1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: M from grandmothers who whispered in their baby girl in 2 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: two fathers on dimly lit street corners, instructing young soldiers 3 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: to always keep their eyes open. You be queen, you 4 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: were fired. You will pass through centuries on the hands 5 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: of your daughters. They called you wisdom. Proverbs on the 6 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: backs of diamond eyed school children who growing into hymnals 7 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: recited by amethyst holding urban philosophers who recited neighborhood commandments 8 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: out of the windows of restored Alchemedo chariots to keep 9 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 1: the warmth of their blood. Be wise, be smart, being black, 10 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 1: opal Brown courts, bloodstone and prayer. Be every form of 11 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: jim s. King told, scribe, scribe, told son, son, told wife, 12 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: wife told her daughter, and daughter told asses. And the 13 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: ancestors told me that you would come to give wisdoms thousands. 14 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: They said you would come. Dropping Ja Rocking Gem. Welcome 15 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: back to another episode of the Dropping Gems podcast. I'm 16 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: your host de Wie Brown, and it's always my intention 17 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: with this show, as you connect to my voice, as 18 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: you connect to the things that we are discussing, is 19 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: to be a soft place to land, to really explore yourself, 20 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: to excavate the things that are ready to come to 21 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:36,559 Speaker 1: the surface and to fill yourself with a new kind 22 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: of tenderness and a new kind of inner wisdom. So 23 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: this episode is no different. Uh. And since I've last 24 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: talked to everybody, there has been a lot unfolding in 25 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: the world, specifically in America. UM. So I'm really excited 26 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: to be able to share what I deeply believe our 27 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: supportive practices that can help us in this exact moment, 28 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: this exact moment where we may be plowing through our 29 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: own experiences and experiencing the deep chaos and new traumas 30 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: that are unfolding within humanity. It's a lot going on 31 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: right now, everyone. It is a lot going on, And 32 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: i just want to start off by saying I'm proud 33 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: of every single person that happens to be listening to 34 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: this show right now, because if in all the things 35 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: that are going in so many directions in the greater world, 36 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: you are finding time to pour into yourself by connecting 37 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: to this show, connecting to spiritual practice, connecting to your 38 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: own heart. It takes so much endurance and so much 39 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: courage and so much curiosity to keep going, specifically to 40 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: keep going while all so growing your consciousness. So everyone 41 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: who is connecting to the sound of my voice right now, 42 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: you are held, and you have a deep strength inside 43 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: of you that is really growing and manifesting in new ways. 44 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: You're going to be connected to joy, new ways. You're 45 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 1: going to be connected to presents, to peace, to internal 46 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: cultivation in so many new and expanded ways. And I 47 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: do know and realize so deeply that it is hard 48 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: to always have that top of mind, especially when it 49 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: seems day after day we are assaulted with new information 50 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: that makes absolutely no sense to a loving heart, to 51 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: an expanded mind, and it is hard. It is so challenging. 52 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: So thank you for being here, Thank you for continue 53 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: you into raise the consciousness of the collective. Thank you 54 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: for continuing to expand your community and take up space. 55 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: We need all of us, every single one of you, 56 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: to continue to do your internal work and your internal 57 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 1: cultivation even amidst all of this. None of it is 58 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: in vain. All of it will allow you to expand, 59 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: allow you to move forward, allow you to continue to 60 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: pour into the people in your life and the generations 61 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:36,119 Speaker 1: that will come for you in a healthy, mutually supportive way. 62 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: So I just want to really anchor in that though 63 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: I may not know all of you, though I may 64 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: not physically see you in this moment, please know that 65 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: I see you and I'm just so happy you're here. 66 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: So I don't know if I introduce myself yet, but 67 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: y'all know this is my show. I'm Debbie Brown, and 68 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: my intention for this episode throughout that episode is to 69 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: really share some practices that we can lock into right now. 70 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: So I highly recommend, especially with this episode, that as 71 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: you get connected to it, have a journal nearby, but 72 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: also find a space where you can have some movement. 73 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: So some of the practices that I'm going to walk 74 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: you through will require you to have a little bit 75 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: of space. UM. You can also listen to this in 76 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: your car and revisit it later. Just kind of think 77 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: about what you may want to do as your practice later. 