I love it when awareness unfolds in the most delightful and profound ways. I have the itch to share with you, because these are the juicy life tidbits that I love to talk about!

My husband and I were out on a date night, having a bit of bubbly in the big city. We were chatting away when Tom described a certain woman as an “extremely remarkable physical specimen”. (Nerd code for “hot”.) I felt a jolt of discomfort in my physical body. In the past, this sort of situation might have resulted in a number of reactions: stuffing down or numbing the uncomfortable emotion, holding silent resentment for my husband and collecting evidence about why he didn’t love me “enough”, harboring jealousy and animosity towards the woman, saying something snarky to my husband to inflict discomfort in him. These mind techniques at one point in my life all served the purpose of “keeping my ego safe” by avoiding feeling the discomfort of the not enoughs!

Following our podcast together, Katie Chorlton, of Inside Out: Somatic Practices for the Body, Mind & Spirit, offered to share more ventral vagal nerve fiber/cells toning practices. Katie explains:

“The dorsal (toward the back of the body) vagal nerve fibers/cells are involved in our shutting down defensive system: the part of us that goes numb/plays dead etc. when we’ve exhausted our fight or flight (etc.) parts and it’s clear they aren’t working.

Following our podcast together, Katie Chorlton, of Inside Out: Somatic Practices for the Body, Mind & Spirit, offered to share more ventral vagal nerve fiber/cells toning practices. Katie explains:

“The dorsal (toward the back of the body) vagal nerve fibers/cells are involved in our shutting down defensive system: the part of us that goes numb/plays dead etc. when we’ve exhausted our fight or flight (etc.) parts and it’s clear they aren’t working.

I hope that you are joyfully embracing this seasonal transition of awakening life and transformation. As the earth shifts do you feel that you are similarly opening to shifts in your life?

Tom and I have recently been enjoying spring ice fishing, and while he hauls in the fish I am usually skunked. This doesn’t bother or surprise me, as my husband has been obsessed with fishing since he could walk. This passion has never dwindled and it reminds me of Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hour rule, in which consistent focus and practice is the key to mastery and expertise. Tom has spent bundles of 10,000 hours focusing on fishing: researching learning, preparing for,  and actually fishing. He is truly an expert fisherman!