The Key to a healthy nervous system!

Do you have a place where you feel most inspired? Maybe where your creative ideas or perspective comes flowing in? The shower? In nature? With a good friend?

I feel really inspired after a couple of hours in nature, and often by myself :)

I was on a delightful little trail hike overlooking the river, no other people insight, hand on a lovely ponderosa pine when I heard a deep purring sound. 
I heard it a couple of times when my brain started scanning all the common outdoor noises until it concluded, not an airplane, not the river, etc.... I have never heard this before and it sounds like a big cat - it must be a MOUNTAIN LION.

My peaceful moment quickly turned into an increased heart rate and all my muscles preparing to RUN. 

This here is a fine example of the switch from calm to fight/flight - parasympathetic to sympathetic tone in our nervous systems, which is by design. If I were truly in danger, this ancient technology in my nervous system is to my advantage to be able to help me get away!

However, thankfully, after a few moments of observing and listening, I found that there was no threat.

Now, this next part is a KEY sign of a healthy nervous system - after a few breaths, orienting myself, starting to feel safe again, my nervous system switched gears back into rest and relax mode. 

I walked back to my car and was actually inspired to share this story, which to me is another sign that I moved out of stress mode. Inspiration, love, gratitude, enthusiasm are high emotional states. They don't fire at the same time that fear and stress do. 

The key is switching gears, this is not a comparison game, based on our varying life experiences, healing, and coherence in our nervous systems we will all adapt uniquely, and it's perfectly ok if you don't "switch gears" until you get home in a safe familiar environment. 

This is just one example of how quickly a sound or a mental thought can cause our bodies to perceive stress. Stress is not the enemy, we can actually befriend the cycles of stress and relaxation. The thing about stress is: this fight/flight mode actually switched off my logical thinking, running wouldn't be the smartest thing to do in the face of a mountain lion, and it wasn't the appropriate time of day to see a mountain lion.
So, can you imagine how stress might be switching off your logical thinking in other scenarios?? Like, someone says something that makes you feel embarrassed or angry, you switch gears into fight/flight and are suddenly reacting with a fraction of your intelligent mind online!

If you find yourself in fight/flight mode over the course of hours, days, months or years, your mind gets shut down AND your heart and soul go offline. You're no longer led by the joys and pleasures of life, and what uniquely light you up, instead you're stuck in survival mode.

Sadly, this is super common today and if you are here right now, I want you to know that you do not have to stay there. 

Our bodies are incredibly resilient and adaptable with the right information they can learn how to fire and run new nervous system programs that better serve you and allow you to feel more free, "like a teenager again" I heard someone say the other day!

What would come alive in you if were less stuck in survival mode?

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Your next step 💜

Your next step,

We've spent the last few weeks looking at each of the neural centers. I hope that now you have a better understanding of how they work and where you might have patterns locked.

(If you are new here, you can find the past 7 neural centers on my blog here.)

Where you hold the most patterns is also your biggest area of potential for growth.

And once you've identified what that is for you, you might be asking- what do I do now?

You may have already taken a big step in the direction of creating more coherence by receiving neural integration sessions regularly. Or by joining our monthly Creating Coherence gathering. Both created to help you connect with your body and to create more coherence in your nervous system.

As you start to offload all the patterns from your nervous system, you integrate and process them, and it allows your nervous system to move to a parasympathetic tone. 

A parasympathetic tone is rest and relaxation. You release dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin, all the feel-good hormones. It allows you to reach homeostasis, where your cells, tissues and organs are doing precisely what they're designed to do.

And as a result, your quality of life goes through the roof, and you can start to envision a different future for yourself, full of new possibilities beyond your present.

It's all about developing more coherence. The question is, how do you do just that? 

Coherence is not something you switch on and off, and you can't develop it overnight.

Just like your patterns built up over months and years of experiences accumulating and getting stuck, waiting to be processed, your level of coherence also doesn't change in an instant.

Coherence takes time. 

But you can start today by simply developing awareness.

Try asking yourself if your lifestyle, your behaviors, your conversations, and your beliefs are moving you towards higher states of coherence or deeper into those old patterns. If they are moving you towards your higher self, or replaying the old biological loops of your past.

Focus on small, daily actions in the right direction. For me today it was choosing a workout and a short meditation before my work to set the tone of my day.

Focus on the one choice you have in front of you at this moment, on the one thing you can do right now to move you towards more coherence.

And just take that next step.

