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Always immersing and learning deeper layers so I can first and foremost know and be able to hold myself but in turn have the undeniable strength to hold and serve others with humility, respect, integrity, compassion and love. Currently diving into advanced modules of Neuroaffective Touch. Overcoming the distress of broken connection. So I thought I’d share some basic insights. I hope this awakens inquiry within you ☺️. Attuned attachment from the baby's perspective The heart continually monitors the quality of the mother's presence and connection; disturbances in attachment or breaks in connection register as shocks to the heart. When working with the body, addressing the needs of the heart and the relational traumas to the heart is of primary importance to healing relational ruptures. Attuned attachment from the mother's perspective A mother's brainwaves are synchronized to her baby's heartbeat. Any break in the continuity of their relational field is experienced by the baby as a matter of life and death. Adults often describe the brain to heart relational break as a feeling of falling into a bottomless void. Emotional Shocks to the Heart Abuse, abandonment, neglect, and betrayal are all violations of the biological imperative of loving connection embedded in the developmental blueprint of the heart At the core of developmental trauma is the experience of a deep wounding to a child's capacity to love. The body carries the imprint of the struggles to protect and guard against shocks to the heart. Each survival adaptation, in its own way, protects and guards against shocks to the heart.

A brief insight to the 10 levels that make up the Onyx Elite Performance Immersion Pyramid. An initiatory system like no other. Immerse > Adapt > Evolve > Lead > Serve Level 1 – 🔺 The Initiate Free Community Level 2 – 🔺 The Assessor Deep Assessment : Self-Awareness Through Data > Client Questionnaire > Functional Health Assessment > Blood Profile Test Outcome: This is diagnosis. Awareness before intervention. Level 3 – 🔺 The Regulator Regulation Autonomic Mastery : Breath Awareness Sleep Optimisation Circadian Rhythm Body Alignment Outcome : This is stability. Calm before capacity Level 4 – 🔺 The Purifier Drainage & Detox : Flow Before Force > Lymphatic Mojo : The Body Aquarium > Iridology and Sclerology - Self Diagnostic Tools > 3 Day Fasting Protocol > Performance Nutrition & Supplementation → Reduce inflammation → Improve signal quality → Gut-brain optimisation This is internal cleansing. Reduce systemic load. Outcome: Clearer thinking. More consistent energy. Level 5 – 🔺 The Harmoniser Drainage & Detox : Flow Before Force > Lymphatic Mojo : The Body Aquarium > Iridology and Sclerology - Self Diagnostic Tools > 3 Day Fasting Protocol > Performance Nutrition & Supplementation → Reduce inflammation → Improve signal quality → Gut-brain optimisation This is internal cleansing. Reduce systemic load. Outcome: Clearer thinking. More consistent energy. Level 6 - 🔺 The Warrior Integrated Human Performance : Output & Adaptation > Strength Systems > Energy Systems > Mobility & Structural Balance > Ice & Heat Exposure > Performance Retesting This is expression. Stress applied with precision. Build Capacity → Structured load → Resilience → Adaptation Outcome: Performance under pressure. Level 7 – 🔺The Integrator Inner Architect : > Shadow Inquiry & Somatic Intelligence > Inner Inquiry > Projection Mapping > Shadow Integration > Somatic Alignment > Trauma Awareness This is self-confrontation. Emotional maturity under pressure.

In our relentless quest for productivity and success, we often fall prey to the misconception that rest is a reward for hard work. But what if the true path to peak performance lies not in asking if we’ve worked hard enough to earn rest, but in questioning whether we’ve rested enough to work at our best? This pivotal shift in mindset is at the heart of non-sleep deep rest (NSDR), a transformative practice that’s redefining our approach to relaxation and rejuvenation. Popularized by neuroscientist Andrew Huberman (2022), NSDR is a practice that induces a state of deep relaxation, akin to sleep, while remaining conscious. Drawing from techniques like yoga nidra and hypnosis, NSDR isn’t a mere pause in our busy lives, but a scientifically backed methodology to recharge our metaphorical batteries. In an age when the hustle and bustle of everyday life dominate, the concept of rest often gets relegated to the background, perceived merely as the absence of activity or, at best, a passive state of inactivity. However, emerging research and ancient wisdom alike are converging on a different and certainly more nuanced understanding of rest: one that is active, deliberate, and profoundly transformative. This is where non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) comes into play. This concept has gained substantial attention for its potential benefits in stress reduction, cognitive recovery, and overall wellbeing. Unlike sleep, which is a passive and unconscious process, NSDR involves active engagement in techniques that promote a deeply relaxed yet awake state. The two links below are a 20 min and 30min NSDR protocol respectively. https://youtu.be/hEypv90GzDE?si=vAP6lydoI0BhF-Tg https://youtu.be/8mM5Oks8yZc Enjoy 💤 😊

When Dr Mirkin wrote his best-selling Sports Medicine Book in 1978, he coined the term RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) for the treatment of athletic injuries. Ice has been a standard treatment for injuries and sore muscles because it helps to relieve pain caused by injured tissue. Coaches have used this ‘RICE’ guideline for decades, but now it appears that both Ice and complete Rest may delay healing, instead of helping. In a recent study, athletes were told to exercise so intensely that they developed severe muscle damage that caused extensive muscle soreness. Although cooling delayed swelling, it did not hasten recovery from this muscle damage (The American Journal of Sports Medicine, June 2013). A summary of 22 scientific articles found almost no evidence that ice and compression hastened healing over the use of compression alone, although ice plus exercise may marginally help to heal ankle sprains. Healing Requires Inflammation When you damage tissue through trauma or develop muscle soreness by exercising very intensely, you heal by using your immunity, the same biological mechanisms that you use to kill germs. This is called inflammation. When germs get into your body, your immunity sends cells and proteins into the infected area to kill the germs. When muscles and other tissues are damaged, your immunity sends the same inflammatory cells to the damaged tissue to promote healing. The response to both infection and tissue damage is the same. Inflammatory cells rush to injured tissue to start the healing process. The inflammatory cells called macrophages release a hormone called Insulin-like growth Factor (IGF-1) into the damaged tissues, which helps muscles and other injured parts to heal. However, applying ice to reduce swelling actually delays healing by preventing the body from releasing IGF-1. Ice Keeps Healing Cells from Entering Injured Tissue Applying ice to injured tissue causes blood vessels near the injury to constrict and shut off the blood flow that brings in the healing cells of inflammation (Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc, published online Feb 23, 2014). The blood vessels do not open again for many hours after the ice was applied. This decreased blood flow can cause the tissue to die from decreased blood flow and can even cause permanent nerve damage.