The 5 stages of neuroplastic healing
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2019
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At two separate times in my private practice I have had two different people (they didn’t know on another) express some pretty big frustration in their attempts to meditate. Both said the same thing to me, and this is a direct quote:
“...(trying to meditate) was like being locked in a dark room with an angry man screaming at me.”
I will never forget those words, nor the visual that came with them.
This vignette leads directly into this topic of neuroplastic healing sequencing and why it is so darn important to understand. It is especially important for us if we want to get off the spinning wheel of only coping and managing the symptoms and struggles that plague us over and over again, instead of actually moving past those symptoms.
Put another way, if you want to heal for real, then understanding (and eventually practicing) what is in this week’s video is mandatory for lifelong wellness and liberation.
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My website is a wealth of free resources and information on how to start this work, so here it is one more time: irenelyon.com
1. Lifestyle
2. Neuromodular (reducing chronic stress / anxiety / regulating system)
3. Neurostimulation (exercise / sun / sound / sensations / trigger and recover)
4. Neurorelaxaion (rejuvenation)
(this is a lifestyle process; like losing excess body fat)
5. Neurodifferentiation
Could you suggest some nutritionists?
@@formatorlol7452 Dr Morse in Florida 🙏🏻
And none of this possible where you're still not in a safe place or without the support of others
Thanks for typing this out. It’s super helpful for people like me who need to listen and then read it. It’s solidifies everything we’ve heard❤
Thank God for posting the list.
It wasn't until I combined mindfulness with Neuroplasticity that my healing truly began.
What did you do in order to heal?
Are you sure it was this stuff? There is no scientific evidence that this Polyvagal Therapy works. While the vagus nerve does play a role in transmitting and integrating emotion-related signals between the brain and the rest of the body, there is no evidence to suggest that it has any control over such behavior.
@@sofiafantin5280I see you didn’t get a response, maybe they didn’t get your question, but I found breathwork to be very calming to the nervous system. It helped me to connect with my body, has been grounding. Look up breathwork to understand more about this if interested. Hope this helps..Best to you!
I’m becoming fascinated with the neuroscience behind mental wellness. I wish this was more widely discussed
This is the most helpful video I have ever watched. I have been trying to heal my childhood traumas for years and getting nowhere. Thank you for sharing.
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I had to mix my meditation with journaling. Meditation doesn't make you anxious, it just shows how severely anxious you already are. it's like a weird mirror. If you don't have counseling or don't reflect on your life and feelings - seeing that mirror is frightening.
Also popular meditation is always the sitting still and trying to silence a mind. Well if you experience trauma - how can you tell your brain to quiet? Your brain is screaming, lol. So do the meditation that works for you. I have ADD - meditation is lying in bed or doing gardening. When my brain feels safe, then it quiets. Remember, you and your body are healing together.
That upbringing was straight in the 60s. Not to mention many other factors in my young life. Glad to be attempting to heal at the age of 63. This all sounds so me.Ty❤️
Makes total sense! Wiring parts that weren’t wired in childhood! Thank you
This is exactly what I needed to find right now. I’m going through a lot of changes right now with my mental health. I have been making positive changes, but it’s been overwhelming and my way of coping with overwhelm is, on top of learning how to sit with my emotions, is research.
I’ve been through a lot of trauma, some childhood, some domestic, some alcohol dependency related, but I’m healing now and it’s nice to know what going on in my noggin and still give myself kudos for how far I’ve come.
Maybe everyone’s path through healing is unique. It is your journey no one else’s. Find what works for you. Peace and love !!!
I have noticed since I have been watching your videos and talk, my nervous systems seems to be more calmer; I can't explain it but you have made me become aware of it, like a holistic living system thats connected to everything. When you speak I can see how all your nervous systems are in harmony and it is very calming and spiritual feeling which I like and are drawn too.
YES!!!!! This is how I feel. Some things don’t need re-wiring, they instead need to be wired for the first time !!!!!! So much resonates with me.
Thank you 🙏
Good stuff! I recently started an exercise program with the help of a trainer and look at it as physical therapy. I come from that dysfunctional family background and know how to close off feelings. So when the trainer asks things like how did your body feel after the last session, it takes a moment for me to come up with a coherent answer. These training sessions are baby steps for me to become more active with my body and in the world. It's giving me permission to focus incrementally and not rush to the nearest gym to pump iron. Be well all. Thank you Irene.
you are incredible!! been battling mysterious physical and mental health issues for quite some time now and have been researching so much about trauma and it’s link to chronic illness - and it’s funny, i keep telling everyone “i feel like my nervous system is out of whack or misfiring - it’s something new every week!” - just embarked on a neuroplastic journey not too long ago and i haven’t been holding myself accountable as much as i should. your approach is so refreshing. i look forward to continuing binging your videos!!
