused consciousness with brain activity. . #pilgrimage #virtualpilgrim #ladakhpilgrimage2020 #srilankapilgrimage2019 #nepalpilgrimage2018 #herospilgrimage 2016 #srilanka
Summer time boys.
Whether it’s childhood, ancestral, or evolutionary trauma, the residual legacy of our collective past is not our burden to bear but our honor to finally process. . In this very life we can finally do what so many before us could not: break the cycle and move forward all the wiser. . #GradualAwakening #GradualPath #tibetanbuddhism #meditation #contemplativestudies #onlineprogram #milesneale #trauma #trauma-informed #psychotherapy #mindfulness