Brain Balancing Easy as 1,2,3!

Below I offer a simple and specific exercise to tap into and harness our inner wisdom balancing and uniting the brain, body and spirit. This practice can be done during the New Moon and daily to reset our nervous system and sharpen our mind/body mapping awareness skills.

This tapping into the pulse of the Universe through our inner wisdom, is using our body intelligence as a barometer, as I often share with my clients and students.  We are responding to the moment through our inner navigation system by attuning to our innate body intelligence through sensory and somatic feedback.

Neuroscience has proven what the ancients have been sharing for thousands of years: The practices of mind/body/spirit integration through the radical awareness of the breath and the body’s sensory intelligence, such as yoga and mindfulness, increases growth and stimulus in our prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain responsible for higher evolved thinking.

Here is an exercise easy as 1,2,3 to bring your brain, body and spirit into balance.   You can do this exercise daily anywhere from 60 seconds to 30 minutes.  It requires you to find a comfortable standing, seated or laying down position that feels right for you in the moment. If you feel safe in where you are positioned, please close your eyes.  If you choose to leave your eyes open, shift to a gentle, soft gaze.  Once you feel settled in a comfortable place, you can follow the instructions below:

 1) Begin by noticing the natural rhythm of your breath as it flows consistently and effortlessly in and out of your body. Notice the taste, sound, smell, touch of your experience without adjusting anything, just noticing.  When thoughts come, simply let them come and go like clouds without following one train of thought.  If a thought takes you away, gently bring yourself back to just noticing the sensations of the moment.  Take several moments here to notice your inner and outer landscape through your sensory perception.

2) Keeping that open awareness through your senses, begin to breathe very slow, smooth, deep, unforced breaths feeling all sides of your body expand on the inhale and relax on the exhale.  You can breathe through your nose or your mouth with pursed lips like you are sipping through a straw.  If you are breathing through your nose, try to have the inhale begin equally in both nostrils and exhale leave completely through both sides.   As you cycle your breathing notice it’s rhythm and pace, again come back to the sensations of the moment presenting themselves.  Notice what parts of your sensory experience is magnified.  Are you focusing more on what you hear or smell? Or are the colors and textures of the seen and unseen in the moment capturing your awareness?  Just notice what is showing up to be seen, heard, tasted, etc. Notice if you can tune into that sensory perception a little deeper weaving in your complete, slow, deep unforced breathing into that experience.  Stay here for several breaths.

3) As you continue steps one and two, layer in some neurolinguistic reprogramming by repeating an empowering statement to yourself.  It can be “I feel peace” or “I am here.” Make it true for you in the moment and repeat it like a mantra slow and steady.  Repetition is another tool we can use to bring ourselves into balance. It’s like giving our brain a toy to play with while we dive deeper into the fertile ground of the moment in the prefrontal cortex where we prime new neurons to fire and wire together around our affirmation.   Continue to toggle between gently repeating this affirmation/statement and noticing how your sensory perception is magnifying.  Continue unforced  deep and slow breathing as you build these new neuropathways. Breathe here for several minutes.

When you feel complete, take a moment to notice the shifts you created with this practice. You may feel a relaxation response in your nervous system or you may feel more energized.  This is your nervous system rebooting and your brain balancing!   Easy as 1,2,3!

If you wish to learn more about these highly effective and accessible tools, please join me at one of my upcoming public Neurosculpting® and Body Current® classes in Boulder, CO or visit my website to find out more information: EnergizeShanti