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In gratitude & good health, 
 Dr. Jessica

Becoming magnetic 💜

Let's look at your seventh neural center,

We've finally reached the end of our journey through the neural centers. Today we will talk about the last one and what it holds for you.

We're looking at your seventh neural center, the Pituitary Plexus.

(If you are new here, you can find the past 5 neural centers on my blog here.)

It's located at the top of the head, and governs the right brain, cerebral cortex, upper skull, central nervous system, and skin, the largest organ in the body.

Cultivating your seventh neural center and activating your pituitary gland will affect your entire hormonal system. It's responsible for hormones that control your growth, sexual development, skin pigmentation, and thyroid functions.

It's also responsible for releasing serotonin and oxytocin, your happiness hormones.

The pituitary gland radiates through the entire top of the head, moves through the five energy fields (the physical body, etheric body, mental body, emotional body, and energy field) and opens up the torus field.

Imagine a massive channel of life force that moves through your nervous system, opens up through your head, connects to the unified field, and like a rain shower, falls down the sides of your body. That's what the torus field is.

My experience is that if someone has a fracture in their torus field in one area, say around their right knee, in the coming days or weeks, they will have an injury in that right knee.

Energy issues lead to tissue issues, which then lead to life issues if you don't address them.

Incoherence in this neural center shows up as depression, obsessive thoughts, OCD, confusion, sensitivity to light, toxins, molds or pollutants, chronic exhaustion, poor creativity, ADHD or poor memory and concentration.

But when you bring more coherence to this neural center and you open up that torus field, you become magnetic, powerfully creative with a divine personality. You're at complete peace with yourself, a visionary connected to your higher purpose, powerfully guided by your innate wisdom.

You fully embody your being and contribute to the world in a meaningful way with a vision that is clear and unwavering. You feel loved and supported by the entire universe and know that everything is happening according to a master plan.

When your seventh neural center is in coherence, you can truly see the moving parts of the world around you.

And that's when you can move out of victimhood into creator-ship, building more of what you want to see in the world.

So there we are, the last of the seven neural centers!

I want to close off this journey by answering a question that I get very often and that you may be asking yourself.

When I take people through the seven neural centers and what coherence looks like in each one, it can be tricky to know which one to focus on.

And here's what I'll tell you- they're all connected. You won't have one neural center at 0 in terms of coherence and the rest at 100%.

Think of a hose for watering your garden. If you've got a kink in the hose, the water won't get through, and everything down the line won't have any water flow.

The same happens in your nervous system.

Until you work out the kinks in your neural centers and start integrating your patterns, your life force, your intelligence, and the electrical impulses that flow through them will struggle to get through to the rest of your system. 

Simply starting to create more coherence in any of the centers will increase life energy, and support you from the inside out. Before I wrap up this topic, do you have any questions?

Ps - please join us virtually or live for Creating Coherence in September
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In gratitude & good health, 
 Dr. Jessica

Master your consciousness 💜

Let's look at your sixth neural center,

This week I'm going to take you on a journey into my favorite neural center.

We're moving to the sixth, the Pineal Plexus. 

(If you are new here, you can find the past 5 neural centers on my blog here.)

If you go to the area one inch above your eyebrows and then all the way to the middle of your brain, that's where it's located.

It governs your eyes, ears, nose, sinuses, the left (or analytical) brain, and the pituitary and pineal glands.

The Pineal Plexus is the center of consciousness. 

You see, the journey we've been taking started with working through the neural centers, through the 95% of the autonomic nervous system below your level of consciousness. And now, you activate the pineal gland and your center of consciousness.

When you open up your pineal gland and develop conscious awareness, everything within the universe begins to open up to your nervous system, and you become highly intuitive.

You start to perceive beyond your five senses, beyond your current 3-D reality that is weighed down by your old patterns. 

You can see how everything is connected, and you are no longer attached to what happens out there in the universe because your life perspectives are totally harmonized.

Incoherence in this neural center shows up as neurological issues, headaches, or sinus problems. You may struggle to feel wonder, wholeness or connection with others. You may be predisposed to addictions or self-destructive behaviors, looking for happiness in all the wrong places and defining yourself by the things out there. And if you struggle to tap into your analytical mind, you'll have difficulty learning new things.

But when you develop coherence here, you feel completely free from attachments and positive in your thinking. You feel wholeness, and you feel peace.

You can generate insightful creations and experience higher levels of intuition; you see the patterns and the true meaning behind your life experiences.