I relate so much to this. Hows your progress?
thats so sweet to say i bet taht meant a lot to her :))) hope it's going well so far!!!!
You are the mortar that makes the bricks of recovery fit and make sense. Excellent work - thank you.
Thank you. Very well explained. Blessings from South Australia 🌷
No human grows up in a PERFECT environment. We ALL have healing work to do in this lifetime ......... no parent is perfect hence they are human and here still learning on this planet which is the entire reason we incarnate into these human manifested bodies This planet is a SCHOOL. everyone can benefit from healing
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear! Excited to get into this! (Sort of) :)
I've been working through this the past few years and the biggest critics I've had to deal with have been my "care team" who don't get on board with anything until they "discover" it themselves months after I bring it up.
You are so good, such an intelligently organised, innovative, well explained content is beyond what we should normally hope to find on youtube, or university for that matter.
This is so helpful. I just restarted therapy for childhood trauma and since I just got started, the first session triggered an avalanche of memories and feelings. On one hand it felt good to learn something about myself but then I needed answers and researched and got totally overwhelmed my own body physically got up and walked away from the computer. I wasn’t listening to my body and I went too fast. This video was very helpful ❤️
You are so needed in this world! Finally! We are getting to the root of our suffering so healing can happen! 💕💕💜💜🙏🙏👍👍
Hey Lori. Seth here from team Lyon. Thanks so much for being here and for your supportive comments!
"getting to the root of our suffering so healing can happen".
100 yes.
Irene, thank you again for all the wealth of information to heal ourselves. I appreciate so much all the studying you have done so that you can put it together for us . 🙏🏻
Irene, you are a lifesaver. As soon as I am able, I’m going to take one of your course offerings. Thank you so much for doing this work!
Thank you so much for the ebook of “5 Stage ...”.
Thank you! I'm learning so much from every video.
I am gobsmacked! Thank you for your fantastic explanations of this process, it smacks of truth to me from what I have been feeling
This is so helpful. Trying to learn this stuff can be so overwhelming. You give great explanations
Dear Irene, these video’s have thought me so much. Thank you SO much for sharing your knowledge and all the effort you’re putting in to help others. You’re a blessing to my healing journey. Again, thank you! ❤️
This has been really helpful and superb timing for me (currently on a recovery programme for chronic fatigue). Your video has expanded my understanding in a way that helps me to plan my next stages and really contextualises what has happened to me. Wonderful!
Thank you Irene
I specifically searched for this topic and I found it! Thank youuu
Thank you so much for this video. I’m currently experiencing confusions, pains and instabilities. Your video explains a lot and makes me feel better. I think I’m on my way building up the capacity. Thank you.
Given me lots to think on. Thank you
Thank you!Am doing a brain retraining programme at the moment for chronic fatigue syndrome and this was really helpful.My upbringing was really stressful and I've always known that this affected my body.
Absolutely mindblow. Thank you sooo much for this information. I had the same problem with meditation, meditating years and I progressed very slowly. Not long time ago I started to build "safe space" in my imagination and that helped me ALOT, I started to feel the body more and also let emotions to release. I see that feeling safe is REALLY important.. Thanks also for your other videos, it helped me to do this safe space.
This truly is the most explanatory video I have ever watched and listened to on these topics.
Thank you for answering so many unanswered questions that I have pondered for years!! My fullest gratitude ❤
Thank you Irene💕🦋💕Such a great well rounded video.. especially for those not aquainted with neuroplasticity yet😎👍
Excellent! Such important information!
thank you, Irene
You work is just so amazing 😍💖thankyou Irene, may God bless you 💞
Hi Irene you really bring it across so beautiful. The Sequencing is vital.
20:03 - You have NO idea HOW much I need this video - it is a God-send.
And I will get the eBook a bit later.
Thank you again so much.
Wonderful information. This is so helpful. Thank you!!
Thankyou Irene for sharing your story, knowlage and tips. It is unpayable. There are so few people who are realy genuin and authentic and have gone down the journey of healing and doing all the reserch needed to understand where trauma is storend any why.
