{"id":11777,"date":"2022-02-22T01:01:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neurosystemics.org\/?p=11777"},"modified":"2022-03-21T20:56:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T19:56:50","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neurosystemics.org\/tr\/somatic-dharma-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"","raw":""},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"author":10,"featured_media":11780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_en_post_content":"[av_textblock size='' av-medium-font-size='' av-small-font-size='' av-mini-font-size='' font_color='' color='' id='' custom_class='' av_uid='av-l114q12o' admin_preview_bg='']\r\n

Somatic Dharma<\/h1>\r\n\u201cFeeling good is good!\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nOver the course of 3.5 billion years of evolutionary history, life has become increasingly complex and organized. Simple life as bacteria is intelligent: they can distinguish materials in the environment which they like (i.e. sugar), from those which are dangerous. As humans, we have this same capacity for discernment for the environment of course, <\/span>and <\/span><\/i>we have it for our internal experience also. It\u2019s called awareness, mindfulness or consciousness, and it\u2019s a divine gift which can help us be happier and live a freer and more meaningful life.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nMindfulness is a skill. It\u2019s a complex quality of mind which life has developed in order to increase our chances of survival and enrich the texture of human experience. In Plato\u2019s words, it contributes to making our lives better, more true and more beautiful. However, the quality of our mindfulness in each moment is interdependent with the state of our nervous system. Our state influences our capacity to be aware, and vice-versa. So as much as it is key to cultivate mindfulness skills in observing, discerning and clearly understanding our experience, it\u2019s just as essential to support balanced and positive nervous system states. Fredrickson, a professor at the University of \u2026 and leading psychologist and neuroscientist, has shown that the happier we are, the broader ou<\/span>r awareness and capacity to be with our experience (see figure 1). Therefore, <\/span>feeling good is good<\/span><\/i>!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"Broaden\r\n\r\nFigure 1.<\/span><\/i> Broaden-and-build theory of positive psychology be Fredrickson, 2001: the worse we feel, the narrow our attention, and vice-versa, the better we feel, the more we can pay attention to. It is easier to derive meaning and richness in our experience when we feel good!<\/span>\r\n\r\nEasier said than done, of course. At NeuroSystemics Dharma, therefore, we equip ourselves we skills to navigate difficult nervous system states with <\/span>somatic practices<\/span><\/i>. We learn to find ways in which we can be here-and-now, relaxed and receptive, for example:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n