When your sixth neural center is in coherence, you feel a deep self-love and a deep connection to the universe and all the people in it. 

If you've heard me speak about my story, you'll know that I grew up very sensitive to the world around me, and lacking confidence and self-love. I had a lot of patterns built up here, I chased addiction to outer feel good substances and had self-destructive behaviors. These were covering up my intuitive gifts, and left me feeling pretty alone in the world.

My Pineal Plexus was so closed and needed so much work that it was my greatest area of potential. And today, after so many years of integrating and developing coherence, it's wide open to the consciousness, the awareness and the possibilities of what I can create.

Do you see why it's now my favorite? The same goes for you.

The neural center where you have more incoherence is the one where you have the most potential for growth. 

Next week we're going to bring it all together by talking about the last one; the seventh neural center.

Until then, here's a quick tip for creating coherence here.

TIP: Practice mirror work to begin to deepen feelings of self-acceptance and self-love. 

Read Louise Hay’s description on mirror work and how to receive it's benefits:

“Because the mirror reflects back to you the feelings you have about yourself. It makes you immediately aware of where you are resisting and where you are open and flowing. It clearly shows you what thoughts you will need to change if you want to have a joyous, fulfilling life.

As you learn to do mirror work, you will become much more aware of the words you say and the things you do. You will learn to take care of yourself on a deeper level than you have done before.

When something good happens in your life, you can go to the mirror and say, “Thank you, thank you. That’s terrific! Thank you for doing this.” If something bad happens to you, you can go to the mirror and say, “Okay, I love you. This thing that just happened will pass, but I love you, and that’s forever.”

For most of us, sitting in front of a mirror and facing ourselves is difficult at first, so we call this process mirror work.

But as you continue, you become less self-critical, and the work turns into mirror play. Very soon your mirror becomes your companion, a dear friend instead of an enemy.”

So, give yourself a smile, a high five, or a pep talk this week. See & hear yourself any time you see a mirror. Allow any uncomfortable feelings to arise and journal or reflect on them. Perhaps they are reflecting an outdated belief you have about yourself that you wish to change. Breathe deep, and focus on loving connection.
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Heart hugs, 
 Dr. Jessica

🎵 Your true voice 💜

Let's look at your fifth neural center,

I'm excited about today because I'm going to talk to you about something very special. We're going to talk about the key to being authentically yourself, to being magnetic and expressing exactly everything you are.

And the key lies in your fifth neural center, the Thyroid Plexus.

(If you are new here, you can find the past 4 neural centers on my blog here.)

This center is located in your throat, and as well as governing your thyroid, jaw, ears and mouth, it's responsible for sound.

It's responsible for your voice and how you express yourself. 

When your fifth neural center opens up and you can express your authenticity, it begins to guide your behavior and life choices.

Living authentically, when you know who you are and what matters to you, is liberating. 

And along with your voice, this center governs creativity in all forms and aspects of your life. Whether you're an artist, an entrepreneur, or just creating a good life for yourself and your family.

With coherence in this neural center, you become incredibly inspirational. People are going to want to be around you because you are authentically yourself, and you can listen and respond to others.
 

Incoherence in this neural center shows up as perfectionism, lacking abundance and creativity, like you just can't figure things out. You don't feel seen and struggle to ask for help.

If you can't authentically be you because you're not expressing yourself, that manifests in every single dynamic in your life.

But when you bring more coherence to this neural center, you feel an ease and flow in your communications and expressions of who you are. You heal your perfectionism because you can embrace the uncertainty and the unknown.

You can create and see solutions clearly, your talents begin to express fully, and you become an amazing communicator, inspirational and charismatic.

The key to life is relationships. And the key to relationships is communication.

That's why with coherence in your Thyroid Plexus, you become magnetic.

Next week we'll look at the sixth neural center and why it's my favorite.

Until then, I want to leave you with one quick tip to support you in integrating any patterns you have built up here.

TIP: This neural center is about sound, so an excellent way to open it up is by humming. Take a deep breath, and make an Om sound as you exhale. Feel the vibration in your throat- it will help you bring more coherence to your fifth neural center. You can also hum or sing a favorite song to receive the same benefits.

Try it and see how you feel!
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With love & gratitude, 
 Dr. Jessica

The secrets of the heart 💜

Let's look at your fourth neural center,

Today we've reached a transition point on our journey through the neural centers.

