How to build somatic and nervous system capacity

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In essence, building somatic and nervous system capacity means being able to be with what we are feeling and sensing in the current moment and getting really good at it. Until we do this - build up these capacities - it is very tough to tap into stored traumas because those are stored up IN the nervous system and somatic self (i.e. in the body).
Topics I cover in this video:
-Navigating the tsunami waves of survival stress (those fight, flight, and freeze energies)
-Why controlling our breath can stop stress from leaving
-Growing accurate intuition starts with growing nervous system capacity
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Resources I mention during this video:
►Polyvagal theory resources:
a. Polyvagal Theory. Explained:
• The Polyvagal Theory. ...
b. Special Topic Lecture: All Things Polyvagal:
• All THINGS Polyvagal. ...
►Vlog on Functional Freeze:
irenelyon.com/...
►All my online FREE resources:
irenelyon.com/...
►Self-study starter course, the 21 Day Nervous System Tune-Up:
21daytuneup.com/
►12-week online group program, SmartBody SmartMind:
smartbodysmart...
►Three-part healing trauma video training:
irenelyon.com/...
►Why taking a deep breath can be counterproductive (when trying to relax):
irenelyon.com/...
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Thank you for being here!
1. Leave a comment and let me know how this video impacted you. Feel free to leave a question (my team answers them each week!)
2. To get more nervous system health resources, plus learn more about me and my credentials, plus the many ways you can work with me at the practical level, head to my website: irenelyon.com
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Please know that...
The statements on this RU-vid channel or in videos are simply opinion. Content presented or posted on this channel is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment or a professional therapeutic relationship. Content presented or posted is intended to provide general health information for educational purposes only and you should contact the appropriate healthcare professional before relying on any such information.
My website is a wealth of information, free resources, and information on how to start this work, so here it is one more time: irenelyon.com
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@hustlemami8732 2 года назад

Your video makes me so emotional. I feel like crying. You make me feel like I'm not a freak and like there is hope. You make me feel like I am not the problem 😭😭😭

@IreneLyon 2 года назад

Hi @hustlemami, Diana here with Team Lyon. I was wondering if we could use your words as a testimonial, we feel a lot of people would resonate with that feeling of hope!

@lucysarraf 2 года назад

WOW. This is unbelievable. There are so many videos that come up when you search for trauma or cptsd but I feel like this should be at the top. It's the missing piece. And your explanations and analogies are so helpful and clear. Thank you. You may have just saved my life after years of traditional therapy which helped ❤️

@loes1655 2 года назад

Yes!!! The missing link.

@esperanzamunoz6719 2 года назад

I agree. I watch dr.Favor Maté. He's been amazing at going deep into exactly how we were traumatized. Where it really comes from.

@IreneLyon 2 года назад

Hi! Diana here with Team Lyon. Thank you for taking the time to comment and share. Would it be okay with you if we shared your comment?

@hays6280 2 года назад

Agreed! So amazing

@zoeelisebell Год назад

i agreed SO MUCH when i finally foudn this account and channel i guess after having the worlds most massive feeling nervous breakdown at 17 after amy parents got divorced and i ended up going down the route of drug use, getting laced, having so many overwhelming sensations and my overwhelm capacity being soooo so low this account genuinely took me though my life time healing journey and im so happy to be here with everybody and encountering this along with everyone else and irene thank you guys and irene's team for everything :))))) yall should post more videos pleaseee !!! i'm on a pretty tight budget and couldn't afford sbsm but these videos are literally helping me take back the life that i used to have and used to love living 24/7 :)

@Benjaminleo815 Год назад

When I went through a difficult labor, the nurse told me "no big deep breaths when you feel a contraction coming, just focus on keeping your breathing completely even." This was perfect advice for me and helps me during stress.

@AnnoyedBacon-ce2ms Месяц назад

I didn't use the breathing taught either.I used slow gentle breaths

@missnord7730 2 года назад

I noticed you left out fawn response in your fight-flight-freeze response mode. Fawn response (people pleasing) is just as prevalent in old trauma pattern reacting (CPTSD) as the other three and should be addressed equally as symptoms to looks out for when healing the somatic nervous system.

@zarakeid3459 2 года назад

I was also concerned about that but in another video Irene mentions that she leaves out fawn because it's essentially on the freeze spectrum, it's a type of collapse in a way, giving up and giving in.

@cherylm5002 2 года назад

True, fawning is the stress response most of us women fall into because that is what society n family expects of women. I just beginning to stop this reflexive mode of interaction. My first step in building new patterns of dealing with difficult people is walking away n cutting them off. My next is slo becoming more assertive n standing my ground. It's a long, long journey but so worth it in terms of feeling better about myself 😅😅

@angelic3450 2 года назад

she covered that previously ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xr6cDe9OC3U.html

@gabrielleallison978 2 года назад

An interesting perspective I learned from another expert in the field is that fawning can be a response to feeling threat more specifically in the social engagement nervous system, ie. ventral vagal branch of PNS. A stress/survival response in response to the primal need to belong, feel connected, vs ejected or rejected from our "tribe" leads to fawning/pleasing, as well as fitting in, conforming, hiding etc. As mentioned, there's a strong societal piece. As Irene emphasizes often, there is overlap and a spectrum in and between all these states, but thought this was interesting.

@summer-xt1gg 2 года назад

@@gabrielleallison978 I disagree- I fawn when I think someone is literally going to beat me- I know this isn’t a social threat.

