How to Create Instant Nervous System Alignment + Mind-Body Connection

[@denisescott2288]

Elisha, Your work is such a gift to many of us that knew we needed to do major work with our facia as our next step in healing, but didn't know where to find a knowledgable practitioner, or even how to start the "facia journey'. Thank you.

[@SL-nc2cl]

This reminds me of what I do with my 3 year old haha. When she feels mad, sad, or scared, I name the emotion she's feeling and let her know it's okay to be feeling that emotion. It makes sense that we should be doing this for ourselves as well. Thank you!

[@ElishaCeleste]

You're welcome, and I'm so glad to hear you're parenting in this way! 💛

[@Kalazzara]

I encourage all to feel safe questioning your narrative on anything. For example, I used to feel shame and would run away. Why? What's objectively bad/harmful/negative about the energy of shame? At some point, I learned to run from it. Shame, Shame, go away! No one likes you anyway! Hey, hey! What a mean thing to say. Shame is merely a young boy, and like the others, just wants to play. Shame lifts his head and looks me in the eyes. Like many times before, but this time, I smile back and I cry when I see his surprise. His pain is gone and despite my neglect for so long, it's acceptance he projects. I put my arm around my brother. With the energy of our mother we breathe again together. I chuckle, he smiles, we laugh. I ask, why've I been so serious? And I thank him for building my house of humor-- one of my favorite places to be. He says, I love you brother, I'll always wait for you and thank you for spending time with me. I did the same exercise with fear and it was awesome!

[@ElishaCeleste]

WOW! I LOVE THIS! Thank you so much for sharing. And absolutely YES to doing the same with fear. I talk a lot about the value of turning towards our fears. Do you share your poetry/writing anywhere?

[@dubravKA1111]

Accepting what is has been the only effective way to go thru some of the toughest moments in my life. Naming what is without labelling it is an ultimate act of self compassion. It is judging and resisting it i.e. fearing it what blocks the energy flow and creates pain. Thank you for sharing your hard won knowledge. Love.

[@ElishaCeleste]

Thank you for sharing, and a big YES to your words 💛

[@sharenwood1248]

I have learned so much about this amazing "machine" I live in, from your videos. I am just getting started and am looking forward to a pain free life. But the dots are connecting, why abs won't engage, and low back spasms, now affecting digestion. I hope I can keep up with all that I have to do. Thanks again for your incredible wisdom and teaching gift.

[@brookebeazley3219]

It was news to me that the nervous system houses the subconscious knowing. I really appreciate that information as it has just come to my attention that my sleep disorder is being driven by subconscious childhood trauma. When I lie awake at night I have been doing exactly what you demonstrate in your example....saying positive statements, like, I am safe. So I will experiment naming what is! Nervous system alignment sounds right to me. Thanks

[@susanaaronova5067]

Thank you so much for this work and valuable content, Elisha. I m going thru that throat grip feeling, and it creates so much anxiety down to the gut and diafragm . I was also diagnosed with VCD . I have been working on self development for some time . However, i noticed that these positive reinforcement do not work . What you are saying is basically we have to come to an agreement with our feelings and accept it . Talk to it and face it by acknowledging that this emotion was trapped in lack of love .

[@ElishaCeleste]

You're welcome. Thank you for sharing, you (we) are definitely not alone. So many people going through these experiences. 💛

[@MicheleSwihart]

Amazing find, thank you with all of me. I am crying with hope and you know what I mean. THANK YOU.

[@ElishaCeleste]

Hi Michele - awwww, this means a lot to hear. Hope and optimism are so important on the healing journey. Do you have any questions on this topic? I'm going to be releasing more and more content addressing how to heal trauma through the body. Sending you love!

[@seashellz321]

I am ever so grateful for your channel and the healing information you share!!! I believe that soon I will also be able to share this healing work with others. Keep on keeping on!!!

[@mariaa3916]

Love your videos!! so useful!

[@kelz4arich]

Thank u for putting this info out there. I am on a journey of learning how to communicate with my body and I treasure what u r providing. Thank you!

[@jamesleon2770]

Totally relatable..I suppressed my emotions/to for 23 years with marijuana Now,after 4 years of what was one of the most traumatic experiences/relationships in my life..I'm one month sober and realising I have suppressed so much of my life,the whole right side of my body is locked up and I be don't even know how to feel my feelings but at least I am in trying

[@sunlightandshine1610]

I am very excited to try this. It really resonates with me and I believe it can help in all areas of my life

[@ElishaCeleste]

YES 🙌🏽 This truly is powerful, and in my own life I've seen it ripple out into every area. If you feel like sharing an update, I would love to hear how this goes for you (and I'm sure others as well). Thank you for sharing and being here!

[@keonijohn9999]

100% Healing! In my practice this is very opening when the person is ready and receptive. The info communicated is often revelatory and supports connecting the dots with chronic pain and repeat it I’ve injury. This increases integrity in the body mind connection.

[@celinahwang9353]

I find cold swimming a beautiful way to get in contact with what is, to embody our own presence. Again thank you

[@SarahJaneFarrell]

Such a powerful way to acknowledge the sensations so the brain and nervous system get to feel it fully, somatically and know that it won’t kills you - you are the one who feels not the feeling you are namong

[@ElishaCeleste]

Yes 🙌🏽 thank you for watching and commenting!

[@solvejstrange9657]

This is so good, Elisha. Supressing emotions never has worked for me, only made things wors.