We've already seen the neural centers 1-3, find the past 3 on my blog here, which are connected to our physical body, grounding us in this space and time.

Now we're moving on to 4-7, and this is where we start to open up the concept of mind & consciousness.

The fourth neural center, the Heart Plexus, is the transition between the two, where our divinity meets our humanity.

It governs the heart and circulatory system, the lungs, the upper torso, your skin and the thymus gland, which is vital for your immune system and white cell production.

Self-love and self-acceptance grow from the Heart Plexus.

And we can only love and accept other people as much as we love and accept ourselves. That's why the Heart Plexus is so important in how you interact with the world and experience everyone around you.

Cultivating coherence in this neural center means that not only do you cultivate self-love, but you actually exude love for others, seeing the beauty and perfection in who they are.

Plus, this neural center is more powerful than you think.

Your Heart Plexus has been scientifically proven to have 15 times the vibrational frequency of the brain!

That's why when people talk about positive thinking or affirmations that only work on the level of the brain, it might work for some people, sometimes.

But if you don't cultivate heart coherence, you're missing out on the potential that is 15 times more powerful than your thoughts.

And that can really create a massive difference in your life.

Until you open up your heart, your finite human self will not be open to the infinite, divine self, to that version of you that you hold deep down inside and that is everything you can become.

❌ Incoherence in this neural center shows up as fear, living in fight or flight, or seeing the world through the perceptual lens of betrayal. Patterns here can show up as melancholy, feeling sad without actually knowing why, and loneliness.

And as it governs the heart, incoherence can manifest on a physical level as cardiovascular disease, as well as the inability to receive and perceive love.

✅ But when you bring coherence here, you feel unconditional love for yourself and others. You feel compassion, experience intimacy, cultivate conscious relations to yourself and others, and are open to the possibilities of your infinite self. Your confidence increases, you become more patient, and you develop a deep trust that everything is going to work out for your highest good.

The universe is so abundant, and you fully live in the abundance of this universe.

We saw last week that your third neural center governs your sense of self, and now that your fourth neural center governs how you see yourself in the world and everyone else in it.

And that's a pretty powerful combination.

💡 TIP: Here's a simple exercise you can start now to bring more coherence into your heart:

Place your hands over your heart and take long, slow breaths, making your exhale longer than your inhale by a few counts. Close your eyes, and imagine filling your heart like a balloon with breath and gently expending it out into the world around you as you exhale. 
With every sense in your body, add in experiencing a high vibrational state (love, gratitude, enthusiasm, inspiration) in conjunction with your breath. Breath in that feeling into your heart, into your balloon. 10x that feeling, that emotion, as strong as if you were living it and feeling it right now. Effortlessly grow your balloon, and allow it to encompass you, then those around you, then your whole town, and even the globe. Connecting to your breath and your heart, place your hands over your heart, place a smile on your face, and release the visualization. Return to the room when you are ready.
You may finish by bringing some gratitude into your heart space for your beautiful brilliant mind, your resilient body, and your warm heart.
Notice how you feel.

Next week we'll continue moving toward the throat to look at the fifth neural center.
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With love & gratitude, 
 Dr. Jessica

The key to your identity 💜

Let's look at your third neural center,

How are you finding this journey through the neural centers? I hope it's giving you a little more insight into the wonderful technology that you have within you.

You can re-read about the previous neural centers on my blog here.

Today we're moving onto the third neural center, the Solar Plexus. It starts three inches above your belly button and goes up to the xiphoid, which is the point where your lower ribs meet in the center.

In India, they call it the power center, located around the top of your digestive system, stomach, liver, pancreas, spleen, abdominal muscles and adrenals.

It's the core of where your present identity is created.

Do you know those people who seem fueled by fire, by passion? Who always have a burning desire in their belly?

That fire comes from the third neural centre. 

The adrenal glands fuel that fire, with their burst of adrenaline and cortisol that drives you to action. After that burst, your body rests and returns to homeostasis. But if you let your adrenals fire 24/7, running your life, eventually that will lead you to adrenal burnout.

In today's busy world, many people suffer from burnt-out adrenals and turn to supplements and other external cures to heal them. And those might help, but if you don't start creating coherence in the third neural centre, you'll fall right back into the same patterns.

Incoherence in this neural center shows up as a difficulty to digest or metabolize food and life. You experience low self-worth and lack a sense of purpose, you're hypersensitive to criticism and feel the need to control situations. It can be a struggle to have spontaneity in your life.