I realy love your calm exsplenation and guidence,
and kowing that you know what you are talking about because you have been there helps me feel not alone anymore in this. THANK YOU a Million Times, it meens the world to me.❤🙏😌
Much appreciated Irene
I've been looking and looking and looking for this information. I cannot express to you how much you just helped me. THANK YOU!!!!
Hi Grade A Solid. Seth here from team Lyon. I'm so glad you found Irene and her work! Welcome :) If you want an even deeper dive check out her free, three-part video training, Healing Trauma. On now! irenelyon.com/healing-trauma-youtube/
Already almost finished! This connection, this missing piece, is going to change my life along with my babies lives, and I believe my purpose lies here as well. No, I know it does. Thank you for doing what you all do. This is going to change so many lives. 💫💖
Very clear. Good outline of relationship towards mindfulness in the healing journey... ...I practised neuroplasticity, [on myself] with permanent success.
It’s comforting to know that you’ve practiced it and it’s been effective. Thank you for your kind words
How did u do .pls help
@@mariamshaikh9879 Firstly, we need to connect with other human beings. Something you have just begun, Mariam. Finding suitable health professionals for help. I believe that we all should have a breathing function test. I had so much wrong with me- I did not know where to start.
@@mariamshaikh9879 This is my therapist... ua-cam.com/video/P_IgOc0g_0A/v-deo.html
My experience is that a life with trauma can make it impossible to organize your nutrition and exercise as much as you should. My trauma stops me from doing those things. I need to feel safe to be able to give myself this so I prefer to start with inner work. I've come quite far in my neuromodulation now and I'm able to stay with my feelings, so personally I haven't gone through the steps in that order.
Hi Frida, Jen here from Team Lyon. The experience you describe is common for those of us with trauma histories. Often we need to grow nervous system regulation and capacity before we're able to take steps like eating healthier and exercising consistently.
Have you seen Irene's free Healing Trauma video series? It's a great way to get the bigger picture and to put this info into context. I'll link to it here in case you want to check it out. irenelyon.com/healing-trauma
Awesome 👍 Very good information I am currently doing them all this was confirmation for me your videos are very helpful thanks!
Thanks for being here and for doing the work Metro! - Seth from team Lyon
Thank you so much for your channel. It is been very helpful and informative. I've been recovering from my childhood traumas for over a decade now and during this time I've seen many psychotherapists. Sometimes those interactions have been more retraumatizing than actually healing. I feel like my own inner work and research from UA-cam, studies and books have helped me a whole lot more. For example, I was seeing a specialized traumatherapist who always engouraged me to focus on that part of the body where I felt the pain or numbness. That usually made me feel so much more disconnected and unsafe. She also encouraged me to just keep on deep breathing although I said to her that I just can't do that now no matter how hard I try. Then sometimes when big feelings like anger was coming on the surface and I started to feel helpless in the session she came into my chaos and started to fix it. When I said that I want to take a moment to regulate and can you please back of a little and give me space she couldn't do that and instead she started to ask me questions like "Well, how do you want me to help you then". At that point I just went to completele freeze. I've had similar experiences with many therapists. It also happens in several other occasions like in sport hobbies and even with singing classes. When you start to feel like your body is or is getting into freeze or other survival mode and you start to get panic and become passive people usually just seem to automatically push more. Give more advices, ask questions, even punishment.. Just about everything that just makes you feel more insecure. I cannot understand that. But I guess it just shows that most of us actually don't understand and listen to our bodies and when we see others in pain or helpless we cannot feel compassion and be there for them because we can't keep our own system separate from others and take the pressure off to create safety. That is a common pattern and cycle I see a lot. What you explain in your videos makes perfect sense to me and that is what I have learned through my own experiences and studies. But still it would be so helpful to find more interactions that actually helps you feel more safe because although I'm starting to understand myself, make progress with healing and connecting with my body I find it very hard to feel safe with other people and confronting them just keeps on triggering my body and leave me dissosiated for days or even weeks. It takes so much time for me to get my nervous system calm again. Sometimes it has made me isolate for long periods of time. On the other hand isolation helps with the safety but at the same time it can also enlarge the void between the connection and trust with other people. That is a conflict I find very hard to solve and I feel like it limits my life so much. I can't do things I'd like to because it takes so much time for me to recover from these interactions with people. And very rare people seem to understand. Sometimes it's so frustrating to try to explain yourself to people who just don't see or hear you and who keep on forcing and judging and systematically belittling your experiences.