@Vpopov81 2 года назад

Breathwork made my symptoms much worse. I was doing wim hoff breathing and I actually noticed great benefits but it's like a shotgun blast to the limbic system and I think with a damaged limbic system you have to be very careful with breathwork. I can no longer do any kind of Rapid breathing and holding of breath because it literally is like a shotgun blast to the center of my brain

@andfoundout Год назад

Same and it's awful because that's the most common suggestion

@willbephore3086 Год назад

Breathing with trauma needs to be very specific and VERY well informed. Taking a deep breath or fast breaths are the exact opposite of what a damaged limbic system needs. Frustrating that so many people recommend it for calming down.

@Mark1Mach2 Год назад

wim hoff breathing is very bad for people going through a trauma or burnout.

@willbephore3086 Год назад

@@Mark1Mach2 yep, 100% and I wish this were common knowledge. People think deep breathing is the answer to all stresses, but for certain states it's very detrimental.

@ttephi3667 Год назад

@@willbephore3086 So what kind of breathing is beneficial in this case?

@deesparklebazinga9374 Год назад

So pleased I found you as I am a recently diagnosed Autistic and ADHD (@ 38 and I'm now 40) and have been looking into introspection etc as I have masked for so long that I am in constant fight or flight and most of all freeze. I really struggle to be in the present. It has taken me years to calm my mind enough to manage meditations etc. I think I may have a degree of alexithymia which I discovered recently. I have addiction problems that I'm struggling to quit as I panic when going cold Turkey as my mindset is not functioning properly. I constantly use breathing exercises during the day. I have breathing issues so it can be hard work! I often dissociate/daydream to manage things. In terms of safety, I dont currently have a safe place due to constant floods and mold in my flat that I believe I'm allergic to as I've been so ill since covid lockdown. I am totally stressed out as I am unable to move so I just have to deal with it! I've been dealing with it since 2012 and Im fed up of living out of boxes! Sorry for the rant!! Im isolated so I often rant online instead. I am looking forward to hearing more from you.Thank you for sharing x

@Morphenius 2 года назад

Thank you. It's such a gift having this spelled out so clearly, and by someone who clearly lives the practice.

@chezzaluna Год назад

As someone with an ACE test score that's a bit too high, this is super helpful because I don't often have a connection to present unless I focus. Self hypnosis has been super helpful, and it can look like a couple minutes of silence but it's definitely a resource that slows my heart rate and calms down those spikes of adrenaline and or cortisol so I can process what's going on.

@Deelitee Год назад

This is so cool!!! ❤ do you have any particular approach that you follow??

@chezzaluna Год назад

@@Deelitee Sue David the hypnotist and author recommends sitting in a quiet place and counting basically then going over all the body systems for healing, maybe one day I can do a tribute in her honor. When she did a session with me it was amazing, comparative to relief from acupuncture feel wise. There's a video of her on RU-vid still, not sure if she is still with us, as she was in her eighties when we met.

@Deelitee Год назад

@@chezzaluna thank you!! I totally need this. ✨

@megankellyhensley 2 года назад

I’m new to your content but have come across these concepts in other points of my life. The beautiful thing is that you have a lovely way of describing and threading these ideas together and here I am at a point in my life where I am able to fully connect to what you are teaching. 🙏🏻❤️

@marc1391 2 года назад

Thanks for presenting so clearly the process by which somatic therapies work. I’ve been at this for 3 years and one of my biggest frustrations is figuring out how these practices actually lead to recovery. Related to this- how can we tell that we are making progress? With your sports analogy, it’s easy to measure increased athletic capacity- we can walk or run further, lift more weight, etc. Capacity to be with emotions is so much harder to measure. Plus, since our intuition is off, and we always have setbacks, it’s hard to see improvement. This is the right therapy for me, but it moves so slowly that it’s hard to stay the course.

@a.s.jackson8203 Год назад

Yes, I'm wondering the same thing as well. How do we know there is improvement? Maybe when we are "triggered less and less. When we become fully conscious of what is going on with us in each moment. I've heard that this kind of work can take years to "undo" or integrate it, into ourselves. It did take years to become a part of us so I can see how it can take a while for us to be fully conscious. It's been a year since you left your comment. I hope you have seen some progress.

@LavenderLori406 Год назад

Thanks for this. I noticed an old feeling, came into conscious awareness of it and then took a couple minutes to write about it in my journal. I then went outside and walked the cats! This video helped me realize how much capacity I have created. I began listening to your work here in 2016 I think it was. Thanks Irene!

@naturesrhythm8506 Год назад

Thank you for this video. I think it would really help with coming OFF antidepressants, also. That, in itself, can be a traumatic experience.

@RonniBateman Год назад

Thank you for this. Going through it right now. 😢

@naturesrhythm8506 Год назад

@Ronni Bateman good luck xx

@demois 24 дня назад

Hi all, I asked A.I. to summarize, here's what I got: Irene Lyon, a trauma and nervous system expert, is discussing the importance of building capacity within the nervous system and somatic systems to heal from trauma and stress. She uses the analogy of building physical fitness capacity to illustrate how it takes time and gradual practice to build capacity to handle intense physical sensations. Similarly, building capacity to handle intense emotional and physiological sensations requires patience, education, and practice. She emphasizes the need to learn how to be with current-day sensations and emotions without getting consumed or shutting down. Building capacity means being able to ride out the "tsunami wave" of survival stress and then resourcing oneself to come back down. She also highlights the importance of understanding the polyvagal theory and the concept of dorsal vagal response, which is a natural shutdown response when the body is overwhelmed. Throughout the video, Irene provides practical tips and recommendations for building capacity, including working with a somatic practitioner, doing exercises, and learning about the theory of trauma and nervous system.