78 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: But think of expansion. So if you have a yoga mat, 79 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: maybe sit on that. Um, if you have just some 80 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: open space in your house, just consider right now, as 81 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: you're listening to me, take the phone with you, take 82 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,239 Speaker 1: the speaker with you, and grab a blanket, grab a pillow, 83 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: maybe grab a yoga block. If you have any massage 84 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 1: tools like a trigger point tool, pick that up, grab it, 85 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: bring it, and take a moment to just get comfortable 86 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: and be in an area where you feel supported. UM, 87 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: whether that has people there or it's something you send 88 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: private and cocoon to just for you, you'll know it's 89 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: best find that space and then we'll continue the show, 90 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: so you can even still continue to kind of create 91 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: a little area for yourself to just, um, be with you. Well, 92 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: I talk about some things that I'm I'm pretty excited about, 93 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: so I want to check in something that I realized 94 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: that I do. For those that follow me on the Graham, 95 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: you might have noticed this, I don't really remember to 96 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: post my work. I don't know what that's all about. Um. 97 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: But more than anything, it's just, you know, the work 98 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: that I do in my life and in the world, 99 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: it's the work of the soul. So it's not really 100 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: work that is about announcements, requiring announcements UM or even 101 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: that naturally feels like announcements are the things to do, 102 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: and that's my own thing I'm I'm figuring out. But 103 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: you know, I do want to really push myself to 104 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: share more of the things that I work on with 105 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: everyone in the community that connects to me because I'm 106 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: very proud of this stuff, and I think that everyone 107 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: will really enjoy it. So there's a couple of things 108 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: that have happened recently that I kind of want to 109 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: put on your radar. The first is I highly recommend 110 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: this incredible book that is out right now by my brother, 111 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: Resma Menicum. So many of you might have already heard 112 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: this episode. It was a powerful episode that I did 113 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: with him called Healing Black Bodies. Um wow, it was Yeah, 114 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: it was a powerful episode. So Resuma Menicum is just 115 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: an absolutely incredible, incredible soul on Earth and he does big, 116 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: big work. He had his best selling book, My Grandmother's 117 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: Hands that was released, and he just released his next book, 118 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: which is called The Quaking of America. What I love 119 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: so much about this book, and you know, this is 120 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: someone who is not only so deeply studied and practiced 121 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: and just so highly intellectual, just has such a zoomed 122 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: out view of what's happening on the planet, but it's 123 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: also a psychotherapist and a family therapist and a social 124 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: worker and someone who has been a leader in the 125 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: somatic space for decades before many have ever heard of 126 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: some of these modalities. He had mastered them and was 127 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: helping so many thousands of people heal, so Resumminican is 128 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: just he's a national treasure. Highly recommend that everyone follows 129 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: him and connects to his work. But with this new book, 130 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: The Quaking of America, which is filled with tangible, somatic 131 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 1: practices for you to really get deeply connected to your 132 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: own body and really be in choice with how you'll 133 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: move in the world. He had a book launch event 134 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: that I was a part of inn l A recently 135 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: and based in Los Angeles, and it was that this 136 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 1: incredible space called Hilltop For any that are familiar, Hilltop 137 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 1: is a creative of space, delicious food, delicious coffee, amazing 138 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 1: environment to work out of uh and there are several 139 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: locations in l A, but we did it at their 140 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: first location that they opened in South l A. So 141 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 1: this event was hosted by my sister Angela Rye, an 142 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: incredibly powerful voice, someone that does such big work in 143 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: the world on behalf of all of us and it's 144 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: just an extraordinary soul, just an incredible woman. Hosted by 145 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: Angela and Resma and I both have the opportunity to 146 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 1: share some practices with the audience, to speak to his 147 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: powerful new book and to speak to the things that 148 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: are happening in the world right now. It was an 149 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 1: amazing experience. Um and so I just want to really, 150 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: you know, for those that are especially connected to right 151 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: now building out their practices and that want to find 152 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: ways to really hold on to peace while we seem 153 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: to be having this never ending cycle of really challenging, 154 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: sometimes deeply awful news. This book can change your life. 155 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: It's called The Quaking of America by Resuma Manicum. Highly 156 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: recommend that every go out and get it. Go