Hi Annastiina, Seth here from Team Lyon. There is SO much wisdom in what you've written above and I couldn't agree with you more about how hard it is to find people, even those who are supposedly professionals in the trauma healing world, who actually understand trauma, how to work with it, and who aren't themselves traumatized and in fear. All I can say is that we here at Team Lyon got your back! Please keep watching the videos on this channel and if it fells like it would be helpful, know that Irene has created two online programs for people to do the work in their own home, and the biggest reason she created these was because of what you describe: there just are not enough good practitioners who really get it in order to meet the demand. I'll put the links to those programs below in case you feel like checking them out. Thanks again for being here and for being the brave soul that you are!
21 Day Tuneup - irenelyon.com/tuneup/
SmartBody SmartMind - www.smartbodysmartmind.com/
@@teamlyon3109 Many thanks for the answer and the kind words. I've watched so many helpful videos since I found this channel couple days ago. I think I will check the programs at some point too to help me do the work. Thank you for sharing all this information and greetings from Finland!
@@Lilredjeanie Hei! :) just as an aside - that's a nice double bass you got in your picture! Beautiful light finish, haven't seen that before!
@@teamlyon3109 Thank you, it's a Strunal Blonde from Czech Republic :)!
sleep has been a touh one with my own experiences. this made me cry but also ave me hope and happiness that i can change and so can my brain
Thank you! This is a helpful framework. 🧠👍
thank you so much. god bless you.
Ahhh this is so helpful! I’m finally getting to a place where meditation isn’t painful and it was definitely because I’ve been working on the other stages without realizing it. Wish I had seen this years ago
Thanks 👍👍
This is nothing short of incredible. I had the pleasure of reading something similar, and it was a work of art. "Unlocking the Brain's Full Potential" by Alexander Sterling
Outstanding. Thank you.
Brilliant
Simply superb
Your example of "no singing at the dinner table" caught me off guard as this is something I hear repeated in my head all the time given how often I heard it at home, and it only just started to dawn on me how damaging it was! DANG.
Can you give some examples of neuromodulation? How does one build this capacity? Also, is meditation the only form of neurodifferentiation?
I feel you❤
Thank you so much! I’ll totally get your e-book. One of the problems I have is depersonalization-derealization disorder (I’ve had it for over ten years) and in stationary treatment they advised me to be mindful and meditate and it does help, just the mindfulness mindset did already help me a lot to move to the right direction but it helps only to a degree and then it doesn’t anymore. I used to make body scans every day for about 9 months and at the beginning it was helpful and I was a little calmer and then it got really bad, I almost couldn’t get endure staying still for five minutes because my whole body felt like a thousand ants were running all over it. I saw that as me having to learn to cope with my anxiety and after a while it did get better. But then after another while it got worse again and I didn’t have the energy to do this fight again so I stopped. But I am still meditating every once in a while although it’s difficult because it has teached me to focus my system and get out of the flight mechanisms I am living in all the time, even if it’s just a bit. I still get really anxious because I can’t deal with myself yet. My experience when I try to stop and look inside is more like I am looking and then falling into an abyss and there is nobody to help me. Like existing is pain and I shouldn’t exist. Mindfulness and meditation helped me start to teach my body and mind that it’s okay to exist and calm down at times. It doesn’t work completely and I guess my nervous system and psyche is just not there yet, but it does help nonetheless.
Hi nyctilla, Jen here from Team Lyon. From a nervous system perspective, depersonalization-derealization disorder is something we can experience when the nervous system uses freeze as it's go to response for dealing with stress. When this is the case, meditation can sometimes help manage symptoms but it's not a long term solution. The good news is that this (and a lot more!) can change when you learn to grow nervous system regulation and capacity. I'll link to a few of Irene's resources that might be of interest.
Is there a mindfulness bubble waiting to burst? - medium.com/@irenelyon/is-there-a-mindfulness-bubble-waiting-to-burst-5afa32b91081
Free Healing Trauma training - irenelyon.com/healing-trauma-youtube/
Team Lyon Dear Jen, thanks for your response. This explanation resonates with me a lot. I have actually even described my state of being as “living in the freeze response” (means “Totstellreflex” in German which translates to “reflex to play dead”) before I had done much research on trauma and just knew about those three types of responses. I’ll check those resources out!
