Where your focus goes, the energy flows
I originally started doing this work to help people with personal transformation - and NSA was the main tool I used to help people achieve this goal.
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I have always had a wellness clinic - because, as you have probably learnt by now, you get more of what you focus on - and trying to get rid of something will cause you to be stuck and the problem to persist.
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So, an anxiety clinic will just keep the anxiety in your life.
An insomnia clinic will keep the insomnia in your life.
An anger clinic will keep the anger in your life.
But if you transform your life for one of greater wellness, happiness, a calmer nervous system, a more adaptable nervous system, etc., you find yourself in a state of being in more control and happier.
As you progress through the levels of care, the change becomes more profound and you will have more benefits in life.
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Most people start care with me wanting to get rid of something - and this is a perfectly fine starting point.
When you shift your focus to wanting more;
More happiness
More health
Better quality of life
When you learn to value your nervous system and want to have it in a peak state, you will discover how wonderful life can be.
Brain Upgrade = You Upgrade!
NSA activates many parts of our nervous system that are inhibited when we’ve undergone too much stress in life.
When the midbrain is activated, we are often in a state of reaction and one of our highest needs is to feel safe. Level 1 of care is where we begin to dial down this part of the brain, and activate healthier parts of the brain.
With regular NSA care developing new strategies in the nervous system, we start to have new brain activity such as higher cortical function (Cerebral Cortex), and a more activated prefrontal cortex.
How?
Depending on what phasic tension pattern (re-read Defensive Physiology) you're in at the time depends on where the contacts are made on your spine. The specific areas where contacts are made are super receptive points of your nervous system.
By making light contacts to these very specific, receptive areas of your spine, this cues your brain to locate where there's tension holding and reorganise that tension.
The more those areas of your brain are activated when finding and releasing that tension in your entrainments, the more it's 'practicing' being activated in those different areas (Outer cortex and prefrontal cortex).
The brain is 'learning' these new patterns of functioning in a healthier way - which is the outer cortex and prefrontal cortex becoming more stimulated.
So, when you really think about it, if you've had enough NSA care to develop these strategies in your nervous system, your brain is actually functioning in a completely new way. Eventually, you'll realise you've had a brain upgrade!
This may show up in life through the decisions you start making, the way you respond to life, a curiosity to do things you wouldn't usually do. I've had many clients tell me they started drinking far less alcohol now, are staying completely calm in a stressful situation, not getting triggered or reactive anymore, started having this desire to try things outside of their comfort zone, etc.
When these parts of the brain come back online, so many wonderful things start happening.
Most people get caught up - locked, stuck repeating negative behaviours with a lower quality of life - than need be.
It does not take much to keep the nervous system open and in a wonderful state.
A simple NSA session ‘entrainment’ regularly over life will keep your system in a wonderful state.
Most people look after their cars more than they do their own Nervous system!
Once you have strategies in your body (there are 3 levels of strategies - each takes a different amount of time to bring about), they will be with you for life - and it takes so little to keep them activated!
Just like refuelling your car or occasionally updating your phone.
A regular session will keep you growing, evolving, and in growth mode. Life just becomes so much easier - you will adapt to change better and quicker, become more resilient and, in general, be much happier!