out 157 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: and check it out. The event was amazing. We had 158 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: a really expansive conversation. I shared some of it on 159 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: my Instagram for those that follow me at Debbie Brown, 160 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: So make sure to check that out and also check 161 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: out that episode that I did with Resuma, and also 162 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: check out the previous podcast episode that I did with 163 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 1: Angela Rye. So that's one and the second thing that 164 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: I want to share with you guys that has premiered 165 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: recently that I was working on over the course of 166 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: this last year is an amazing documentary by Religion of Sports, 167 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: created and directed by Gotham Chopra. Love the work that 168 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: they do and I'm a proud um, proud member of 169 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: that team. I do some work with them and we're 170 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: working on some exciting stuff that I'll be sharing with 171 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: you in the future. But this documentary is called The 172 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: Sessions Draymond Green, and it currently lives on Amazon Prime. 173 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: You can stream it on Amazon search The Sessions Draymond Green, 174 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: and it is myself and Deepak Chopra, the Icon, the Legend, 175 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: my dear friend Deepak, and we are facilitating and guiding 176 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: NBA champion and Olympic gold medalist Draymond Green through some 177 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: really powerful mental health exercises, spiritual health exercises, emotional health exercises, 178 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: and we have this opportunity to shoot this documentary with 179 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: him and be on this path with him as he 180 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 1: was going into this past season, So right before he 181 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: locked into training camp, we were doing a lot of 182 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: deep work together and it was just it was really 183 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: amazing to see how this season unfolded for him and 184 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: unfolded for the Warriors. Coming into that championship, I was 185 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: on the edge of my seat. I'm a lifelong Laker fan, 186 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: so UM I'm always anti Celtics, so it was just 187 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 1: so incredible to watch the team UM do what they 188 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: did and continue to build out that legacy. So this 189 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: was filmed right before the season locked in, and this 190 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: powerful documentary really explores through the lens of Draymond, you know, 191 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: his unique journey, and he learned how to meditate with 192 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: Deepak and with myself, and something I'm really proud of 193 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: as a healer is you know, later in this process, 194 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: and we worked over several weeks together later in the 195 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 1: process of this show, as we were exploring, you know, 196 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 1: some of his really unique and also very purposeful rage 197 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 1: and and and powerful expression that he possesses. We were 198 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:53,719 Speaker 1: able to explore that and kind of walk through that 199 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 1: and come into a space where, you know, the the 200 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: intention was to just share are more tools that can 201 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: continue to support him as someone that has a very 202 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: high platform and is doing big work in the world 203 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: and is really just getting started on some of the 204 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: grander work he does in the world. So one of 205 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: the things that I was able to work on with 206 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 1: Draymond was doing ritualistic practice. And I'm really proud of this. 207 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: This has not been seen on television before, and you know, 208 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: I know for the greater mainstream collective who watches this 209 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: on Amazon, so much might go over everyone's head. But 210 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: that's part of doing visionary work, and that's something that 211 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: I am okay with at this point that you know, 212 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: some of the things that I do, some of the 213 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: things that I work on. Someone may not get it 214 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: right now, the mainstream may not get it. But maybe 215 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: when collective consciousness catches up in ten years, you might 216 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: see this and be like, what um. But it's an incredible, 217 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: incredibly powerfully well um beautiful, beautiful, deep and well Being 218 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: Practices documentary that's available now on Amazon. And you know, 219 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 1: as I was saying, one of the things that I'm 220 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: really proud of this experience was in one of the 221 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: sessions he and I had together, we explored energy work. 222 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: And I'm an energy healer and I'm chained in multiple 223 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: lineages and several different modalities of energy healing. It is 224 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: one of the most incredible gifts that I'm able to 225 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: serve with and it's something that I like, love doesn't 226 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: even cut it, but I'll say that something I absolutely 227 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: love to do, I am called to do, so proud 228 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 1: to do, and I think energy work is something that 229 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: can really change the world. So in one of our 230 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: sessions with me and Draymond, I have the chance to 231 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: on camera do Corona Raiky healing on him, and it 232 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: was just it was an incredible experience. So this whole process, 233 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: you know, I think if you get the opportunity to 234 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: watch this documentary, you're gonna want to. You're gonna walk 235 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: away with um, so many new tools, so many new 236 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: shifts in perception, um, and especially for any men listening 237 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: right now, you know, really being able to see such 238 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: a strong elite masculine energy, really look to invest in 239 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: themselves and pour into themselves in this way. UM, it 240 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: just blows me away. So I am endlessly proud of 241 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: this gorgeous documentary and you can check it out now, 242 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: and when you watch it, post about it, tag me 243 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: in it, shoot me a d M. I would love 244 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: to hear from you. But again, so this is on Amazon. 