@martha9148 Год назад

Dear Irene, thank you very much for sharing this precious information. As someone who experiences anxious sensations out of nowhere sometimes this video feels like an incredible release in understanding how to get passed these sensations. It also inspired me to learn more about this topic. Thank you :)

@loriraemorris4142 Год назад

Found you today from Anna at crappy childhood Fairy. So glad she mentioned you!😮

@marichkalypska 9 месяцев назад

I have shame without memories

@LindseyLister 5 месяцев назад

So do I.

@lifewithyana2924 2 года назад

Thank you so much Irene I have never felt more safe and ready to heal before. I was originally searching for anxiety stored in the body healing videos and luckily I found yours because you also have loads more that I can learn from to heal. You are easy to listen to and learn from. I love your channel it’s amazing you definitely deserve your flowers + more for helping so many. Thank you ☺️🌸💗

@franciscoguevara9727 2 года назад

Ones own perspective can be trusted more if one starts honoring the cues of the inner child or feelings such as this felt unfair, i want you to speak up for me, dont let this person keep putting me down, etc. This is something that i do have to credit the top down approach for, teaching me to set boundaries by honoring my internal feelings , and becoming more connected to my authentic self. I grew up in a home with lots of gaslighting and where anger was only permitted to the abusive person. I had to supress my instinct of self-protection, and that left me walking around the world without this instinct of healthy - self- protection . The instinct was still there and i would get angry or feel a shame hit and then angry later if I felt disrespected. I was the family scapegoat so I had to learn that abuse was ok. I did become a lot more able to connect to my self-protective instinct after working with a person who was very good on boundaries themselves, and i joined support groups for survivors of childhood trauma. I learnt to talk to myself in more self-compassionate ways, and specially helpful that i had a healthy right to protest unfair treatment and connected to the internal parts of me, inner child , that can act as an authentic compass emotionally / relationally to what feels fair and what doesnt, and the whole navigating of it through communication skills, boundaries or assertion that is taught throughout the multiple trauma informed resources out there .

@Shri100percent Год назад

Omg same!!!!

@EnaDunatov 4 месяца назад

How did you learn to talk in a more self-compassionate way? I need a manual...I don't know what to say to myself when I need comfort, soothing and compassion. My mind is blank and then in more panic. I hug a pillow, do yoga or hum a song. But, what words and expressions? I don't have a role model for that. I think it would be easier watching and hearing someone being self-compassionate to themselves. I am going to therapy, but..what to do when I miss some basic kindness and compassion from people around me in daily life?

@Ablecore Год назад

Cleaning Core Shame was our key to feeling freedomed Telling your self it’s just an echo leaving your head world Calms things immediately

@caitlin7325 2 месяца назад

I love the distinction of being with, rather than breathing through, the distress. So helpful. 🙏🙏💜

@caitlin7325 2 месяца назад

And as you said, letting the breathing be shallow. Allow the physiology to find its own way.

@altyrrell3088 Год назад

"Build a resource list of healthy, helpful options" - this is very important advice for me, especially the "helpful" part. I'll work on that.

@Gabriellekidd Год назад

This whole entire video was extremely helpful. This part at the end about expanding inside is just completely blew my mind. I’ve been struggling with getting bigger on my healing journey thinking that I should be getting smaller because I’m letting go of so much. This is profound. What about how trauma and toxins are stored in our in our cells and tissues, and by getting rid of that it lets go of fat and volume

@IreneLyon Год назад

Gabrielle KIDD, Jen here from Team Lyon. Great to hear that this video was so helpful to you. We do find that as we continue to explore this work over time, the body does release toxins stored in the tissues. How this impacts the physical structure will vary from person to person - it doesn't always translate to less volume. Irene herself experienced major changes to her skin as she was workmen through chemical trauma, and Seth Lyon, her husband and colleague has experienced a wide range of strange and interesting experiences as he's explored this work over the years. I'll share a few links to where you can learn more. Irene's bio - irenelyon.com/meet-irene/ Seth Lyon's Fantastic Tales - sethlyon.com/fantastic-tales/

@ek4172 2 года назад

Thank you Irene, always so grateful for your wisdom! *Your body is a beautiful instrument. It is marvelous in what it can do.* But its real value is determined by what it serves. If it serves a conflicted agenda of the mind, then the body will do destructive things to itself and to other bodies in the world around you. From: The Gift The purpose of the body is not to be beautiful. *It is to be an instrument of communication, to be a vehicle and to participate in a physical world in a physical reality.* Like an automobile, if it can get you where you need to go, it has done its job. From: Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 4: The Pillar of Health Both quotes by *Marshall Vian Summers*

@johnchapman5125 2 года назад

Thank you, E K.

@julieann1975 2 года назад

Thanks!

@alwalw9237 2 года назад

Wow, this is profound. Thank you.

@mindsoulpower Год назад

if the inside is beautiful the body simply reflects it.. health is beauty. beauty is health.. so the purpose of body not to be beautiful is unhealthy and unwise. i noticed ugly ppl come up always with this excuse.

