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PACETM
, which calm the Limbic System to ease mood and memory, create more communication between left and right brains, and soothe the Sympathetic Nervous System, that part of the lizard brain that signals us to fight, flee, or freeze.
Here are the steps for this exercise that, through effectively allowing us to separate ourselves from ruminating on past events and failures, brings us right into the present moment. It is especially helpful if you suffer from PTSD, to know that right now, focused in this moment, you are safe and able to make good choices toward what you want in life.
Conduct an experiment in changing your thoughts by first doing a brain dump. Take one minute to write down all the thoughts in your head – as many as you can in a minute.
Now do PACETM – Positive, Action, Clarity, Energy from Brain GymTM:
1. Drink Water – rehydrating your brain to think more clearly
2. Hold Brain Buttons – stimulating the limbic system to calm mood and memories
Have your feet flat on the floor. Place thumb and forefinger on your collarbone, on both sides of the sternum, tongue to roof of mouth. Close your eyes, take a deep, conscious breath, and gently rub the collarbone points. Keep your tongue to the roof of the mouth, to stimulate the brain stem. Repeat for 30-60 seconds.
3. Do Cross Crawls – integrating left and right brain
Touch left knee with right hand, then right knee with left hand, alternating 20 times. Do this with opposite hands, alternately touching one elbow then the other for 20 times. Keep your tongue to the roof of the mouth.
4. Do Hook-Ups – calming the sympathetic nervous
system, as well as anxiety, PTSD, & ‘future tripping’, to bring you right into the present moment
Part 1 - Cross ankles, and cross arms, with fingers touching the shoulders, keeping tongue to the roof of mouth. Continue until you feel a shift in your energy and can breathe deeply.
Part 2 – Have feet flat on floor. Connect acupressure points by putting fingertips together in your lap.
Note: Although not part of original Brain GymTM,
if you like, you can add in visualizing the energy traveling up your hands to wrists, up lower arms, up upper arms, over the shoulders, down through the back and out the base of your spine, sending a cord of energy into the earth.
Now write down all the thoughts in your head, without manufacturing them, just what’s there right after doing the exercise. Do you see a difference? This is what being focused feels like. You are in the present moment, where all things are possible.
Now that you have calmed the internal chatter, focus on positive thoughts and one action that you can take to move forward, toward manifesting the life you want. Perhaps it is meditating on an affirmation, such as “I will let my most positive self guide my thoughts, decisions and actions today.”
In the words of philosopher Lao Tzu, “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” Or in other words, when you let go of the limits you believe are stopping you, you open to a different, more successful reality. To manifest your dreams, ground yourself in the present moment, the only place where change
is possible, and remember to be careful of what you think!
* Please note that there is no evidence that thoughts bring about misfortunes such as serious illness, injury, or poverty.
Marjorie Favuzzi, Certified Dare to Dream Life Coach, ADD and Addiction Specialist, has been educating and coaching since 1996. Her greatest joy is seeing the
light of hope in her client’s eyes. Her signature series “Turning I Can’t into I CAN!TM” utilizes Brain GymTM based exercises, and the EFT Matrix Re-imprinting techniques of tapping, to stimulate acupressure points and turn the brain around so that it can release trauma, unlock ultimate potential, and manifest goals. 707-206-1477
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