245 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: It premiered, uh just a few days ago, and it 246 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: is available now to stream now the sessions Draymond Green 247 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: on Amazon Prime, including myself and including the iconic deepoc Chobra. 248 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: So I hope you enjoy that, and I hope that 249 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: you share that with friends as you watch that. So 250 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: where I want to go now with this episode is 251 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: I want to talk about how important it is if 252 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: you're on this journey, if you're connecting to the healing 253 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: of your own spirit, the healing of your trauma, the 254 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: expansion of your purpose and your mission here, it is 255 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: non negotiably important that you build a supportive practice so 256 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: that you have the endurance for your purpose and also 257 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: so that you have supportive structure to help you navigate 258 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: this human experience. There is real chaos in the world happening, 259 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: and for many of us, you know, you may have 260 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: already had experiences of trauma in your life, in your 261 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: personal life and your interpersonal life, and your generational family structure, 262 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: and then to also now being an experience where the 263 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: world is chaos. And some of the way that I'm 264 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: seeing this, you know, one of the things that I'm 265 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: noticing about the way things are unfolding right now is 266 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 1: that there are so many alive on this planet that 267 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: are already kind of holding it together just by a thread, 268 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: whatever that means. However that impacts each person. But the 269 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: pandemic really brought a lot of people closer to themselves, 270 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: and it really brought into focus, um some pretty big 271 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: mental health concerns that are in our communities, that are 272 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: in our households. So with that already happening, and now 273 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 1: we're also having these compounded, relentless experiences of seeing dark 274 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: behavior and a world that has no consequences. I don't 275 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: quite know where this will take us, and it does 276 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: sometimes feel scary to think about. You know, you have people, 277 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: some people have only been not breaking havoc on the 278 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: world because of perceived consequences. And now you see time 279 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: and time again, things like January six happen and no 280 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,679 Speaker 1: one goes to jail, No one is punished for treason. 281 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: You know, things that used to think we're, you know, 282 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: back in the day, punishable by death or at bare 283 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: minimum a life sentence. We're seeing these, these real experiences 284 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: happen and absolutely no consequences. The greater effect that that 285 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: has on the rest of the planet is something that 286 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: I think we need to be in deep observation of 287 00:18:56,119 --> 00:19:02,360 Speaker 1: and be really committed to our personal safety. Um that, 288 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: mixed with the fact that everyone is already in a 289 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: fragile state, we have to be very diligent. We have 290 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 1: to keep our eyes open. You have to listen to 291 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: your gut, you have to be really focused on connecting 292 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 1: to your intuition for your own mental health, your own 293 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 1: emotional health, and for your own safety. So with all 294 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: of that going on, and I'm not going to deep 295 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 1: dive too much into speaking to the specifics, because none 296 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: of this is new news for any of us. I 297 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: don't think it's necessary to have another hot take or 298 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,879 Speaker 1: to have another unpacking of everything that's wrong. That is 299 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,199 Speaker 1: very clear, and I'm certain it's very clear to at 300 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: least everyone listening to this specific show. What I want 301 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 1: to talk about is how it is extremely necessary in 302 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 1: this moment for all of us to consider how we're 303 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: showing up for ourselves. This is a lot, and we 304 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: don't yet know the mental, physical, and emotional effects that 305 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: living through this moment in time will have on us. 306 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 1: So it is incredibly important that we do everything we 307 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: can right now to sustain ourselves, to support this human experience, 308 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: to build up our internal worlds, to continue to love 309 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: ourselves and love our families, and to release these energies 310 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: and dump our thoughts out on paper and our journals vocalize. 