@suusje004 Год назад

I don’t want to be rude but coming to the point takes many many minutes

@julietye108 Год назад

My heart has been beating fast since I was 2 thinking I was going to die from fear. I’m 68 now and have had 3 heart attacks and a bleeding valve in heart. Will look into your other videos. I can’t seem to understand what you mean. I do talk to my heart and tell it how much i love it. I’m having a hard time breathing and so tired. So it’s very important to do this work while you have the strength or your body will suffer. I will listen to your other videos and I’m sure it will help me. Thank you from australia

@IreneLyon Год назад

Julie - It sounds like you've had quite a journey. Glad you found your way here. When you wrote that you can't seem to understand what Irene means, I am guessing it's about nervous system capacity. If so, take your time to watch some other videos. I encourage you to start with the 3-part healing trauma series. ►Three-part healing trauma video training: irenelyon.com/healing-trauma-youtube/ - Mara with Team Lyon.

@bethechangebath7663 2 года назад

Why is it that those big waves of emotions/sensations seem always to come at night, not long after getting into bed? Just when my capacity threshold feels at its lowest.

@franciscoguevara9727 2 года назад

hey irene , could you give a review about EMDR i know you've have mentioned it before. While trauma is really emotional, cognitive and relational too. I understand its also a lot of stored survival stress this is why we learn and study how to regulate the nervous system. I've found EMDR very potent and helpful, but it can bring up a lot. If the basis of what you teach is to attune to what is in the present to continue to build capacity so that we can then release older somatic stresses that are stored, wouldn't EMDR be like overwhelming the system under that line of thinking? I've been in my healing trauma journey for 2.5 years and i maybe started integrating the somatic approach like 6 months ago. I'm not the kind of person that will say that i didnt make progress "untill i integrated the somatic approach", cuz that would be untrue and very black and white. I made loads of progress with the psycogolical, emotional , jungian, pete walker, boundaries, codependency, journalling schools of thought (top down maybe) approaches. I know of a somatic practicioner that i see that also doesn't really speak against EMDR either we have just emphasized how its important to have container in the present for everything that comes up!

@carolina6683 Год назад

Irene, this really is an excellent video. Thank you. I am one of your SBSM alumni and I do like to watch videos that show the bigger picture, from time to time.

@JenniferJones23 Год назад

I had the fawn response as a child and in adulthood. No one really speaks about the fawn response.

@IreneLyon Год назад

@JENNYJONEZ, have you seen this video of Irene's? What is the fawn response? - irenelyon.com/2020/03/08/what-is-the-fawn-response/ - Jen from Team Lyon

@vanessapetrea2490 Год назад

I get most of these reactions nearly immediately, and nearly all at once!!! It’s so very overwhelming and ppl do not understand because they don’t experience it.

@Cocktail.witch.newhaven Год назад

Would you say that “building capacity” is the same as “building safety”…?

@IreneLyon Год назад

@Cocktail.witch.newhaven - Not necessarily. Safety is needed to build capacity. Having more capacity may help feel like more situations and environments are safe. Capacity allows for more ups and downs as part of life and a return to an even keel more quickly. Here's one of Irene's posts on safety: irenelyon.com/2021/12/05/safety-a-nervous-system-somatic-perspective/ -Mara with Team Lyon

@lunadust8017 Год назад

You are fantastic! I am so glad i found you, i have been wanting to learn how to tap in to and resolve trauma stored inside the body. So damn interesting and opened up a whole world to me. Thankyou ❤

@DedeBellNBCT Год назад

Thank you so much for your work, Irene Lyon. There’s so much I could say here, but as an AuDHD, forgive me if I’m exhausted… but thank you!

@selkiegrace 9 месяцев назад

Thank you Irene, the world needs this.

@mirkkuvuorela1509 Год назад

Thank you, this was very helpful! Before this, whenever I had been having uncomfortable feelings I'd start self-soothing and thought that's the only way to deal with it and heal from trauma. But now I'm learning to actually stay with the feelings and express them too while building my somatic capacity. Self-soothing is helpful especially when the emotion is too uncomfortable to be with, but you need to also allow yourself to feel it and express it so you can heal. 💜

@Aquedita 2 года назад

Hello Irene, Thank you for this helpful video. Would love to hear your thoughts if yoga nidra could potentially be one of the tools to help build this capacity. Thank you & warm greetings :)

@emmollnova2917 6 месяцев назад

Sometimes all the info is too much. I feel like a kid eventhough im am adult. Its kind of triggering amd i need to just start like simple.

@emmollnova2917 6 месяцев назад

Even reading and focus is affected

@sandraoettle1476 2 дня назад

Hello. I'm a massage therapist👋 I am so thankful for your articulated, researched, educated conversation upon what I feel in the bodies in my clients. Keep up the good work lovely healer. With gratitude, Sandra, Depoe Bay, OR

@ashleyispresent 2 года назад

but it's easy to train for sports, you just do physical excercises everyday. i'm still not sure how one should excercise for nervous capacity, especially when it's a casual day and there's no difficult feelings present?

@lucysarraf 2 года назад

Oops -which helped but didn't and now i know couldn't get me and the way there.

@AvaplaysRH 4 месяца назад

What if you’re numb and can’t feel ANYTHING? Except physical symptoms that are pretty much constant for years

@franciscoguevara9727 2 года назад

Also another question is do you consider emotional pain such as abandonment or a pain such as grief or a comibination of emotions that are really uncomfortable, do you consider that stored "fight-flight-freeze" energy? Sometimes i assume this pain , can get overwhelming too, but i consider it emotional sensations and experience , that I can try to contain, feel and process, rather than survival stress of fight - flight - freeze.. Would you say the same thing applies i guess in the jungian school or top down school it would also be feeling it, journalling it , talking with someone about it and then letting it go by like processing it out in these ways and not supressing them.

