Taking inventory on your bandwidth,
Your nervous system's bandwidth is your capacity to process life in the moment. Experiences within that bandwidth you have the capacity, and the resources to digest, to make sense of, to grow from. Experiences outside of that bandwidth, you did not have the capacity or resources to fully process in that moment so your brilliant body holds onto that information in your nervous system, with the intention of processing it with rest, time, or movement.
On a day to day basis your bandwidth will vary. Based on life's curveballs and experiences, as well as your baseline or set point (where your nervous system is comfortable, or feels safe).
Where is your bandwidth?
Can you identify a time in your life where you had a lot of capacity for life?
Can you identify a time in your life where you had little capacity for life?
Where do you fall on that spectrum today?
Which way are you trending?
There is not right or wrong here. There are seasons of life, and periods of growth, and I truly believe that it is all happening in your favor.
These are some general guidelines that I follow to live in harmony with my body and my bandwidth and to trend towards optimal in the life long game.
When your bandwidth is limited:
Sleep, hydration, and focusing on processing and integration are the KEY! These are simple foundational pieces that will get you far. The more they are prioritized, the quicker I tend to see folks expanding back into a more spacious and adaptable bandwidth.
When your bandwidth is abundant:
This is the optimal time to try something new, to challenge yourself physically, mentally or emotionally. It's also a time for deeper integration in a proactive way (inner healing that happens without a stimulus or trigger).
Do you find yourself working with your biology, or against it? Let me know what lands most with you!
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In gratitude & good health,
Dr. Jessica