Also in my experience the issue with meditation is that moving is discouraged and it could potentially trigger a freeze response and following the breath if it's shallow and rapid can create more agitation and discomfort. What's more beneficial is resourcing and moving away from uncomfortable sensations so the nervous system feels more contained, has more capacity and feels safe and not go into overwhelm.
Thanks for this information, very valuable indeed
Hi Zen Lipstick, Seth here from Team Lyon, thanks for being here!
found you via instagram. really helpful content! thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
So great to hear that you find the content helpful :)
Nicole - Team Lyon
Relate to the mindfulness/meditation bits. I often used to find meditation mind numbing - just absolutely nothing there in my mind, in a strange quiet disconnected kind of way. But when I got into psychotherapy, started to realise how much I dissociated and I started to connect to my feelings, then meditation started to feel like a useful tool - I started to feel (sometimes scary) feelings come up during it and also moments of calm from it. I don’t think that would have happened without my therapist first helping me sit through feeling my feelings in therapy. I had a controlling, abusive, religious upbringing too like the people Irene describes.
I am just starting with you. I've always sensed that the pain I felt in the body was from a reaction to fear I sense in the environment. And mindful relaxation doesn't do it for me. I'm either hyped up or on the bed exhausted. I shall look for the e-book.
Totally agree with this but learning TM in '87, having an incredible sense that I had touched a Magnifence within me for the first time, CHANGED MY LIFE. I've not missed a day of meditation since, have found many other inc Vipassana 10 day silent retreats, my latest discovery is WIM HOF breathing, cold showers, push-ups. Meditation changed me from the INSIDE. I neuromodulate by daily Wim Hof breathing, cold showers, meditation, yoga.Thank you for your lessons.
I loved this . I went to all this experience. Now I know where I am. But some one in your family went through this trauma how to heal that everybody is different. If you have any tips person has hard time to forgive or forget its kind of hard. I enjoyed your video. Thank you God bless you.Amen.
Hi,
Nicole here from Team Lyon.
Forgiving and forgetting is very hard when we're still living out our trauma!
The key lies in helping regulated the nervous system and healing the trauma. The more we do that the more we have capacity to forgive and forget ✨
A good start would be some of Irene's programs or free content.
Here's a few links that might be helpful:
Healing Trauma Series - irenelyon.com/healing-trauma
7 Steps to De-Stress - irenelyon.com/7-steps-opt-in-IL
21 Day Program - irenelyon.com/tuneup
Wishing you insight and shifts!
Good stuff
I can totally relate to trying to have a calmer life and only feeling like being in a room with someone who is just screaming.
hi Irene, i recently had a (what can i only describe as psycosis due to THC use and large amounts of coffee), there are 4 mounths since i sleeped at all. I sometimes get to the point of my eyes closes but just when to fall i have a twitch of hands like i'm afraid to go sleeping. I coming more in the present and slowly recovering. What i did to get thru was a lot of meditation and i trust my body. Funny thing is before i started all this i had my best 2 weeks of my life and did amazing job with my T. I now wondering that maybe i'm afraid to get better cause always i feel without anxiety/fear in my body i just feel so empty and it scares me. Thank you for all your work, helping us to heal ourselfs!!
Very good and well explained In my opinion you need more than anything else is to go into one’s feelings, to experience true wholeness.
Meditation will just suppress and maintain trauma.
I sleep very well however I find often that it can be 2am by the time I actually go to bed. And I have often told myself or commented that it is almost like I am afraid to sleep. And I tell myself 'It's ok to go to sleep now.' So fascinating.
Yes. So fascinating!
I hope through some exploration and curiosity you gain some insight on this :)
Nicole - Team Lyon
11:30 build the capacity neuroregulation 11:55 first is to take care of basics of the bodily needs 12:30 3rd stimulation 13:40 4th downtime 15:00
I had lower limb dystonia of my left foot that just started out of nowhere a couple of months after the stroke.. slowly got worse as the cramping and contractures have become more rampant with certain movements. Just walking across the floor can trigger it. Really looking for options. Thank you for your education!
It makes so much sense not to add in extra neuro differentiation exercises if the body is already complete disregulated. If you already know how to calm your system, then things like meditation can be extremely beneficial
08:41 Norman Doidge, _Brain's Way of Healing_
He talks about the 5 stages of neuroplasticity.
Amazing synopsis. This makes total sense. As always, thanks for your insight. Which of your current courses (2023) covers these 5 stages?
pco2004, Jen here from Team Lyon. Irene covers these in her 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up course and more comprehensive SmartBody SmartMind program. She also has a related free e-book. I'll share links to all three in case you want to check them out.