@teamlyon3109 2 года назад

Hi Francisco Guevara, Jen here from Team Lyon. In this work we work with what arises - this could be an emotion, sensation, and/or survival response. Sometimes emotions can be part of a survival response, sometimes they are not. And sometimes we can have survival responses in response to held emotions in the body. For example, someone may go into freeze in response to emotions that feel overwhelming to the nervous system. It sounds like you have lot of interest in Irene's teachings. You might consider checking out Irene's free Healing Trauma video series, her introductory self-study program (the 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up), or one of her monthly Drop In classes. I'll share some links in case you want to learn more. Free Healing Trauma video training - irenelyon.com/healing-trauma 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up - 21daytuneup.com/ Drop In classes - irenelyon.com/drop-in-class-1

@franciscoguevara9727 2 года назад

@@teamlyon3109 thanks for the answer i guess iam working with an emdr therapist and a lot of emotions from the past arise that are difficult as i reprocess traumatic memories, which is why i also am looking more to the somatic approach, i have done like 7 months of somatic experiencing and assisted support groups for healing trauma for 2.5 years i realize the only way out is through and also embodied and with grounded presence in the present . When bringing up traumatic stuff from the past grounding and remembering to be embodied is helpful. Im almost done with emdr and requested a wrap up bc i consider bringing more stuff up counterproductive to my efforts to have groundedness and regulation that will lead me to the best way to use i guess my resources if im more regulated. Irene is really helpful to put out so much education out there and i share her videos around! The first part of your answer was somewhat illustrative "whatever arises" and sometimes it can be emotional content, and sometimes, being grounded in the here will allow for me to feel it much better. I guess after a while of Somatic Experiencing and a journey in healing and some time knowing about Irene and other great voices in the field this stuff starts clicking, in a maybe felt sense integrated way.

@teamlyon3109 2 года назад

@@franciscoguevara9727 , yes, you've got it. Doing this work over time it does often start to click in a felt sense integrated way. And thanks for sharing Irene's videos around!

@eanwood6354 2 года назад

Thank you so much. I have been entering this realm more and more. This was a great articulation that I needed to hear. Thank you for what you do. I judge it is so needed in these times.

@annalisemclean685 Год назад

Obsessed with your videos. Your knowledge is amazing and the way you explain is very easy to digest. Thank you.

@raynaburford728 2 года назад

This was great made me feel more confident that I am so anxious and I want to get comfortable with my overwhelming sensation instead of breathing them away I want to feel it and know it’s ok and it will pass . Not distract it alway

@gabrielpeltier2885 2 года назад

love it, an aspect i have also found in a co-regulating way is to the degree the other ,wether it is a friend or practitioner to co-create a space between two peoples .....a healing space . in other words doing our own work is critical to helping each other. ...........Another interesting topic here is ........just to what degree we can sniff out other systems, as it almost seems like we have that instinct to know the health or capacity of the others system ......even their ability to go to certain levels....how effective is techno logic connection vs the in person co regulation and does it affect things differently. Thank You Irene.

@teamlyon3109 2 года назад

Hi Gabriel Peltier, Jen here from Team Lyon. Yes, for sure coregulation can be important on many fronts. We definitely have a way of sensing other systems. Sometimes we are aware of this consciously, sometimes we are not. And depending on our patterning, we may be drawn to systems that are more or less regulated. And while there is definitely a difference between in person connection and connection via technology, there can be some powerful connections made via technology.

@lizdenhup Месяц назад

This is such an amazing resource. THANK YOU!!!

@NorthbertR Год назад

I just discovered this channel and I'm really impressed. I was recently diagnosed with CPTSD after a serious breakdown that happened in 2020. Ever since my diagnosis, I have been looking for that kind of information, but even NHS ( UK ) information on a subject has been not very helpful. Thank you very much. It was amazingly helpful.

@IreneLyon Год назад

@TheNorthbert, Jen here from Irene's Team. It's great to hear that you've been finding Irene's content helpful. Since you're new around here, you might check out her New Here? page. Here's a link:irenelyon.com/new-here/

@katrinabongi6295 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for explaining this topic so well. I get it. You made me understand what I am going through on a daily basis. I've always believed that knowledge is power. Now, I can begin my healing journey. ❤

@anthonyiuculano6002 2 года назад

This is the best video of yours that I've watched, and I've been here for a few years now... thanks. I've been struggling for SO LONG as to what to do when the hard sensations come up.

@sandragrifo2411 Год назад

What about sweating and hot flashes? That is one of my somatic symptoms at 61. I am hyper aware and hyper vigilant after periods of being overstressed and lately I have been putting an icepack on my chest, heart side to calm and self regulate. . My sister was diagnosed with anemia and arythmia and was recently hospitalized she was throwimg up blood we rushed her to the hospital. I am calm when it is an emergency situation but a week later I had a melt down and anxiety. Thank God she survived. She had a bleeding ulcer. I said to my husband the iron infusion and blood thinner the doc prescribed her caused the ulcer to bleed. My distrust in the medical industry and insurance is a big stress issue for me. You would find my personal journey up to this point interesting.

@IreneLyon Год назад

Sandragrifo - Sweating and hot flashes may be a sign of increased sympathetic nervous system activation. That heat needs to move out. Here's a video about symptoms that pop up as we do this work: irenelyon.com/2017/05/19/new-symptoms-popping-healing-journey-watch/ -Mara with Team Lyon

@AnnoyedBacon-ce2ms Месяц назад

How does one address serious amounts of trauma emerging, when they don't have the nervous system capacity, and they are in dereailization and dissociation because of the trauma?

