Vertigo~ When Disaster Strikes
It all begins with an idea.
VERTIGO
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When disaster strikes, whatever it may be, if it is enough to knock us off our center, we can become ungrounded and become dizzy.
When our nervous system becomes triggered to a state of fear or panic, we shift into the sympathetic nervous system and move into a state of fight, flight, or freeze. The more heightened or long term this state becomes, we may find ourselves moving up and out of our body- this is the freeze. We are prepared for imminent death. We are ready for the tiger to strike, kill, and devour us.
When we try to keep going in life in this situation, we are fighting a hormonal response and we become ungrounded, dizzy, and weak. And though there is no tiger chasing us, our fearful thoughts tell the body otherwise. Our mind is locked into fear, and it is telling our body we are in danger. When we begin to move through thoughts of fear and panic, our body begins to secrete the appropriately responding chemicals and hormones to prepare the body. And we truly begin to spin.
The key to moving out of Vertigo is to STOP.
Literally.
Put Everything Down.
Including Your Self.
Just Stop.
And Breathe.
Breathe into the Belly. Tell your mind and your body that you are safe. Breathe into the safety. Breathe into the heart. Place one hand on the heart and the other on the belly. Place your lower back against a chair and your feet on the floor. Sit up straight and feel your spine extend. Feel your strength. Breathe into the mind. Connect with your angels, ancestor, and helpers. Breathe back into the belly and keep breathing there.
Sit for a Long, Long Time. Just Be. With all of it. You are not any of it. You are You. A Soul Star. Having a Human Experience. Open the eyes and look slowly from one side to the other, maintaining a slow, deep breath. Note the colors that surround you. Then slowly look side to side again, and note the light that surrounds you. Look again and note the items of love and joy that surround you. Breathe into the heart. Breathe into the belly. Really ground in. Place your hands on your head, you are safe. Breathe there. Feel your feet on the ground, breathe there.
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Grounding~
If you can go on a leisurely walk in nature, do. Breathe in the pine and cedar, or the ocean, or the summer flowers. Feel the earth or the warm sand beneath the feet. This calms the mind and the entire nervous system. It regulates our perception of reality and brings it back into a natural baseline.
Sitting outside with the flowers, bees, butterflies and bees brings peace and clarity as we can See that all is well, thriving, growing. We take that in and it regulates our nervous system.
If you can get by moving water like a creek, river, or stream, please do. If you can put your hands and feet in, do. Face and head is fantastic. This cleanses our field and resets our nervous system. Washing your face in cool water at the sink is great too, smile at yourself in the mirror, you're doing it! You're taking care of yourself and doing amazing!!
Hum. Find a tone or sound like "ah", or "ohm" and hold it for 5 seconds. Repeat 10 times. This stimulates the vagal nerve shifting us back into a parasympathetic nervous state.
Keep the body warm. Warm epsom or sea salt baths. Flower baths if you can.
Eat warming, grounding, and nourishing foods. Steer away from processed, and move towards wholeness. Think grounding. Beef, Bison, Deer/Venison, Elk. Root Vegetables. Fats and Oils.
Rest.
Remember these are waves.
Congratulate yourself on how well you are doing. Take deep care of yourself, and congratulate and appreciate how well you are taking care of yourself amidst everything.
Be that Calm for YourSelf in the little tasks of Self-Care. It is much like the chop wood, carry water, bake bread. This is the moving meditation that keeps us grounded into Life. Into Source. Into Spirit. Into Our Knowing. Into Our Higher Expression Of Self.
Give yourself permission to feel peace, amidst the storm. To be the peace, in the eye 🧿 of the storm.
Let the Angels and Guardians hold you for a time. Let them take all of the worry, the troubles, the pain, and hold it for you. Let them help you bring it to strength, wisdom, clarity, and peace. In the greater picture of it all, All Is Well. Be that remembering. That Truth. God's Got You. Spirit Has You. Your Angels Have You. Your Soul Has You. Your Ancestors Have You. The Universe Has You. The Greater Purpose and Plan Has You. Your Teams Have You. You Are Truly Held. All The Way Through. Simply Slow Down and Be.
This can shift Everything in a matter of minutes. 🕊