The Ways

 

Dolphin Brain Repatterning 

Dolphins, as we said, operate from both sides of their brains at the same time, whereas most humans at this time act from one or the other side of their brains, but rarely from both sides together. It has been said that dolphins see humans as being asleep. This is because dolphins sleep by turning off first one side of their brains, then the other, keeping one side functional at all times. 

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The objective of Dolphin Brain Repatterning is to free the skeletal system of holding patterns that inhibit you from being spontaneous and free, and that block the flow of cerebrospinal fluid. Cerebrospinal fluid is produced in the brain. The cranial bones are constantly expanding and

contracting gently and subtly, as are the sacral bones.

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Cerebrospinal fluid is produced in the brain. The cranial bones are constantly expanding and

contracting gently and subtly, as are the sacral bones. This process of expansion and contraction pumps the cerebrospinal fluid throughout the central nervous system, keeping it lubricated, supple, and able to conduct electrical currents. Electrical stimuli in the brain cause perceptions of physical sensation and impulses to move. Every movement, whether it be kicking a football or slightly raising an eyebrow, begins with an electrical impulse in the brain that is sent via the cerebral spinal fluid in the central nervous system to the appropriate nerves, which then trigger the body to produce movement.

 

The Dolphin Moves aspect of Dolphin Brain Repatterning is guided floor movement work, which resembles Feldenkrais. The whole experience is enriched with the live sounds of the Tibetan bowls, the amazing Kailani, chimes, singing, combined with images and sounds from dolphins.

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Dolphin Moves are intended to teach your body how to unlearn old restrictive patterns by moving in specific ways while monitoring yourself carefully in order to be aware of the subtleties of your movements. When you are aware of what you are doing and can feel the results in your body at the same time, you are freed to learn new ways of moving and being that are more commensurate with who you are now and who you are becoming. In other words, you give your body new choices. Interestingly enough, when your brain learns a way of doing something that requires less energy than a previous way of doing it, it drops the old way and accepts the new, more energy-efficient option. It takes much more energy to hold a part of your body in contraction than it does to let it be free, joyful, and spontaneous, as in the Dolphin Wave Effect.

Therefore, once your brain experiences an alternative that allows for freedom, joy, spontaneity, and release of contraction, it adopts that modus operandi and tells your body how to operate in the new way.

 

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The Balancing Hemispheres Breathing  

There are several ways breathing brings us into balance. Rhythmic, even breathing can bring about autonomic nervous system balance because inspiration arouses sympathetic nervous system activity, while expiration elicits parasympathetic activity. Breathing in through one nostril and out through the other adds another level of balance (an ancient technique the yogis).

When we achieve a balance between the two hemispheres of the brain, it is known in the East as the balance of yin and yang. 

 

How does your body accomplish such a balance?

In your natural automatic breathing pattern, the air flow through one nostril predominates for about ninety minutes; then a switch occurs and air flow is greater through the other nostril for about ninety minutes.

 

The switch in nostril dominance every ninety minutes is mediated by the hypothalamus, which essentially controls the autonomic nervous system. Blood vessels that supply the mucous membrane of the nasal passages are under the control of sympathetic and parasympathetic portions of the autonomic nervous system. Through alternate sympathetic constriction and parasympathetic dilation of these small blood vessels, the nasal passages either allow more air flow or become congested.

Nasal dominance can have a significant effect on our thinking, as well as on our moods and our state of consciousness.

 

When we breathe in through the left nostril, the right brain hemisphere is stimulated. Conversely, when we breathe in through the right nostril, the left brain hemisphere is stimulated. D. A. Werntz, a researcher conducting a study at the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, demonstrated that breathing through one nostril generated EEG activity in the opposite brain hemisphere.’

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Ιn the ancient science of Kundalini Yoga we are taught that there are two energies called Ida and Pingala that intertwine up the sides of the spine and that unite to form the Sushmana, the central channel.

The Ida energy, on the left, is the moon energy:  reflective, calming, cooling, female.  The right is Pingala and has the energy of the sun:  bright, fiery, awakening and male.

We compare these systems in our Western terminology as the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.   The sympathetic system, Pingala, is the fight or flight system and charges you up in times of danger.  The parasympathetic system, Ida,  slows you down and helps your body automatically run its day to day jobs of digestion, elimination, sleep cycles and more.

When you need to calm down, when your mind is racing faster than a hurricane, or when you can’t go to sleep, try left nostril (Ida) breathing.

When you need to wake up, when you need clarity and focus and more energy, try right nostril (Pingala) breathing. 

 

What's exciting about the balancing breath is that it enables you to make one brain hemisphere more dominant, or to bring both hemispheres and your autonomic nervous system into balance as you choose. Through your breathing, you can consciously influence your body, your feelings and thoughts, and your state of consciousness. The balancing breath links you with your spirit, and it helps to bring healing into the realm of conscious choice.

 

 

The Three Diamonds Activation Meditation

By breathing through both nostrils simultaneously after the balancing breath, you can further enhance balance between the two hemispheres of the brain and the functions associated with them. Breathing through both nostrils at the same time may also help generate a natural crossover of dominance. When a ninety-minute cycle ends, it takes about ten minutes for nostril dominance to change naturally from one side to the other. 

This crossover period correlates with peak task performance of the skills associated with both hemispheres and with balanced nostril dominance. 

By breathing through both nostrils simultaneously, you can generate this crossover at will.

In addition when there is very strong effect this breathing is directed to specific energetic centres of your body.

In Okuden Level II these techniques focus on blending the earth hara (below the navel) together with the mind hara (at the head). This blending occurs within the heart hara (at the heart)

The Hara

Hara literally denotes the stomach and abdomen and the functions of digestion, absorption, and elimination connected with them

Settling the body’s center of gravity below the navel, that is, establishing a center of consciousness in the hara, automatically relaxes tensions arising from the habitual hunching of the shoulders, straining of the neck, and squeezing in of the stomach. As this rigidity disappears, an enhanced vitality and new sense of freedom are experienced throughout the body and mind, which are felt more and more to be a unity.

 

 

"... This illusion frequently causes us to feel alienated from our centre or source; we experience this as a fear of loss or abandonment and as a sense of being out of touch with our true nature. We are not, at that time, in resonance with our own bodies, our own minds, or our own selves, nor are we in a resonant relationship with the universe. Conversely, in those moments when we experience oneness and come into alignment with our source, or true nature, we no longer feel alone or abandoned. We are coming home, in resonance with our source.

If we remain misaligned or separated from our source, we eventually become ill, which reminds us to come back into resonant unity.

The essence of healing, then, is to become one with the source of our being."

Dr. Laskow "Healing for Giving Love"

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