@sisterdiggins Год назад

This is a goldmine! Thank you so much for this video!

@XxLightningMasterxX1 3 месяца назад

When I was blacked out a few times I remember not being able to see, like I was blind, it was just black. What's that?

@annemurphy8074 Год назад

With this work, slow is fast.

@adelemoreau9354 Год назад

Minute 7: all the physiological symptoms of PTSD, I experience ALL of them, come times mixed, in different situations.

@noellecuisine8912 28 дней назад

What a lovely video thank you so much. I really appreciate it as it combines so much of my journey and it really talks to my mind and my heart at the same time ❤

@daniindie9447 2 года назад

This is amazing. Thank you, Irene.

@bellastone-le9eb Год назад

She is what we call an “anointed teacher”. She not only knows what she’s talking about and she’s not banking only on book smarts but has a good sense of how things should be done and how they work. Thank you for your contribution to those who need help.

@karadiberlino Год назад

Who is „we“?

@jessicamadrid5799 3 месяца назад

Yes, she is a in-tune healer. Using intuition is important for healing effectively, so you don’t waste time on ineffective textbook theories.

@emma-my8bn Год назад

Headaches 😢 from emotional distress. TY for actually understanding this. ❤

@8Freakish8 4 месяца назад

Bcs it causes you body tension. EVERY emotion is tied to a physical reaction and accumulates. That why u need to unlearn certaib things and,regularly doing stuff to release those emotions from your body. It can literally give u cancer or make u blind etc if you dont and its bad enough🫶🏼

@cambrie6590 2 месяца назад

Why did this video make me feel anxious and panicky?

@supersizegud 6 месяцев назад

Also stored love, joy. Its all energy

@inglestherightway Год назад

Thank you for this video. First time ever youtube's shown me your content. Wish it had been earlier.

@silviehibdon 9 месяцев назад

Wonderful. Thank you.

@FitzGeraldBurgess-g6o 16 дней назад

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@sharonschauer3257 Год назад

I have been sick for 12 years. It started at 42 with perimeno. I was also diagnosed with lyme disease. I don't have any 'trauma' that I can think of. I was healthy and happy, got the 'flu' and never got better. I have all these physical symptoms every day. Not sure there is hope for me. yes I treated the infections.

@IreneLyon Год назад

Hi Sharon, Seth here with Team Lyon. Almost everyone in industrialized society is living with unresolved trauma to one degree or another. The problem is that for a long time, people didn't understand what trauma actually was. It doesn't have to be getting attacked or being in a war. I suggest giving this article of Irene's a read and see if there are any aha's! irenelyon.com/2019/01/15/9-common-human-experiences-that-can-be-traumatic-but-are-often-seen-as-not/

@dorothyramig571 Год назад

I've been looking for ways to support my nervous system in social situations. This video library will be helpful, I'm pretty sure, after listening to this one for the first time. Thanks!

@IreneLyon Год назад

@dorothyramig571, great to hear the video resonated with you. You might check out this one too as it offers creative ways to spark up that social engagement system. Four ways to spark up our social engagement nervous system without socializing. - irenelyon.com/2020/06/14/four-ways-to-spark-up-our-social-engagement-nervous-system-without-socializing/ - Jen from Team Lyon

@Oouri.0.2.0 Год назад

i'm suffering from next door's noise in my home alone when i'm sensitive , can i do this on this symptom? feel anxious and irritated ,energy contracting when i hear noise at night etc

@livejadelive Год назад

Im in the same situation, slightly different circumstances 😰 Its misery.

@IreneLyon Год назад

Earth Collector, Jen here from Team Lyon. Learning about the nervous system has helped many people to lessen different types of sensitivity, including to sound. Sometimes a specific practice can help, and what tend to make the biggest difference is learning about and practicing this work over time. I'll link to a few of Irene's related resources that you can check out if you'd like to learn more; Field Guide to Your Nervous System - irenelyon.com/field-guide-to-your-nervous-system 7 Steps to De-Stress - irenelyon.com/7-steps-opt-in-IL

@baileystruss7319 2 года назад

How about in the case ME/CFS FM that was brought on by trauma? My symptoms are constantly overwhelming. Could this work benefit?

@IreneLyon 2 года назад

Hi Bailey, Seth here with Team Lyon. Yes, for sure. Many of our clients share your symptoms and it is absolutely possible to recover. It's very important with those symptoms though, to go very slow.

@monicawilde7107 Год назад

Beautiful delivery of essential and liberating information. thank you for the work you do in sharing this empowering information to the world

@shh3216 Месяц назад

I seem to go through periods of extreme isolation and shut down/freeze response, and then a long road back through fight or flight into ventral vagal (which I spend a short amount of time in before another trigger or stage of healing unfolds) and then back through this cycle. I want it to end and be free to live without my body shutting down.

@IreneLyon Месяц назад

Hello @shh3216 , Sophia here from Team Lyon. Thank you for your comment and share. Irene's work helps most people heal at the nervous system level, which generally has a positive impact on the entire human system and many folks find this nervous system work at its heart is about becoming who YOU truly are and finally learning what it means to go from living in a state of survival, stress and anxiety to a place of hope, possibility and solid well-being. If you are interested to learn more and start working with your nervous system, a good place to start would be Irene's free resources and mini training "Healing Trauma", all of which are housed under this link: irenelyon.com/free-resources/ Additionally, I'm sharing a video you may find informative: "How to come out of a chronic freeze response" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iNVfBeKTt24.html Feel free to reach out to our support inbox for any questions.

