When you get that “green light feeling” about something and you run with it, good things happen. The rest of the time, however, you second-guess yourself until it’s second nature.
The best way to turn off the fog is to tune in to intuition. Intuition itself can sound like kind of a foggy thing, so let’s clear this up a little. By intuition I mean “useful information that only part of you is aware of”, and by tuning in I mean “if this stuff were made conscious you could actually be using your amazing gifts and talents, not to mention getting a heck of a lot more done.”
There are two parts to connecting to the hidden body of knowledge and inspiration that we call intuition.
Part of making friends with intuition is actually getting in touch with the parts of your brain and nervous system that are saying GO GO GO or STOP STOP STOP. The other part is learning when — and how — to trust those instincts.
And since we’ve been talking a lot recently about the second part (dissolving fear and releasing anxiety), I thought it would be fun to do some thinking around the other side: talking to the brain. When you speak the brain’s language, it speaks back. And sometimes it says some pretty neat things.
Keep in mind that the brain is a polyglot, speaking several languages, but its native tongue is waves.
The brain is designed to be on the lookout for waves in order to process information. Its job is basically to synch itself up to any waves in order to have clear communication. This is incidentally why it’s never a good idea to listen to discordant music — when your brain tries to synch up and can’t, the resulting confusion causes pain and distress.
Quiet the mind, talk to the brain
It’s practically a cliche to tell someone to stop and breathe in a stressful situation. But there’s a reason it works. Breath occurs in waves which the brain then “reads” and synchronizes itself to. The more smooth and steady the waves of the breath, the more quiet and peaceful the brainwaves. Once the brain is sending out this kind of calm messaging to the rest of your system, you automatically de-stress.
Meditation often gets shoved into a “wacky spirit stuff” compartment as a purely mystical endeavor. However, on another level, it’s really just about taking the time to synch the brainwaves to breath-waves, so that the brain can quiet down enough to begin communicating subconscious information.
Another useful way to use wave movement to communicate with the brain is manipulating the organs of the body into wave and spiral flows. This is the smart basis of many yoga and martial art movement systems, and especially true for Shiva Nata which uses complex patterns to create new neural connections in the brain, helping you access hidden information and abilities.
And if you are in the San Francisco Bay Area , I’m leading a workshop this weekend on how to use the body and brain simultaneously to power up your intuitive abilities. (This is not to be missed and will not be repeated.)
And if you don’t have the opportunity to take this live class, take a minute now to synch up brain and breath. Instead of just vacuously counting to ten, or guilting yourself into sitting down for a forced meditation, just allow your inhale and your exhale to gently even out. (Counting four in and four out is usually a good place to start).
See if you can imagine the gentle curve of the wave on a diagram, and your brainwaves matching themselves up to these new shapes. Maybe you can hear the quiet, comforting whooshing of water flow as waves wash in and out of your consciousness. Or maybe you can feel the soft push and pull of movement as the brain and breath are linking up, hand in hand. Ask yourself what you need to know. Say yes to the possibility of receiving new information; recognize that you have options you hadn’t counted on. And then give those planted seeds time to grow, and return to your day with this quiet, comfortable headspace.
You’ll know when the brain is speaking to you because it will be whispering sweet waves of encouragement and motivation. And until then, keep consciously connecting to the huge untapped power of your mind by using wave-speak to your advantage, and being open to your own potential. Say yes and breathe. And give your duck a hug!
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