4. The thing about thoughts

The thing about thoughts:
💭 What are thoughts?
💭 Where are they? 
💭 What impact do they have on you day-to-day?
💭 How do they affect your physical and mental health?

If i said a thought is something that you can hear inside your own head, would you agree? 

The word for thought in Sanskrit is Vritti. The thing is that 'vritti' also translates as vortex, or whirlpool. The yogis were so insightful to see that thoughts go round and round and round, and not only that, but they pull us down with them. In to a vortex. Or that there's a whirlpool of thoughts that gain so much energy that they become, in inverted commas 'true'. Like: 'my memory is terrible', 'I'm a rubbish driver', 'I suck at maths.'

In this episode we explore, what a thought is, how biology isn't exactly working in our favour, and how we can take small, practical, implementable steps to overcome thoughts and thought patterns that don't serve us. 

An incredibly important topic, and potentially, absolutely life-changing. 

And if you ever feel like: 

🤯 Your brain is going at 100mph

🤯 You’re exhausted by your own mind?

🤯 You just wish there was an off-switch for your thoughts?

You'll probably love this free lesson, taken directly from my course 8 weeks to nervous system resilience. 

You’ll learn about your inner tug of war (aka a simple explanation of the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala), and how to use simple techniques to calm this inner battle now, and forever. (Pinky promise).

Get yours here

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