21 Day Nervous System Tune Up - 21daytuneup.com/
SmartBody SmartMind - smartbodysmartmind.com/
5 Stages of Neuroplastic Healing - irenelyon.com/5-stages-of-neuroplastic-healing
Check out Norman Doidge's work for background reading.
Be gently diligent and persistent and plan to play the long game.
First Stage- Neuroculturate - Establish Good Lifestyle behaviours- good food, sleep, exercise. Second stage- Capacity to neuromodulate which means being able to regulate our nervous systems. Third part in sequence- Neurostimulation, out in sunlight, exercise enough only, swimming and more. Fourth step- neurorelaxation- rest, regenerate. not just in sleep. Even one minute every hour of the waking day is very good. Fifth Step- neurodifferentiation, ability to tell the difference between, previously tangled, states.
So good, Thank you Irene- heart heart heart
I had a Greek World History teacher in high school who was passionate about Greek history and culture and who spent an inordinate amount of time on the Greek ideal of Sound Body, Sound Mind. That was 40 years ago. Crazy how much of our scientific "discovery" seems always to have correlations to ancient wisdom from a variety of disciplines. Also, how much arrogance has separated us from those disciplines, as if the ideas hold no value unless they are ours. How much energy are we wasting essentially reinventing the wheel? Alan Watts, Joseph Campbell, and Lao Tzu, the Bible, and myriad other purveyors of great ideas in philosophy may not explain the mechanical processes involved, but long ago identified operative keys and desired results. I don't need to know how an internal combustion engine works in order to drive a car. But, I appreciate VERY much that you've taken the time and effort to identify the complexity of the systems involved and describe how to manage them in coordination to facilitate healing because study of the ancients may give you the tools, they stop short of giving you the manual to use them most effectively. And going at it in a haphazard fashion could take decades with no promise of achieving the desired outcome. I'm glad to have all of that knowledge (liberal arts degrees ARE beneficial -- but that's an argument I engage in elsewhere), but very much needed a qualified guide to help me apply what I know. Thank you for being my guide! I can't tell you how excited I am to finally understand what has been happening to me and to have at least a solid direction in which to begin. I feel like I found you just in the nick of time as my therapist just this week started me on a daily routine of meditation to sort of calm my trauma responses in advance of their triggers (though I don't know what they are) which makes zero sense to me. I felt like she was giving me a prescribed response, generic to PTSD, without fully understanding the complexity component of my trauma.
Omg so I’ve been experiencing morning panic attacks.. and I was also like brought up in a chaotic household and abused at one point.. now years later I’m in therapy and been waiting for a psychologist appointment but in the mean time I’m struggling..... I’m living with my grandma for the 1st time in my life and when you said an environment where you can’t be yourself it’s like yesss exactly, but my grandmother honestly is not that nice and if I had a choice right now I wouldn’t be staying with her but I don’t... and she herself causes me a lot of anxiety alone never mind the anxieties and things I’ve already had and then now I’m waking up every morning in the middle of a panic attack to where I throw up and I just don’t know how I’m supposed to live with SUCH a negative person when I’m trying to be positive and heal and she just wants to hurt others and I’m not about that.. but how am I supposed to live with her anddd these panic attacks under control ☹️🥺🥺🥺
Hi Gabriellaa, Seth here from Team Lyon. Sorry to hear about this predicament you, and many others too, are in - living in a toxic environment while we try to heal is SO tough. Ultimately, you need to get out of there, but you can still do good work in the meantime with developing your boundaries,. Please have a read of this article of mine, as it talks about some practical things you can do in such a situation. sethlyon.com/sometimes-break-family/
Hi I have pulsating tinnitus. Doctors say blood vessels in brain coursing along hearing nerves. Accupuncture had helped as did yoga. Can your approach help? Thanks
Irene, you really are a Godsend. I believe you are an angel sent here from above to spread your spiritual work. While you may not talk about the spirituality, let me tell you, it shines through you anyhow!! Muah! Oh! is it SAFE to bingewatch your videos all day long for days at a time? I feel like it helps me so much.