But when you bring coherence here, your digestion is strong, your mind is peaceful, and you have a profound sense of self-worth, fully connected to your essence. You become deeply confident, with a strong clarity about your life's purpose, and you feel excited and adventurous, with a life fired by passion.

With coherence in your power center, you become connected to your essence, to the identity within you.

And if you can open that door a bit further, it takes you beyond your present identity. Every single identity you've ever known, ever imagined, or could ever create exists in the unified field.

All you need to do is create coherence, and you will be able to align with that identity. And that's when you become a powerful creator, tapping into the infinite potential within you. 
 

TIP: To recharge this neural center and create coherence, spend intentional time in the sun. Take a mental check in on your energy levels, and imagine charging up your solar battery by spending 10 minutes relaxing with the sun on your skin. Bring your attention to this area and tap into your sense of confidence, clarity, or self-worth. Revisit a past memory, or someone you look up to in this areas, to borrow this sensation if it feels foreign. You're laying the new neural networks to coherence and connection. 

Next week we'll continue moving up toward the heart.
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With love & gratitude, 
 Dr. Jessica

The key to emotional wellbeing 💜

Let's look at your second neural center,
 

Last week we looked at your first neural center, the foundation upon which everything else is built, located at the seat of your pelvis, it is the root of your autonomic nervous system.
You can re-read about the first neural center on my blog here.

Today we move a little further up to the second neural center, the Superior Mesenteric Plexus. If you look at your belly button, this neural center goes from one inch below to three inches above it.

It's the network of connective tissue that surrounds and protects your gastrointestinal system, kidneys, and adrenals.

And, very importantly, it's responsible for your emotional well-being.

All the emotional baggage and wounding you carry gets stuck in this neural center, effectively memorizing old emotions and holding onto them.

And when that happens, a trigger from the outside, whether it's something you see, you hear, or something unfortunate your boss or family member says, pushes your buttons and replays those stuck emotions all over again.

This means that your quality of life will intimately depend on what's going on around you.

If you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or someone says the wrong thing, you're in a funk all day because, biologically, you're locked in your old emotions.

Incoherence in this neural center shows up as mental and emotional issues, ranging from depression and anxiety to emotional numbing behavior to deal with repressed feelings. You're disconnected from what brings you joy and pleasure. You're living life emotionally from the outside in, looking for external sources to bring you joy on the inside.

But when you develop coherence here, you feel your way through life in a fully connected way. Fully connected to your life force, energy, and inner voice. With coherence, your inner voice isn't just whispering- it screams at you because your level of intuition is just crystal clear. You feel inspired and free.

And that's a really potent and powerful place to live from.

With such a high level of emotional intelligence, you are so connected to your feelings and emotions that you're no longer running away from them and no longer governed by your past.

So, that's the second neural center. Next week we'll continue moving up to the third one.

Until then, here's a quick tip to support you in integrating any patterns you have built up here.

TIP: One way to connect with the second neural center that you might have learned in yoga class is by engaging Mula Bandha, contracting the entire pelvic floor. Take a slow breath in, as you exhale squeeze that whole area from one inch below your belly button to three inches above.

This will also engage the first neural center, as they're intimately connected, but you can focus higher up to really feel that area around the navel. Breathe, connect, and feel this area as you contract, relax, and repeat. Allow your connection and focus to bring deeper healing. 

Well-Resourced Woman is another wonderful free resource to learn to stop avoiding emotions and to start processing them. As well as to tune deeper into your own inner guidance. Check that out here. 

Let me know how bringing more coherence to your second neural center goes!
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With love & gratitude, 
 Dr. Jessica

The foundation of it all; Let's look at your first neural center

The body keeps score, we've heard.
It's why soldiers are still distressed many years after battle, they're still living in the biological stress of being on the field. You and I are doing the same, perhaps on a more subtle level. Reliving feeling left out in childhood, the financial scarcity of a chapter of our lives, or a past injury causing fear to fully embrace something new. The neural centers are how we understand what the body keeps score of and how to integrate and truly heal.

As I shared in the last newsletter, I'm going to take you on a journey through each neural center over the next few weeks.

I want to take the time to go over each one because they are key to the work I do.

When I talk about the nervous system being 95% subconscious, that's exactly what the neural centers are; they are that 95% that governs every aspect of your life without you even knowing it.

For each neural center, I'll give you a brief overview of what areas of your life and physical health they govern and what happens when they're in or out of coherence.