311 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 1: We have to move the energy that is now really 312 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: um culminating within us but getting very stagnant inside of us. 313 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: We do not want to manifest this moment in time, 314 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: as more trauma in our bodies that we're going to 315 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: be trying to fix ten years from now, twenty years 316 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: from now, thirty years from now. So you know, when 317 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: we hear in these kind of well being conversations, the 318 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 1: importance having a daily practice. The importance of having a 319 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: daily practice is to sustain and support your human experience 320 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 1: in real time. It is to help you clear and 321 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: release the compounded stresses and traumas that we are each witnessing, observing, 322 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: experiencing every single day, in addition to all the other 323 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: stuff that you have been moving through that is happened 324 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: to you while you've been here. So I just want 325 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,400 Speaker 1: to say, no, there are no days off, There are 326 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: no days off, And I want to give everyone ease 327 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 1: and grace and the sense that we do the most 328 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:39,719 Speaker 1: that we can, and we do the best that we 329 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: can for everyone. That will be different. If five minutes 330 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: a day is what you have the ability to do, 331 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: that is enough, and thank you. If you have the 332 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: ability to do an hour, to do two hours, to 333 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 1: have many moments sprinkled throughout your day that you are 334 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: supporting yourself, please do that, Please do that. There is 335 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: nothing more important right now, So there are a couple 336 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,360 Speaker 1: of specific practices three to be exact, that I think 337 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 1: could be really meaningful for every person listening to connect to. 338 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 1: One of the first practices is cold therapy. Now, if 339 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: you're someone who has experienced trauma to your physical body, 340 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 1: this could be jarring. So I want you to really 341 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 1: you know, if you have um supportive mental health community 342 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 1: in your life, you know, run this by them, anyone 343 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: that knows your unique journey. But cold therapy is an 344 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 1: incredibly powerful tool. It helps us regulate our nervous systems. 345 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: It helps your body repair itself, It helps you slow 346 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: your heart rate and come into your body and the 347 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:13,959 Speaker 1: experience of even being in that deep, deep, deep, deep cold, 348 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,880 Speaker 1: it teaches us, in some ways ways to have more 349 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: agency over our bodies, ways to be with your body 350 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: even in duress, and still expand in what that moment 351 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 1: feels like. So there's so much science behind it. Spend 352 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: time with looking, you know, up all the things. There's 353 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 1: many articles. But the way that it helps you regulate 354 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 1: your vagus nerves, especially right in the back of your 355 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: neck and the back of your skull, is where a 356 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: lot of the power lies. So there's a couple of 357 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: ways to connect to cult therapy. This is something I 358 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 1: try to do at least three times a week, but 359 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,679 Speaker 1: if I'm in flow or if i feel myself to 360 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 1: be really diminished, it's something that will do five times 361 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: a week. This could be starting or ending your day 362 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 1: with a cold shower. Doesn't sound ideal. It's actually not 363 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: my favorite thing for me personally. The cold shower, the 364 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: experience of using a shower head for this cold therapy 365 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: um does not feel the most supportive for me personally. 366 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: So I like to do cold therapy baths. So the 367 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: way that you could do that is to fill your 368 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:25,120 Speaker 1: tub with cold water, or if it doesn't get too 369 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: cold but it just stays a kind of like a 370 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: lukewarm temperature, fill your tub with that, then let it 371 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: cool completely, and then get an ice bag from the 372 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: store and put a few ice bags in there. And 373 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: that's kind of clocking in at a couple of dollars 374 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: a bag. So if that's possible, go that route. It 375 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 1: makes it easier. If that's not possible, use your freezer 376 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: and pack it with ice. Try to get into a 377 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: really cold temperature and then allow your body to submerge 378 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: fully into the water and try to allow the water 379 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: to rise all the way to the back of your skull. 380 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 1: So make sure your faces above water so you can breathe. 