Hi Terry, Seth here from Team Lyon. Thanks so much for your lovely comments! It's actually a good question - whether or not it's good to binge watch this kind of content. I would say that one would want to err on the side of caution as even taking in this theory and knowledge can be activating for someone with a trauma history. Soi just watch your system, as well as the videos! If you find yourself getting agitated, or numb, or checking out, etc... then leave it and go do something else for a while :)
@@teamlyon3109 UNDERSTOOD! SO GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH
Hi. Can you make a video on healing weak nerves , agitated nerves, from years of build up chronic stress. I and a lot of my friends are burnout due to workalcoholic nature
Hey Rachit,
Nicole here from Team Lyon.
Many of Irene's videos cover this in an indirect way.
The build up of chronic stress and burnout due to being a workaholic is often a result of a dis-regulation in the nervous system.
I would suggest exploring some more of Irene's videos and seeing if they resonate!
Here's a great one to start - ua-cam.com/video/k4A4_OpbzkU/v-deo.html
I would also suggest checkign out her 7 Steps to De-Stress as it might give you some tools on how to support yourself so that you can get more regulation and capacity on board so that you lead yourself to less burnout!
irenelyon.com/7-steps-opt-in-IL
Let me know if you have any questions along the way.
Nicole
@@teamlyon3109 . Thanks a lot for sharing. Will jump into it right away.
@Anne-Lou The key lies in supporting your nervous system to become more regulated. I would suggest starting with some of Irene's resources.
Here are a few free ones:
The Healing Trauma Series - irenelyon.com/healing-trauma
7 Steps to De-Stress - irenelyon.com/7-steps-opt-in-IL
And here is one of her programs - irenelyon.com/tuneup/
Another option is some one on one support. Where do you live?
Nicole - Team Lyon
Thank you for all the information, very helpful. I would like to share that the „ Wim Hof - Method“ breath-work and exposure to cold ,...like cold showers has helped me a lot. It helped me to overcome overthinking, reduced stress and has boosted my immune system. I highly recommend it. Thanks again for your content.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
For Irene's thoughts on Exposure to cold (especially long periods of time) I suggest checking out this video - ua-cam.com/video/IqlrmwKjvm8/v-deo.html
Nicole - Team Lyon
Sorry can't remember which video you used the train track analogy. It really sent me to a very difficult place of grief and rage. Then new perspective. Something happened 10 years ago that has me convinced that I blew out my wheels back then. Therefore I can't build a new train without wheels. I gotta rebuild the wheels from scratch and I really don't know how and too angry about that to focus. I really needed to cry for 2 hours about my loss of wheels. So then I could get to the place where I could comprehend building new wheels. Reassuring myself that I for the first time in years am in a place to safely express these emotions. Thank you.
Healing and detoxing from weed addiction. 5 years daily started at age 17
I'm 25, I have childhood traumas, anxiety, depression, dissociation ... I need advice where to start. I've watched your videos and they help me, but I don't know what to do first?
Hi Slavica D., Jen here from Irene's Team. If you're watched Irene's video and have a sense of the work, the best place to start is with the 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up, her introductory online healing program. And her monthly drop in classes can be a great way to experience her teaching live. I'll link to both so you can learn more.
21 Day Nervous System Tune Up: @t
Monthly Drop In Class: irenelyon.com/drop-in-class-1
Can the brain start to heal while doing a taper off benzos or do you have to be completley off the medication for that to happen?
Recovery isnt linear. 2 steps forward 1 step back.
Wow an actual blueprint. Tough when your inability to neuromodulate fucks everything up, takes time to lesrn and thats where im at
Irene, part of my movement in healing is going to someone who does cranial sacral work and SOT. He does techniques to "reset the nervous system". What are your thoughts on this?
Hey!
Nicole here from Team Lyon.
So great that you're working with someone who does cranial sacral work and SOT work.
It's hard for me to know what he's doing when "resetting the nervous system". My sense is that it's supporting the system to "settle"?
They key with this work lies in shifting out of survival and into regulation. The trauma/survival piece is often missing in modalities. It doesn't mean that the work can't be helpful. It just means that it might not support accessing these deep layers.
I would suggest asking him what he means by "resetting the nervous system" :)
Hi! Love your work! what would you recommend I study if I wan to support my coaching clients with Trauma work/ Nervous system tools but dont necessarily want to do a 3 year training right now? Which courses would you recommend, do you have one and if i did want to do the full training, which one would you recommend? I am in Australia. Thank you!
Hi Hypnosis for Entrepreneurs, Jen here from Team Lyon. Great to hear that you're interested in Trauma/Nervous System work! If you haven't already seen it, I'd recommend Irene's free Healing Trauma training. It's not a training in the sense that you're asking for one, and it gives a great overview of key concepts related to healing trauma through working with the nervous system.
