Plant Pups and Your Nervous System

Yesterday, I spent the majority of the day caring for my plant babies. In case I haven’t shared this, I am obsessed with propagation and plant life. In the summer, it’s mostly in my garden but in the wintertime, I’m inside with my plants where there is lots of life and death happening.

So, back to yesterday. I was getting dirty repotting a few plants but mostly, I was taking care of the babies that had emerged on my elephant ear and pilea plants. Both of these plants make little babies or pups (I can’t with the cuteness of this word) that grow alongside the mommy.

Pups

Yes, it’s a lot of work to care of my plants. It’s the kind of work that feels meditative, inspires you, and delivers messages.

Separating the babies from the mommy took a lot of slow care to keep the stalk intact as well as making sure not to damage the roots. Then, planting it in rich organic soil and of course, set in just the right amount of light so the pup can grow on its own.

Yesterday’s time with the pups got me thinking about conditions.

What are the right conditions for your body system, nerves, and subsequently all of your cells, to do decrease inflammation and increase vitality?

What would it be like to treat your body system with as much care as a little baby plant with brand new roots?

• What would that feel like?

• Does it increase or diminish pain?

• Does it level your emotions or are they all over the place?

• Does it calm down or increase stress/anxiety?

• Does it increase or decrease your stress levels?

• Are you more or less focused?

It is from this place of deep curiosity, care, and compassion that you can complete stuck stress and trauma. This all begins with getting very curious about what is actually happening in your physiology, not the story or the meaning you’re making of it, but what is actually happening. This requires trust and a felt sense of safety (regulation). When you can learn to work with your body’s experiences, it is truly magical what your body can free up for you.

How?

Let’s go deeper into it.

Here are some options:

~ Go here to schedule a private complimentary 1-on-1 consult. Want to read about a client’s experience working with me? Her testimonial is here.

~ Join a somatic movement class at doriesilverman.com/classes. Each class includes nervous system regulation so you’ll get the benefits of finding a sense of ease and calm in your body-home.

~The next Settle Your Sh*t - Introductory Online Workshop is in February. Stay tuned for the date

Carve out space to develop a connection to your nervous system this week.

With Love and Regulation
~Dorie

P.S. It’s not normal to feel anxiety, depression, and overwhelm just because everyone else does too. Let’s clear what’s bogging you down so you can enjoy your life and thrive. Let’s chat

The Fix it Approach to Trauma and Chronic Stress

Have you ever felt pain, sadness, irritation, anger, (cue any yucky body feeling here), and all of the sudden all of your attention goes to fixing it?

Get it gone, out, good riddance.
How do you do that?

When I’m in fix-it mode, I try to fix my discomfort by overeating, reading a book about healing, calling a friend and complaining, thinking and ruminating about it until I am exhausted, making a game plan of how to fix it, exercising, going for body treatments, etc…

All of these strategies are helpful AND:

You find it gets more intense, maybe it sits idly in your body with constant annoying pain, irritation, or discomfort that you tolerate, maybe it hides under the darkness and one small thing can trigger an avalanche of emotion or pain.

And there you are, once again, doing more research to fix it.

This is the exact approach that’s been cultured into us. It is how we learned to handle sh*t. But it’s never handled, it just lingers there in your body home until it turns into migraines, autoimmune, chronic relationship problems, chronic pain, anxiety, depression, etc.

Until you actually digest and complete your stuck stress and trauma inside your physiology.

What completing stuck stress and trauma feels like:

• frees up your vital energy

• increases immunity

• increases energy

• decreases pain

• knows when you’re settling or being taken advantage of

• creates a sense of relaxation

• a feeling of being awake

• openness, confidence, creativity

• experience a wider range of subtle emotions

This all begins with getting very curious about what is actually happening in your physiology, not the story or the meaning you’re making of it, but what is actually happening. This requires trust and a felt sense of safety (regulation). When you can learn to work with your body’s experiences, it is truly magical what your body can free up for you.

How?

Let’s go deeper into it.

Here are some options:

~ Reply to this email for a private complimentary 1-on-1 consult. Want to read about a client’s experience working with me? Her testimonial is below.

~ Join a somatic movement class at doriesilverman.com/classes. Each class includes nervous system regulation so you’ll get the benefits of finding a sense of ease and calm in your body-home.

~The next Settle Your Sh*t - Introductory Online Workshop is in February. Stay tuned for the date

Carve out space to develop a connection to your nervous system this week.

With Love and Regulation
~Dorie

P.S. It’s not normal to feel anxiety, depression, and overwhelm just because everyone else does too. Let’s clear what’s bogging you down so you can enjoy your life and thrive. Let’s chat

Defenses are up!

Wow, what a week.

In the midst of current events, the virus, and handling our state of affairs, it is totally and completely natural for our individual and collective nervous systems to be on the defense. When we’re on defense for too long, there’s a shutdown.

Your nervous system is your #1 protector and it’s working to assess your safety even before your logical, cognitive brain. When there is an actual threat or a perceived threat, your defenses go up. They will even go up if you know in your head that what’s happening is safe but the situation reminds your body of something unsafe in your past. This is built into your body and thank goodness it’s there. We need this threat detector to work for us so we can literally stay alive.

Living with your defenses up is very taxing for your body system. It can cause many health problems (including but not limited to headaches, anxiety, heart palpitations, lethargy, depression, autoimmune diseases, allergies) and also prevents you from experiencing joy, creativity, connection, love, and fulfillment in your life. So many of us live this way and it just feels normal. So, if you’re struggling to recover from feeling triggered, feeling numb or have chronic health problems, it’s a sign that your defensive patterns are doing more than they need to and probably have been for some time. The good news is neuroplasticity is real! We CAN change our brain and nervous system patterns.

So, when it feels safe to do so, let’s practice letting down our guard, a little bit at a time so that you can finish those trigger moments and experience more ease, joy, and connection.

How?

Let’s go deeper into it.

Here are some options:

~ Email me to set up a free 30 min consult for private work. Want to read about a client’s experience working with me? Her testimonial is here.

~ Join a somatic movement class at doriesilverman.com/classes. Each class includes nervous system regulation so you’ll get the benefits of finding a sense of ease and calm in your body home.

~Come to the next Settle Your Sh*t - Introductory Online Workshop to learn about your nervous system and how to move through anxiety, stress, and overwhelm. January 16th, 2021 2-4 pm CST. Register Here

Carve out space to develop a connection to your nervous system this week.

With Love and Regulation
~Dorie