381 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 1: But imagine that the water as your head is extended 382 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,959 Speaker 1: backwards and you're laying in the tub, imagine that the 383 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:13,640 Speaker 1: water is kind of creating a trace outline around your chin, 384 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: around your jaw, and all the way to the back 385 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: of your hairline. So get just a little bit of 386 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: the back of your hairline wet and hold yourself in 387 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 1: that position. Try to do try to get fully submerged 388 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: as quickly as you can. It gets a little harder 389 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: if you try to do it slowly, but when you 390 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,199 Speaker 1: do that, practice as long as this is medically sound 391 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 1: for you. So again, I want everyone to know that 392 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: anything that I share with you on this show, it's 393 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: from my personal expertise and from my life experience, but 394 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 1: I don't necessarily know the mental, emotional, or physical health 395 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 1: conditions that each person listening is in. So I want 396 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: everyone to have agency over their own bodies, and I 397 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,959 Speaker 1: want everyone to be their own advocate as they explore 398 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: if this is something that is a fit for them, 399 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: and maybe it may not be, you are in full 400 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 1: choice and sovereignty on making the decisions that are best 401 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 1: for you. So if this feels aligned, and if it 402 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 1: is possible for you based on your body and experiences, 403 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: it could be really powerful. Submerge fully in the water 404 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: as quickly as you can. It's gonna be a shock 405 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: if you haven't done cold therapy before, if you haven't 406 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,200 Speaker 1: done cry out before. But focus on your breath and 407 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,679 Speaker 1: focus on potentially the warmth that may be available in 408 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 1: the air and how that feels on your face and 409 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: try to connect to that sensation. First, I would recommend 410 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:46,400 Speaker 1: putting on some meditation music or my favorite, which is selection, 411 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: to be a companion for this experience, so that you're 412 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: able to disconnect from the frigid temperature and connect to 413 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: sound through your ears and how it feels in your body, 414 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: and then you're able to con neck to with the 415 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: skin on your face that is not submerged feels like 416 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: get under the water now. If you can do two minutes, 417 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 1: that is amazing. Do two minutes, get out of the 418 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: bath if you have a bath, and then go get 419 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: in a warm shower for about a minute, then get 420 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,679 Speaker 1: back in the bath and try to do a protocol 421 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: cycle with yourself for three to five times now as 422 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: someone who has now built up a lot of tolerance 423 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 1: to this and my body is really familiar with this practice. 424 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,919 Speaker 1: I get in the cold water and I try to 425 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 1: stay in there for twenty minutes. Sometimes I might stay 426 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,640 Speaker 1: in there for thirty minutes um and then I get 427 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: out and I enjoy a warm shower, and I might 428 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,479 Speaker 1: do that again, or I might do a cycle of 429 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: one to five minutes at a time, but I'll do 430 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,360 Speaker 1: it over the course of an hour. If you can 431 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: do that practice with yourself, honestly, even once a week, 432 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 1: but if you can build to a three time a 433 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: week practice, it absolutely life changing. There. It teaches you 434 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: so many crevices and spaces outside and inside your own body. 435 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 1: It shows you how you can come into a really 436 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: empowered state with yourself and connect to your breath, control 437 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: your breath, and it does absolutely wonders for regulating your 438 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,119 Speaker 1: nervous system so that it's sustained to you through the 439 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: course of the day, so that you're able to really 440 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: be in your own choice making, in your own sovereignty 441 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: as you move through the world, as you are taking 442 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: in sometimes really challenging, difficult news that is assaulting nous 443 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: in every moment, from every angle. So that's one practice 444 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 1: that I think everybody should look to experience and if 445 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: you have the means and if it is something that 446 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: is accessible to you, consider checking out cryotherapy or consider 447 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: going to a space depending on what city you live in, 448 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 1: where they offer cold therapy and you can get into 449 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 1: a cold plunge tub and kind of do that outside 450 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: of the houses and experience. Um where I am in 451 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: l A, there's many experiences like that, but throughout the country, 452 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: I've noticed that many have been popping up. So it 453 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: may take a little research and may take a little googling. 454 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 1: And again, whatever facilitators you work with, please be in 455 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: the power of your own choice and your own intuition 456 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: to see if it's a right fit for you. Ask 457 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: many questions, ask for referrals, um, see what's a fit. 458 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: But that might be a really, really wonderful tool that 459 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: you can use. So the next piece that I want 460 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: to speak about, and you may have heard me kind 461 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: of subtily speaking to this on the podcast. I speak 462 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 1: to it on my Instagram quite a bit at Debbie Brown, 463 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: but working with some deep stretching I try to set 464 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: aside at least fifteen minutes. Um. I try to do 465 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: it twice a day as I start my day and 466 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 1: in my day. But