Irene's online programs aren't designed to be trainings for practitioners, and they are a great way to get this work into your own system which is a huge part of doing this work with clients. Her 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up can be a great place to start, and what you learn there would be supportive to most any other training you'd do.
The Somatic Experiencing Training is a 3-year training, and the first year is foundational so some people do just the first year and then decide if they want to continue. What you learn in the first year is broadly applicable if you want to learn general concepts and practices related to working with trauma (it won't make you "trauma trained" and is always important to stay in your scope of practice). Here are a few links for you:
Free Healing Trauma training: irenelyon.com/healing-trauma
The 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up: 21daytuneup.com
Somatic Experiencing Training: traumahealing.org/training-event-search/
@@teamlyon3109 thanks Jen! Yes have done the free one and have had sessions myself a few years ago that helped so much!
@@catherinegodward, great to hear you're familiar with Irene's free training and have had 1-1 sessions that helped! If you resonate with Irene's teaching style, I encourage you to consider joining the 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up. It's a great way to go deeper into nervous system education and practice and to support and inform related professional steps you may decide to take.
In your e-book on this, neurostimulation and neuromodulation are switched, neurostimulation being the second stage and neuromodulation being the third.
Which order is correct?
This is So me! My life has been horrific and I am literally Frozen in my nervous system..to the point of partial paralyzation. This gives me Hope. I am practicing forgiveness and gratitude and this is really helping but I have people in my life who challenge me and this makes it harder. Life has been very hard for me.
Hi kathleen Wharton, it's inspiring to hear that watching this gives you hope. Sometimes we may have early or developmental trauma without knowing it, and this can have a massive impact on our health and on our life. I saw that you're planning to watch Irene's Healing Trauma training which is a great start. I'll link to two other resources that might also be supportive as they are things you can practice.
- 4 Steps to Calm Overwhelm: irenelyon.com/4-steps-to-calm-overwhelm/
- Ancient Anxiety Medicine: ua-cam.com/video/0ICsbXUCKmM/v-deo.html
Jen - Team Lyon
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I know I had trauma. My father killed my mother and then himself when I was seven years old and I was there. Then I married a very religious selfish man and was beat down by him and his church for over 30 years. I am not sure I will recover in this life time!
@@kathleenwharton2139, I'm verysorry to hear that you've experienced these tragic losses. It's not usually an easy road for any of us, and the nervous system is much more resilient than you might imagine when you learn to give it the support it needs to heal.
- Jen from Team Lyon
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Some hard lessons learned. I spent my life trying to please people I could not please and didn’t learn to respect the person that I am. I am Learning!
7:50 - it is Horrifying to me how true this all is for me.
what were the 5 stages??
What stage are you in?
You recently said that you don't know if we are ever done releasing old stuff, so are you still in the modulation stage?
Is it even one big sequence that happens once or does it happen several times on a smaller scale? Like, that you relax a bit after releasing one chunk of stress and then need more rest to detoxify from that stress?
By the system “blowing up,” would an example of this be getting diverticulitis symptoms? I ask since I felt my system being exposed to stress that felt “too much” and then I had 5 days of diverticulitis.
I have been stuck in fight or flight my whole life because, as a hypersensitive person with a constantly stressed out and scared mother, I never learned to calm down.
I already improved my lifestyle, but how do I start tackling the second step if I never learned to calm down in the first place?
Ashwagandha is a hormone regulating herb (adaptogen) it reduces the stress hormone cortisol to healthy levels. Adaptogens also have many other benefits and I recommend to include it in your vitamin stack.
Make sure you take 400mg of quality magnesium per day, a good form of magnesium supplement is Magnesium Bisglycinate, it is well absorbed by the body, another form of magnesium to take (which is like ice-cream for the brain) is called Magtein, this is a patented version of magnesium designed to cross the blood brain barrier.
To answer your question - "how do I start tackling the second step if I never learned to calm down in the first place"
Research, take control of your wellbeing, no one else will do it. Because of early trauma we didnt learn things at the critical time, but we are still alive and can learn now. How sick of suffering are you? Ask yourself these questions,
Is just coping good enough? There is so much more we can do for ourselves, it is not hard work because it is your own liberation from suffering you are involved in, it can turn into a creative joy. Our trauma is not our identity, you are Eternal Consciousness, observing the play of existence.
I recommend meditation also.