Learn how to listen to your cells & follow your impulse || TIP || with Irene Lyon 

I’ve always thought power lines were dangerous and bad for our energetic bodies, am I wrong with that perception?

Love it. So true. Simple. :)

Yes you got it Grace. Slowly we are moving the needle forward in understanding how important our biology is! Keep up the work on you!

That is awful that you experienced such abuse every day in school! I have had just one similar experience. I was trapped in a car with a friend of my parents who refused to stop and let me use a bathroom (to urinate) until we drove back to my parents church. That experience left me with bladder issues and trauma. I was in tears and in severe pain by the time we got to church. I was 13 years old. Now I sometimes have to consciously struggle to release urine from my bladder even when it is full. I trace it back to this event because I had no trouble before The man who had me trapped in his car hated women and children and enjoyed the power he had over them. I think people who hate children see them as weak and needy. They even get a power trip out of denying children the right to express the most basic biological need. It's sick and it is abuse!😞

Hi Kali Thanks for commenting here. Glad to see this work is resonating with you. I've got LOTS of clients/students in Australia it seems. Keep learning and be sure to check out my other resources, ebooks, audio downloads and online programs if you'd like to learn more with me. Irene XX

Hi Bookish Writer, Jen here from Team Lyon. It can take some time to learn to discern the difference, and starting with things like noticing when you have to go to the bathroom, when you're thirsty or hungry, when you feel warm or cool can be surprisingly powerful. Impulses also often feel a bit quieter and less urgent that those that arise from survival fears.

@@teamlyon3109 Thanks for your help

Great question Daniel G. I would explore if the "impulse" to have the cookie is showing up as a management/coping strategy where the action of having the cookie is satisfying something or covering up/helping one avoid feeling something. Verses a "healthy impulse" would be one that comes from a more natural instinctual place. Does that make sense? Nicole - Team Lyon Moderator

Yes, it does, totally. I actually now realize that I already knew this, but somehow forgot/overlooked it at the time of asking the question. Thank you very much for reminding me again of this truth in me.

Hi JL. Sorry for my delay in getting back to you. Frequent urination, or the urge to go, can be a sign of a nervous system that is sending signals that are "off." It isn't critical, but I've worked with a few people who when it goes un-helped, it can lead to cystitis. So, my suggestion is to access your stress levels and also access if you have any old traumas (early stuff too) that might be playing up in your bladder and sending the signals too frequently. The biggest question I would have for you is "were there many times in your life when you felt unsafe, and/or under threat" , or times when you were "heard" or "listened to" or "able to express yourself" etc. All this stuff can lead to a nervous system feeling unsafe and needing to go into fight/flee/freeze mode. If you haven't already, definitely sign up for my upcoming Healing Trauma video training series. It'll give you some good info about the nervous system and how to ensure it is in top healthy condition. :) irenelyon.com/healingtrauma-yt Thanks for commenting! Irene.

I'm having the same issue since I was about 12-14 (so at least for 25 years). Sounds a lot. I've been at doctors but of course no solution. I knew it's my nervous system, I've been living with internal high stress since forever but somehow no one noticed. Or if they did, they didn't help. So now I'm very motivated to take the healing into my own hands and also following Irene's teachings. I definitely noticed that when I'm under more stress, I get the urge to go often. For me the worse is before I have to leave the house and not being sure if I will have access to a restroom soon, then I feel the urge to go 2-3-4 times literally one after the other. Also when I lay down, before sleep, if haven't fallen asleep in 15-20 minutes or sometimes less, I feel the need to go. I hope that doing this work will help me with this issue as well.

@@andreac647 I have the same problem and it's interesting that Irene mentioned the classroom situation. I would not ask to go to the toilet, because it drew attention to me and the possibility of derision and scorn. So I learned to 'last' for hours. But that suppresses the body's instinctive response. Now I cannot go far from a toilet because of the urge. The emotional background to this is complex but I've realised that my peeing/pooping habits were influenced by a substantial trauma around the age of two. At times of severe anxiety my focus is drawn to those functions and then a cycle of focused anxiety is set up. If I'm calmer then I don't suffer from it as badly. I've had the same 2-3-4 times thing from time-to-time. I go to sleep and wake an hour after - because my urination feedback system has become far more sensitive to messages I could ignore once. Irene spoke about something that rang a bell in her "Can you process a trauma that you don't remember?" video. She mentioned "squeezed kidneys". Fight-or-flight causes the body to expel 'waste' material. If you're in 'sympathetic mode' for long periods then you're expelling more urine. My early situation had taught me some bad lessons and suppressed my natural instincts - meaning I learned that the natural instincts I felt could be troublesome for me. Because i was anxious I started wetting the bed - which got me into deeper 'water' (excuse the pun). So, I think the lesson is to begin to find what feels instinctive again. The journey isn't simple because you're testing these learned wrong habits. I'm trying to speak to my inner child with comforting words, yet I find an overlay of my parents in me that is demanding and critical. This is a complex journey - I'm reminded of 'Pilgrim's Progress'. I guess it's about moving slowly and steadily into a position where the 'ventral' state is normal rather than either the sympathetic or dorsal. Irene is the best practical exponent of this and appears to have a deep understanding of the nature of this misalignment of the nervous system. At the moment we live in decidedly stressful times. x

Hi Carolina, Seth here with Team Lyon. Yes, for sure! talking to our cells is a fine idea :) There's may ways we might do that. It could mean literally using our words. It could mean visualizing color or some form of healing goodness entering them, or surrounding them, it could mean broadcasting our intention internally, or it could even mean listening to music, dancing, singing, and more! Also, often times it's about not talking TO our cells, but giving them a voice. This is sometimes the second part of listening to them. We hear what they are feeling/saying and that may translate into expression, emotion, movement, etc.. Ways that we help something that is wanting to happen, to happen.

@@IreneLyon Thanks Seth. Not sure if I've seen this in SBSM anywhere but your reply is really useful. Thanks again.