if I can't do it in 467 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: the morning as a mom and you know, just working, 468 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: then this is the way that I in my day 469 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: every single night getting into an abiyanga massage. Abiyanga is 470 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 1: an ir Vedic term and it means self massage or 471 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: deep stretching. Um. You can kind of look at it 472 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: through that lens too. I like to do a little 473 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: bit of both, but being able to really connect to 474 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 1: the sensation of your own touch and begin to learn 475 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 1: and grow in your body about what areas could use 476 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 1: more of your attention and how can you individually meet 477 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: those needs. How can you relieve tension and stress in 478 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: your body without having to book a massage appointment or 479 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 1: having to rely on a partner you know, Um, having 480 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: a trigger point tool could be really amazing. And so 481 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: if you were able at the start of this episode 482 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: to find a comfortable space to sit in a position 483 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: to get your body in, I want you to just 484 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 1: take a little moment right now to close your eyes 485 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: and connect to your breath. Maybe take a brief moment 486 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 1: to get centered by placing your hand on the center 487 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: of your chest, right where your heart is, and let's 488 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 1: take three deep breaths here if you're joining along in 489 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: this exercise, in and out through your nose, fully expressed breath. 490 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: Take another inhale here, and let's do that once more 491 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 1: m And now is your body is feeling a little 492 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: calmer and just more present in this moment, See what 493 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 1: it feels like if you reach up with that hand 494 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 1: that was on your chest and just begin to really 495 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: kind of need and massage your own shoulder and just 496 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 1: let your body hang there for a moment. And now 497 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: maybe move that hand from your shoulder down your arm, 498 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 1: and just notice anywhere in your body that would like 499 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: a little more attention, and see if you can meet 500 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: that kneed yourself. Maybe your knees could use a nice 501 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: firm pressure. Notice your fingertips and where they go and 502 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: your body and how that feels, and you know, maybe 503 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: you require more of a tender touch. Maybe you just 504 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 1: want to gently kind of pat or stroke or hold yourself, 505 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 1: or maybe you want to give that some pressure pressure 506 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 1: and make it more of a massage technique and kind 507 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: of move your fingers around in a few different directions. 508 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 1: Or apply some pressure with the palm of your hand 509 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: or use your knuckles to really get into a space 510 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: that maybe you have a knot of tension in your body, 511 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 1: and then maybe you allow yourself to stretch your legs 512 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 1: out in front of you and to reach forward and 513 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 1: to feel that sensation of pull in your calves and 514 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: in the back of your thighs, stretching out those hands 515 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 1: to your toes. And maybe you're lying flat on your 516 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:30,880 Speaker 1: back and you let one leg bend the knee bend up, 517 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: while the other lies flat, and you put that foot 518 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: over the lake and allow yourself to just kind of 519 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 1: stretch your back a little, going in the opposite direction reaching, 520 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: And if you're following along in this moment, I want 521 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,800 Speaker 1: you to just notice how that feels, especially if this 522 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 1: is not part of your daily practice, if it feels unfamiliar, 523 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 1: allow your eyes to stay closed or maybe have a 524 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: soft gaze. Maybe you let your eyes focus on something 525 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:06,040 Speaker 1: in front of you or on the ceiling, and you're 526 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,800 Speaker 1: just noticing where you uniquely hold tension in your body. 527 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:15,399 Speaker 1: And then you're greeting that area of tension with your 528 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: own hand and with any tenderness in that hand or 529 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 1: any pressure that can be used in that hand to 530 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:27,799 Speaker 1: offer yourself release, to offer yourself relief. So just notice, 531 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: see where your hands want to go, see where your 532 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:35,919 Speaker 1: attention wants to go. Spend a little time there. Maybe 533 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,960 Speaker 1: you already have a stretch practice of some kind, so 534 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:42,400 Speaker 1: you might even want to add in a couple of 535 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 1: yoga postures. Maybe a downward dog could feel really good. 536 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 1: Maybe the butterfly pose could feel really good, where you're 537 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,760 Speaker 1: sitting straight up with a straight spine, and you allow 538 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 1: your feet to touch the bottom, the soles of your 539 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 1: feet allow them to touch, and then you bring those 540 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:09,240 Speaker 1: feet inward and whatever degree that you're able, just notice 541 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:17,239 Speaker 1: your body flow with it. A deep stretch practice connecting 542 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:20,759 Speaker 1: to some pelvic movement. Maybe that's dance. Maybe that's just 543 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 1: letting yourself kind of rock your hips back and forth 544 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:28,959 Speaker 1: with your legs spread apart slightly while you're standing that albiana. 