From Turmoil to Tranquility: How I Altered My Brainwaves and Rebuilt My Life

In retrospect, when I wrote my journal and yoga, it was centered on addressing extreme grief management, which in hindsight, I realize was pivotal not only for emotional relief but possibly as a lifeline for suicide prevention during the worst days of my crisis.

Today, I want to emphasize the importance of yoga as an anchor through any of life’s storms. If you are suffering, I highly recommend this practice for immediate relief and long lasting results.

Crisis Gripped Me

Reflecting back, a perpetual state of crisis engulfed my every waking moment, it felt like I was struggling to prevent drowning. Now I realize that preparing for some eventual crisis in your life actually should an integral aspect of mental health awareness -much like taking swimming lessons or practicing a fire escape route from a building.

I didn’t have a roll model who prepared me in how to recover from a life-crisis before they were happening in my life. After a self-created crisis overwhelmed me — it was sink or swim. I didn’t learn to swim well, but I didn’t know it.

Through yoga, I discovered some temporary relief from the storm in my mind. And I knew that if I could find relief, even for a moment… that I could practice and find more relief.

One month, I did 51 yoga classes in 31 days.

I needed a lot of relief.

How Things Turned Out

Fast forward to the present day, the phrase “Crisis Consumed My Thinking” sums up the turmoil I faced in those days.

However, my eureka moment unfolded when I realized the potency of hot yoga as a catalyst for change. After an intense hour-long session of hot yoga, I felt liberated from the shackles of stress and anxiety.

Here’s a nugget of wisdom I learned from Dr Joe Dispenza:

Find Your Sacred Place. Make It Your Place of Change.

My Sacred Yoga Studio

Let’s delve into the transformative power of going to a yoga studio instead of practicing yoga at home.

First, the change of location breaks my patterns of emotion. This location becomes a destination I am seeking where I may intentionally practice change… without the distrations of my normal surroundings.

In a silent room with the energy of fellow practitioners, I follow the challenging poses before the wall of full-length mirrors, syncing my breath to the rhythm of movements.

While I’m overwhelmed with stress, I don’t want to talk to people. The silent room of a yoga studio is perfect.

While my stress is consuming my thoughts, the calming energy of the experienced yogini’s and yogi’s help my energy begin to balance.

Intentionally Change Brain Wave State

This synergy is a gateway to altering brainwave patterns, something that every seeker of inner peace must explore.

By anchoring your consciousness in bodily sensations, you extricate your thoughts from the overwhelming fight or flight response. This transition can steer your brain frequencies to the serene shores of lower beta or upper alpha waves. Such mind-body harmony is akin to holistic wellness.

Delving further, Combining Meditation with Yoga is a salient feature I strongly advocate for.

Our consciousness can send our brain and body to a physical yoga class.

Yoga, with all its twisty and bendy posses, harnesses the body to pacify the mind, paving the path for personal growth and emotional change.

What Did I Learn From Self-Caused Trauma?

I can’t emphasize enough the significance of mindful cognition.

What?

In other words: Thoughts. Become. Things

The law of attraction, often dismissed as a whimsical new-age concept, holds water when aligned with purposeful thinking. Personal development hinges on mental rewiring, and there is scientific evidence to substantiate that neural plasticity allows the brain to evolve through mere thought.

Taking a leaf out of Neuro-linguistic Programming, my life experience attest that the imagery and vocabulary that you practice in your thoughts have the power to evoke matching emotions, which interact with the universal laws to script your destiny.

WHAT?

In other words: You Get What You Thing About. Want It Or Not.

Rehearsing the emotions of successful goal results will actually lay the foundation for future successes in your life.

I invite you to embark on a journey of yoga and meditation for crisis management, holistic wellness, and personal development.

The power of mindfulness and directed meditation, coupled with an easeful and challenging yoga practice, can unwire the effects of the stress reflex as you navigate through the crisis in your life.