@rainsophia Год назад

This is beautiful- so grateful to have found this 😊

@BamBam_PDX 2 года назад

Pressure in the Rectum is my new band name.

@painterprashant Год назад

Painting behind is beautiful as good as the topic expressed

@a.s.jackson8203 Год назад

Thank you for this video. This is my first time watching your channel and I think I'm going to learn a lot here. I especially liked your saying how we can begin to build capacity by noticing what we feel in our bodies right before we notice that we need to go to the bathroom. Yes, we are having physical sensations all day long but are not aware of them. This is so helpful to begin to build somatic capacity. These everyday sensations are always there. (I know people who didn't realize that the uncomfortable feeling/pain they would have right before they needed to have a bowel movement was happening because they were about to have a bowel movement. They thought they had a stomach ache and they didn't realize that the ache went away once they had the bowel movement.) I have experienced feeling cold and shivering at times in my life and I didn't know exactly why it was happening. It hasn't happened in a long time and I can't recall under what circumstances it would happen, maybe while I was feeling some stress like right before an interview or something else kind of stressful. I will now be able to look at it if and when it happens again and know that it's likely a trauma response and I will be able to deal with it. I'll be watching more of your videos. Thank you!

@IreneLyon Год назад

@a.s.jackson8203, Jen here from Irene's Team. Great to hear that Irene's teaching is resonating with you! Since you mentioned that you're new around here, you might check out these resources: New Here? - irenelyon.com/new-here/ A Field Guide to Your Nervous System - irenelyon.com/field-guide-to-your-nervous-system

@novasplosionspotions8610 Год назад

This will be my channel of obsession for the next month :)

@novasplosionspotions8610 Год назад

For the content not bc I’m being creepy 🥲

@TamarChante 2 года назад

So clear & important! Thank you :) As always, I love your work 💗

@kittycat1302 Год назад

Some of the resonated with me, but to be honest, the healing process sounds exhausting, overwhelming to me. I’m 65. I want to heal and change. I can’t afford sessions or courses. I will look into the free resources you offer. I appreciate you offering them. I especially related to the part about not being able to “trust your gut.” Have thought I was doing this many times only to find myself in trouble. I’m interested to know how all this relates to self sabotage and how to overcome it. Thank you again.

@IreneLyon Год назад

Bailey here from Team Lyon. Yes! Dig into those free resources. If you are new here (welcome!), I suggest heading over to the New Here page and signing up for the free Field Guide. Here is the link: www.irenelyon.com/new-here. (A Field Guide to Your Nervous System will pop up when you click on that link). ☺

@kittycat1302 Год назад

@@IreneLyon Hi Bailey! Thank you for taking the time to make a personal reply. I followed the link you sent and downloaded the field guide. I am looking forward to digging in.

@kristin1533 10 месяцев назад

You look great in that rust colored top, Irene.

@Oscarpinedas Год назад

Is stored stress, survival stress or traumatized energy stored the same thing? Can this be described as hormones stuck in our body since adrenaline and cortisol are the stress hormones?

@IreneLyon Год назад

Oscar - Mara here with Team Lyon. Survival stress is meant to arise and process to completion. When that doesn't happen because of lack of safety or lack of capacity, it gets stored and can be stuck. It's not necessarily hormones stuck in our body since the hormones are relatively short lived, but it may be muscular tension, or dysregulation of the nervous system so the cycling of the hormones and all systems that depend on them get out of whack.

@Oscarpinedas Год назад

@@IreneLyon Thank you very much!

@smartypants6198 Год назад

Just found you. I agree with this

@gemfisher-highvibe6628 9 месяцев назад

Have u worked with autistic people before, those that are considered ow need (used to be called high functioning)?

@IreneLyon 9 месяцев назад

Hello, Sophia from Team Lyon here. Irene's students come from all backgrounds, including what you mentioned.

@richellelemon3137 Год назад

@ 4:03 Irene makes mention "usually when we are young", when do we stop being young? 😢

@IreneLyon Год назад

@richellelemon3137, Jen here from Team Lyon. Generally speaking we're referring to the periods during which we're developing as optimal developmental requires an attuned other. So "young" could refer to the entirety of childhood, and the impact on someone will be different depending on their age and where they are developmentally.

@Ellenweiss1 2 года назад

Thank you for your work Irene!!!!! It covers so much that needs to be covered.

@722Mystic 2 месяца назад

Thank GOD!😂😂😂No I really did experience this attitude adjustment re the kind of friends I keep making. Re the sick part, I know as in have faith that I’m not sick. Just still reprogramming my body to believe it and fall in line. Ugh. Long process with Chiron conj DC in my 6H Pisces. Neptune is not helping but thankfully I know astrology!

@alliewilliams6237 2 года назад

Amazing!!! Thank you so much ❤️

@holisticgirl 2 года назад

I learn something each time I listen. I think you fill in the understanding where Bessel leaves off.

@a.k.3110 Год назад

Thank you. I learned a lot. This video is very helpful.

@hustlemami8732 2 года назад

I hate that I only found this now 💔 I have been searching for answers for so long 💔. Thank you so so much Irene. I don't know how to thank you. I'm trying so hard. I just want to get better😢....

@IreneLyon 2 года назад

Hi there - Diana here with Team Lyon. Thank you for your comment and reaching out, are you okay if we share your comment?

@stephaniecoffee447 Год назад

what does one do when the symptoms are running constantly? how do we figure out our blueprint?

