When I told you about my motorbike ride to the Maras Salt Mines last week, I was thinking. When I was feeling the bike lean into the corners, I was feeling. Posting on social media about your last holiday is thinking. Feeling the warm water lapping at your toes is feeling. Thinking or telling someone … Continue reading
Nor is your depression, trouble sleeping or that icky sticky imposter syndrome feeling. This is one of my favourite things about the nervous system framework. I used to blame myself for my various “issues”. I thought I’d somehow failed. That I was broken. But once I understood the mechanics of the nervous system survival response … Continue reading
I started one of Joel Jamieson’s courses on the weekend. He’s a best-selling author and one of the world’s foremost authorities on strength, conditioning, and energy systems. His training strategies have been used by thousands of elite performers and top athletes worldwide, including the Navy SEALS, UFC champions, and dozens of teams from the NFL, NBA, MLS, … Continue reading
I walked into the house the other day and ran straight into a crime scene. Blood on the floor. Body parts all over the place. A leg here… …an arm there. Annnnnnnnnnnd… FEATHERS EVERYWHERE 🪶 Yes, that’s right. Zeus (or was it Storm!?) had killed a bird and torn it apart limb from limb, feather … Continue reading
My new breathing trainer arrived this week. Yes. Yes, it’s true. I don’t know how to breathe… so I bought a breathing trainer 🤷♂️ Is that crazy or what? Each morning, I stick this thing in my mouth and suck 😏 I suck air through it 30x (for 30 breaths). I do it again in … Continue reading
When an Arabian gazelle escapes from a cheetah, does it make a list of what it’s grateful for? When a Peruvian climbing mouse escapes from Zeus or Storm (one of our cats), does it whip out its $49 Moleskine journal to process the experience? When a Siberian tiger escapes from a hunter, does it sit down … Continue reading
Spanish is jiu jitsu is ballet is gardening is knitting is building houses is programming is writing is hiking is snowboarding is cooking is overcoming anxiety and depression is nervous system work is tantric sex and full body orgasms that shake the walls of the house and make your neighbours call the cops. The point … Continue reading
I revved the throttle and the motorbike surged forward… Adyashatmypants, Mr Desert and I were on our way to the Maras Salt Mines and the ancient ruins of Moray. Adyashatmypants, you know already. Mr Desert (aka Sean) is my other housemate. His nickname refers to the fact that he has a habit of wandering off … Continue reading
I recorded a podcast interview this week with one of the founders of the Institute of Somatic Sexology. Turns out, some very smart people figured out how to apply the nervous system tools of getting into the body to sex. And why the hell not, right? Who doesn’t want better sex? More pleasure? Toe-curling, mind-numbing, banshee-moaning orgasms? 😍 … Continue reading
Having sex is (usually) fun 🍆🍑 …while giving birth is messy, painful and uncomfortable (even if you eventually wind up telling people that it’s “the best thing that ever happened to you”). Most (all?) things are like this. For example, take Spanish. Signing up to a Spanish course or getting a lesson or watching a … Continue reading