Today's Special Topic Live Stream was originally recorded on my Facebook Page (@lyonirene) on Thursday, December 17, 2020. This longform chat was about the importance of feeling deeply in order to heal deeply. I answered a lot of questions and riffed on the importance of reconnecting to our internal world while also engaging with our external. Enjoy!

Here are some Questions/Topics I discuss in this chat:

5:48 What is real deep feeling?
7:15 Why do we lose the ability to connect to our feelings?
7:38 Feelings are in the physical body
10:11 Closing your eyes when healing
12:29 Why it’s important to feel in the moment for children?
13:31 Fight/Flight/Freeze
14:31 What happens when we stop connecting to our body?
14:51 Example of suppressing your emotions
16:39 Shutting down your emotions how we have been wired
19:20 How to start working with expressing your emotions
22:41 Orienting and the importance of it
23:31 Mind Body connection
24:13 Connecting to breath (without changing it or using it to bypass feelings)
27:59 Breathwork practices
29:01 Intuition and connection
31:01 How can I help my children?
32:35 Postpartum depression
33:56 Impact of unregulated parents on children
37:10 Crying as a child and parents response
38:51 Animals and letting them feel their impulses/feelings
39:20 Importance of rest and letting yourself FEEL out emotions
41:31 How can you express your feelings when living with people who are toxic?
43:29 Why feeling safety as an adult can not feel ‘safe’?
45:34 Laughter; when healing and what it could mean
48:20 What does healing look like?
53:25 Feelings/emotions that come up when doing exercises
58:29 Importance of education and practice when healing trauma
59:40 What is anesthesia trauma?
1:01:54 Learning/Homework being traumatic as a child and impact now as an adult

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Resources I mention during this video:

► Drop In Class
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► SmartBody SmartMind
https://www.smartbodysmartmind.com/

► Captain Fantastic Movie
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3553976/...

► How suppressing our emotions & physiology can lead to depression
   • How suppressing our emotions & physio...  

► Healthy Nervous System Revolution FB group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nervo...

► 21Day Nervous System Tune Up
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