Great question and essentially its any technique that encourages generating new experiences and ideas of how to explore our nervous system states from different angles, using highly individualized and less conventional approaches

*This is just one example of what can help us connect to a creative edge in our healing and it might be to begin asking , What am I interested in? What excites me and ignites even just a spark of aliveness, connectedness, brightness within me? For some it could be cycling, for others its cooking, or writing or taking photos of sunsets .. so this is very individual to you .. and from there we can play around with how differently you can experience these through each nervous system state

Lets say cooking for example, how differently do we experience cooking, in sympathetic arousal versus a Ventral Vagal State, or even a Dorsal vagal state (when in this sates we may not even feel like we have the energy to get up and nourish ourselves). I was unaware of how I used to cook in flight mode, with soo much tension in my body, even though I loved cooking, I was always watching the clock. I would chop carrots as though they were about to attack me or yell at me !!

So we learn to integrate this nervous system awareness it into our daily lives and activities and explore tools to help regulate the system that relate best to you and your nervous system based on your individuality.

Healing happens in the present moment so weaving this into our daily lives in these explorative creative ways, builds a sense of autonomy and gives us a real opportunity to switch states with greater ease, instead of knowingly or unknowingly being stuck in survival mode for hours or days or weeks or even years.

I hope this helps to give you an idea and to maybe spark your creative juices!

“Through engaging, creative methods, you’ll experience internal shifts that promote stress resilience and facilitate emotional processing by redefining your relationship with your body’s innate wisdom, that is always trying to guide your healing.”

Thank you for sharing the impact your nervous system has had and for give us a picture of your life pre and post nervous system awareness. I can safely say, it impacted the first 40 years of my life and the choices I made at many levels.

Thankfully we are back in the driver seat now and glad you found your way to help restore safety to your nervous system.

Thank you, for taking the time to read and comment. Yes, I would have to agree befriending our nervous system is important to the sustainablitlgy of our healing.

It has taken me years of healing and therapy to realize the toxic role that my dysregulated nervous system played in my life. Although I didn’t realize it at the time, I mistakenly thought that leaving my abusive home and going to college would make me feel better. Unfortunately, the unhealed trauma followed me from house to house, job to job, relationship to relationship and caused a lot of problems in my life. It wasn’t until later in life that I found the courage to face my past and begin the healing process. Yes, breathing exercises, yoga and many other healing modalities I have employed over the years has really made a significant – and healing- impact on my nervous system.
Thank you for sharing!