//THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT YOU CAN
CHANGE THE CELL MEMORY AND RELEASE PAINFUL AND NEGATIVE MEMORIES FOR GOOD. AS A RESULT WE STOP RECREATING AND REPLICATING THESE PAINFUL IMPRINTS AND FEELINGS IN THE PRESENT-DAY LIFE.//
and more chronic and habitual; the neurological feedback loops of stress are reinforced again and again. Our un-dealt-with stress and ‘negative’ emotions can develop into anxiety, depression or chronic pain and illness over time. Physiologically speaking, the tensing of
muscles and insufficient breathing result in less blood flow = less oxygen in the body. When this goes on for extended periods, the body uses all available oxygen primarily for vital body functions, and non-vital functions get second place. The prolonged lack of oxygen disturbs our digestion, circulation,metabolism and all normal body functions, which leads to physical illness, chronic pain, headaches and so on. The latest findings show that insufficient oxygen significantly reduces production of serotonin, the ‘feel good hormone’, which leads to even more tension and restricted breathing... The effect snowballs and the vicious cycle is ready. Breathwork therapy floods the body and cells with oxygen and reverses this cycle.
ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS – THE ADRENALINE RESPONSE Anxiety and panic attacks are essentially a state of accumulated and unprocessed fear in the system. They have been labelledmedical conditions, but actually they are just an accumulation of emotion that can easily be released and cleared from the system. When experiencing stress and fear we have two
(or three) possible survival mechanisms: ‘Fight or flight’, or ‘freeze’. Anxiety is a result of ongoing fight or flight response, a state of high adrenaline and increased heartbeat. Other symptoms include hypertension, hyper-vigilance, inability to relax, restlessness, insomnia, hyperactivity. The causes can be traced back to as early as birth:
during the stresses of being born, a baby’s heart rate and adrenaline levels are high. When the baby is put to mother’s chest soon after, the warmth and beating of mother’s heart calm the baby down and make the newborn’s heart rate and adrenaline levels drop. If this, for whatever reason, doesn’t happen, and a distressed baby doesn’t get the calming, soothing touch of a caregiver on a regular basis, adrenaline levels may stay high permanently. This can be a root of anxiety. Fear may also accumulate in the system later on in life. Panic attacks happen when the pressure valve of accumulated fear finally blows up. Anxiety affects half of the population at some
point in our lives. One in six people suffers from chronic anxiety or panic attacks.
DEPRESSION – THE OPIATE RESPONSE Depression is a result of the ‘freeze’ stress response becoming chronic. This is the primal survival mechanism of playing dead, or complying, when running away or fighting is not an option, or when the ‘fight or flight’ response has been exhausted. It is as if we leave our bodies and internally go somewhere else. Physiologically speaking this is the opiate response: the body is still flooded with high levels of stress hormones, but their usual symptoms are covered up by the
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