545 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:35,239 Speaker 1: Your own touch another practice that can really change your 546 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:40,960 Speaker 1: life when done every day, and can monumentally change the 547 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,719 Speaker 1: way you feel in your own body as you go 548 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,760 Speaker 1: through your day, deepens your connection to yourself, to your spirit, 549 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:53,920 Speaker 1: to your dorma. So that's the second practice that I'm 550 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:57,319 Speaker 1: hoping everyone will adopt in this moment in time to 551 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:00,719 Speaker 1: really be able to support yourself and show up as 552 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,399 Speaker 1: we are flowing through um what feels like a never 553 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 1: ending onslaught of new shocking news. And the third thing 554 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,920 Speaker 1: that I recommend, And for those that follow me on Instagram, 555 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:18,240 Speaker 1: you already know what I'm about to say, but taking 556 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:21,719 Speaker 1: a salt bath at least three times a week. This 557 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,239 Speaker 1: is a daily practice for me. Get a bag of 558 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 1: Epps and salts. You can get them in the store. 559 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,439 Speaker 1: I also love to get them on Amazon really low 560 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 1: price on Amazon um and you can get a subscription 561 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,200 Speaker 1: set up if you're a Prime member and get these 562 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: bags delivered to you. And when you get the EPSOM 563 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:46,920 Speaker 1: salt bag, pour the entire thing in. Sometimes I do 564 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 1: three bags of bath um. That's when I really need it. 565 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,320 Speaker 1: I have no idea what this is doing to my pipes, 566 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:58,520 Speaker 1: so listen. I take no responsibility for this, but have 567 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:02,160 Speaker 1: some Salt baths are powerful tools. A lot of athletes 568 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:06,799 Speaker 1: use that to help kind of heal their bodies um 569 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,600 Speaker 1: and really release tension and stress. You know, people that 570 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,480 Speaker 1: work out a lot use that. But it's also a 571 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:17,240 Speaker 1: technique that is used as a real spiritual tool within 572 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:22,920 Speaker 1: wisdom traditions and spiritual communities, and it's something that helps, 573 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:27,239 Speaker 1: you know, on a physical, biological, real world level. They're 574 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,839 Speaker 1: the salt does wonders for detoxification of your body. Might 575 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:34,160 Speaker 1: have a little magnesium in it that helps too, but 576 00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 1: it also really helps to release unserving energy. That process 577 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 1: of the salt of the water, of steeping yourself in it, 578 00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 1: of being with your own thoughts as you're in it 579 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:48,280 Speaker 1: does wonders. It's something that I've done for many years, 580 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,279 Speaker 1: but especially the last I would say now going on 581 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:57,160 Speaker 1: three years. It's something that I do probably three to 582 00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:00,480 Speaker 1: six times a week, depending on what's going on in life. 583 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 1: And it's something I really credit as such a stabilizing 584 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:07,719 Speaker 1: force within my life. Um. And it's really kind of 585 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:11,560 Speaker 1: built up my ability to just be in my own company, 586 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:16,880 Speaker 1: to meet my own needs and to release heavy energy. Um. 587 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 1: And I say that as someone that is a single 588 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:23,439 Speaker 1: mom that works all day long, and it's also just 589 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:28,120 Speaker 1: a human alive right now in all of this. But 590 00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,960 Speaker 1: that's a practice that can change your life. And so 591 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,320 Speaker 1: you know, when you hear about having a self care practice, 592 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:38,040 Speaker 1: having a spiritual practice, it is not meant to be 593 00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:45,880 Speaker 1: conveyed with some of the lightness or surface nous. I 594 00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,400 Speaker 1: don't know if that's the word that it's connected to 595 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,920 Speaker 1: UM when it's talked about in the mainstream, it is. 596 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:00,200 Speaker 1: It's really something that holds reverence and has depth to 597 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:06,000 Speaker 1: it and is meant to help you be the highest 598 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,920 Speaker 1: version of you possible. So those three techniques are something 599 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,000 Speaker 1: that I think could be really powerful supportive practices for 600 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,160 Speaker 1: your humanity in this moment. That's could therapy and whatever 601 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,640 Speaker 1: way you're able to connect to it safely. That's deep 602 00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:24,520 Speaker 1: stretching of a younga self massage, pelvic movement, and that's 603 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:28,279 Speaker 1: salt baths. So I hope you'll try those on. If 604 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:31,400 Speaker 1: you do, dm me let me know how it goes, 605 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,600 Speaker 1: UM and shout out to everybody that just left reviews. 606 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,440 Speaker 1: If you get some time today, I would definitely appreciate 607 00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:40,759 Speaker 1: you going. If you're listening on Apple, give it a 608 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,920 Speaker 1: five star rating for the show and write a quick review. 609 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,680 Speaker 1: Takes just a few seconds. I appreciate you so much 610 00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,239 Speaker 1: for taking the time to do that, and I will 611 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:53,000 Speaker 1: be back next week. So hit me on the Gram 612 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,800 Speaker 1: at Debbie Brown and please take care of yourself. 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