Like most things in life, your state of coherence is not going to be black or white, but more likely a shade of grey. 

Say I tell you that coherence shows up as having vitality, and incoherence as having very low energy. Most of us will fall somewhere in between.

Whether you rate yourself as a 2 or a 9.5 on the scale of "vitality," there's always going to be room to improve by deriving more coherence when you integrate the old patterns stuck in your system.

So, let's dive into the first neural center! 

Known as the Inferior Mesenteric Plexus, this neural center is located at the base of your spine, around the seat of your pelvis.

It affects your bones, so if your posture is out of whack, this is the neural centre you want to look at first. This area builds cells, contains your reproductive organs, and the base of your adrenals, so if you have any blood disorder or hormonal issues, you'll likely have some incoherence here.

It's the root of your autonomic nervous system, the foundation upon which everything else is built. 

That's why when it lacks coherence, it's like building a skyscraper with a shaky foundation full of cracks. Eventually, it's going to start to crumble and come tumbling down.

Incoherence in this neural center shows up as a lack of personal power, low self-esteem, a lack of control, and inability to make decisions in life.

But when you bring more coherence to this neural centre, you feel more grounded, with a high level of vitality and overall health. You feel a sense of belonging, connected to your power source, and able to create the reality you want.

The world becomes a blank canvas, and you get to paint your unique essence on it.

And doesn't that sound like an amazing way to live?

So, that's the first neural center. Next week we'll look at what coherence looks like in the second one.

Until then, I want to leave you with one quick tip to support you in integrating any patterns you have built up here.

TIP: As the root of your system, any time you spend grounding in nature, in contact with the earth, will help you bring more coherence to your first neural center. When you're not able to be in nature, try closing your eyes and feeling into the energy of a solid, stable tree amongst the forest. Even if you already practice grounding, try placing your hands on your pelvis next time you do this and allow your connection to bring deeper healing.

Try it out and see how you feel!
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With love & gratitude, 
 Dr. Jessica

Blueprint of your inner world 💜

Understanding the 7 mini-brains of your nervous system

If you've ever been curious why your low back hurts when you're stressed whereas other times it's your jaw, or why you feel depressed & can't exit overthinking mode, or why you keep facing the same struggles, you'll want to take a look at the neural centers.
 

Neural centers are a fascinating and critical part of the autonomic nervous system that can make all the difference in your physical, mental and emotional well-being. They're like a blueprint for where and how stress manifests in your body and how to heal. 

They are seven vast networks of neural tissue that each have distinct roles and influence virtually every aspect of our lives: from respiration to heart rate, from digestion to our ability to sleep, and from our stress levels to our overall happiness.

In essence, these neural centers are like seven other mini-brains, working together to keep every part of us in balance. They are a big part of the hands-on healing I offer, and answer a question that so many of you ask me "what exactly are you feeling?"

You can think of the autonomic nervous system like a supercomputer that receives information and processes it so that you can understand and respond to it, helping you to grow and evolve.

When the neural centers are balanced and in coherence (a word I've been sharing about the last few weeks!), that information flows and is processed easily, and you become more vitalized, healthy and connected.

But any time that there's something that you cannot process and integrate, the neural centers hold on to the resonance and frequency of that information. It locks your nervous system in the biology of the original experience (think stressor, big or small, or too much information) and keeps you trapped in your old stories.

When I refer to tension patterns, in your sessions and assessments, I'm referring to this stuck information. 

And that's why integrating and processing these experiences is essential to keep the energy flowing freely throughout the body.

The goal is to bring coherence to the neural centers so that any stuck energy can flow.
When you integrate your past, all of a sudden, you have more life force and energy flowing through every cell and every tissue. You can tap into your body's fullest potential and capacity for regeneration and healing.

And when that happens, you'll find that your autonomic nervous system, your supercomputer, not only receives information but also acts as a transmitter, sending information back into the world.

Increasing your nervous system's capacity has a remarkable effect on how you show up in the world. The way you think, act and behave changes. You put a different energy out there, and the world responds to who you now embody on an emotional level.

  By bringing more coherence to the neural centers, you become a conscious creator of your external reality.  
 

Over the next few weeks, I will dive deeper into each of the neural centers to give you a better understanding of the role that each of them plays in your health and well-being.

Because the more you understand how powerful your own biology is, the more you will be able to create the life of joy, peace, abundance, and vitality you want.

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With love & gratitude, 
 Dr. Jessica