@IreneLyon Год назад

@stephaniecoffee447, Jen here from Irene's Team. I just shared a few related resources with you under a different comment that you might check out. Sometimes the nervous system never learned how to down-regulate, how to shift into the states that support the ability to relax, have restful sleep, healthy digestion, and much more. When this is the case, an important aspect of the healing process if often learning how to grow nervous system capacity and regulation. In addition to what I shared in response to your other comment, you might check out these resources. How to Build Capacity to Heal Anxiety - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JaPd4bnv-wU.html This lady deserves a gold star! My long-form interview with Kathy Kain. - irenelyon.com/2018/12/18/this-lady-deserves-a-gold-star-my-long-form-interview-with-kathy-kain/

@sheilam8447 5 месяцев назад

This was amazing thank you SO much

@MayanPrincess3 Год назад

Thank you for speaking on this. I’ve been having bad anxiety attacks daily. I realized I’m extremely burnt out and possibly have adrenal fatigue

@petyabor5223 Год назад

Hello! How are you feeling now?

@GodiscomingBhappy 11 месяцев назад

@mayanprincess3 yeah i know the feeling... too much, too often, too sudden, too intense....

@loes1655 2 года назад

Again and again you always inspired me. More and more i understand the wisdom of the nervus system.

@MaryJones-fs4wf 6 месяцев назад

Common sense talk with no talking about HOW. This makes me angry. Why won’t she say buy my program and I’ll teach you how.

@IreneLyon 6 месяцев назад

Hello, Sophia from Team Lyon here. Thank you for your feedback. If you feel inclined to work on your nervous system, I invite you to check out Irene's many free resources, especially the "Healing Trauma" mini training irenelyon.com/free-resources/ . Feel free to reach out to our support inbox with any feedback, reflections or questions.

@MaryJones-fs4wf 6 месяцев назад

@@IreneLyon thank you

@andreasandor8165 10 дней назад

How do you put connecting to the environment into practise if you hate the city, the country you are forced to live in? Every time I try to practise orientation I go into freeze mode. I have been insulted about getting "fat" because I feel this getting bigger you are talking about as I am going through this healing.

@IreneLyon 8 дней назад

@andreasandor8165, Jen here from Irene's Team. I hear you, it can be challenging to connect with the environment if you hate where you live. When this is the case, it may be helpful to find and intentionally put things in your environment that feel safe or interesting or nourishing to you. These may be things like a tea you like, an image, a quote, plants, etc. I choose soft clothes as they are something I enjoy and often orient to them, especially soft sweaters in the winter.

@andreasandor8165 8 дней назад

@IreneLyon Hi Jen thank you for replying. Great advises. I will try to do them. Thank you.

@rainbowdreams6660 2 года назад

Thankyou, very helpful and completely relevant to me

@Sofaklecks Год назад

Rather a WhyTo than a HowTo, but contentwise very precious video.

@greentree5448 Год назад

Thanks for this, but I'm still a little unclear: Are you saying that, if you've had pre-verbal trauma or an attachment breech (so, not only have never felt safe in your body but, even more challenging, experience terror when embodied because being embodied as a young child was actually life-threatening) that the way to remedy that is titration? If that is what you're saying then I have more questions: 1) Isn't that just exposure therapy and, as such, re-traumatizing because, in essence, it's a boundary violation? And 2) How do you titrate towards something you've never experienced? In other words, how do you build a new paradigm when you don't have the necessary elemental ingredients already planted somewhere in your nervous system as a lived experience? And 3) How do you navigate the existential terror that embodiment provokes? How do you build capacity when capacity is terrifying? To use your earlier metaphor of body building: How do you build muscle when exercise, historically, has always been life threatening?

@champagnjethersiahdduvenag6078 2 года назад

I have been building up my systems in this way al my life. Its a lifestile.

@emmaowen8599 Год назад

This is a great video. Whilst trying to uncover how I feel in current moments of stress I have come to the realisation that I don't feel anything at all. I just feel completely numb to any type of sensation in my body and have zero emotions. The only thing I notice is that I think my baseline is freeze mode and then when faced with any type of stressor my body completely shuts off and I can't do or understand basic tasks. What would your recommendation be on where to start if you literally can't feel anything? Thank you, would appreciate any advice to build on this.

@IreneLyon Год назад

Emma Owen, Jen here from Team Lyon. What you describe is not uncommon - many of us come to this work living with a lot of freeze in our system and unable to feel much. We don't need to feel much in order to start doing this work. As you learn more about your physiology and gently explore the neurosensory practices, capacity starts to grow. As it does, we start to feel more and learn how to support ourselves in what we are feeling. Irene's 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up can be a great place to start. It's a course where you learn fundamental nervous system education and practices. You're able to start it at anytime and go through it at your pace. Irene also offers monthly Drop In classes which can be a great way to start to explore this work. I'll share the links to these in case you'd like to learn more, and I'll also share a link to one of Irene's popular free resources. 7 Steps to De-Stress - irenelyon.com/7-steps-opt-in-IL 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up - 21daytuneup.com Drop In Classes - irenelyon.com/drop-in-class-1

@valwest8672 Год назад

I literally just had a breakthrough with EFT tapping I have freeze response I’ve been working on my c-ptsd stuff for the past 18 months. I was missing the step of keeping my eyes open.

@slowlovedlife Год назад

You could try using a feeling wheel diagram to slowly identify feelings. For years, when asked how I felt my answer would be, stressed. The feeling wheel really helped me to uncover more emotions, although its a slow process. I hope this helps.