[@ElishaCeleste]

Thank you for watching and sharing! 💛

[@kimolbrich5830]

Thanks for this Elisha. What you are saying really resonates. This idea of practising in a non-triggered situation is great, and I am going to try it. All of what you say links to many of the 'wisdom masters' out there eg "allow everything to be exactly as it is", "Love what is", - being able to name what we are feeling, dropping our resistance to that, allowing it to flow through us, somehow that helps us to move through our stuff . And for those of us who struggle to communicate what we are thinking/feeling, this type of practice is so useful. When we start to name it, then we can start to move towards healing.

[@marijagrgurevic8044]

Fascia feels important vast and vague, thank i for this work

[@LilyOscar333]

Thanks Elisha your advice makes a lot of sense. ‘What you resist persists ‘ You look great 👍

[@ElishaCeleste]

Thank you Lily!

[@mariahill4339]

I have a career in the medical field, which is the reason I reach for the hope and healing offered here that I see absence of in my work. Thank you for this inspiration and bravery!

[@ElishaCeleste]

Maria, thank you for sharing this and for being here! I wish our medical system was inclusive of natural healing options. I'm grateful the surgeons are there if I ever get in a bad accident. I appreciate you being part of my community!

[@mrkimt]

Thank you for your insights! I'll do this tonight for my cold shower.

[@mtw2108]

This is exactly what I need right now. I do something similar when I'm outside in the cold air and feeling too cold despite my warm clothes. I name it and accept it, and I feel better instantly.

[@ElishaCeleste]

Yes, wonderful! Those may seem like small moments, but it activates something inside of us that we can carry over into other experiences. I'm teaching a workshop next week called Unlocking the Trauma Body, which is all about using fascia release or contacting our fascia/nervous systems to identify our patterns, name what is, be with it and integrate it into our body|mind space so we can be more present instead of living out the past through our bodies. If you're part of my email community, you'll get all the links. Otherwise, you can sign up here: bit.ly/3n1Exad

[@Snowystardust12]

I love this practice idea! My approach has been to accept or soften into the difficulty/pain I’m facing, and it has helped tremendously. But you’ve added two very important elements. Naming, using descriptive and expressive words to, as you explain, align the conscious and unconscious nervous system is new to me. With your cold plunge imagination, expressive naming definitely created in me a deeper positive shift than feeling/sensing with acceptance on its own. Your idea to train ourselves by practicing with easy situations, is also totally new to me...and I love it! I’ll be doing this. Thank you! I often get stuck at the transition between coming into peaceful strength in facing what is....and then moving on, into “now how do I change this, without going into oppositional resistance”. I’m going to try your idea of “naming” during that transition also.

[@rev.whitneywitharborvine6070]

This is so incredible! Thank you, Elisha!

[@anitasullivan7901]

Thank you so much, this is amazing. I'm going to add this to my morning health routine. Tried it this morning and all I can say is wow and thank you. I look forward to watching your previous videos. 👏🙌👍💪🙏💖

[@Mychedelic.eXPerience]

I've only just discovered your channel and I resonate so much with your philosophy and approach. I've made so many new connections within myself by watching your videos. Amazing content! 👏💛🙏

[@ElishaCeleste]

Yay, I love hearing this 💚🙌

[@karinflorinbjurud9136]

This really resonates with me.. Excited to try it. Thank you!

[@VanessaLorente]

THANK YOU!!! Great content!

[@jayzed4099]

Thank you🙏🥰

[@opalchatmon8925]

Great info & really so simple too!

[@fionaparker6803]

Amazing video. Thank you x

[@oldlifter530]

Thank you

[@zfedotov]

Thank you! I am very excited to explore this.

[@ElishaCeleste]

You're welcome! Excited for you to try it. I have a free workshop coming up on just this topic. Maybe you saw that somewhere, but if not you can get details and register here if interested: mobilitymastery.mykajabi.com/unlocking-the-trauma-body

[@cynthiacramer5879]

That sounds great, looking forward to incorporating it into my daily foam rolling starting today! Also to respond in relationship. Thank you so much.

[@ElishaCeleste]

Awesome Cynthia - I'm excited for you! This practice has been life changing for me, and the ripple effect is priceless.

[@dela7631]

absolutely sharing. thank you so much.

[@ElishaCeleste]

You're welcome, thank you for sharing!

[@mariafranzen7462]

Very good Elisha! Supressing the emotions just doesn't make sense to me. I've just started winterbathing in the lake, today I actually had to poke a hole in the ice! I can not stay for more than a few seconds, but I'm aiming for a minute or so :-) And it's great to just shout out "It's freezing!"

[@ElishaCeleste]

Hi Maria, great to hear from you! Love this! ❄️

[@fullercrowley]

Marvelous video! I've been experimenting with a brief cold shower after my regular one, and will apply this naming and observing technique next time, inside of whining and cringing and hopping around like an idiot, lol. Thanks so much.

[@ElishaCeleste]

😂 (hopping and whining and cringing - that's what I call "reveling in what is!") LOVE IT.

[@jackieallin4642]

Hi Elisha. I’m new to your channel. I’m currently working somatically to help release some childhood trauma (and probably adult as well!). I was cold dipping but was advised by another somatic practitioner that cold dips are not good when healing from complex trauma as puts the body into fight/flight response when you’re trying to teach the opposite. What’s your thoughts on this please? Thank you! 🙏🏼 looking forward to diving deeper into your teachings 🥰

[@HOOVER783-ny7ej]

Why don’t MORE PPL know this stuff? Thank you Ma’am 😊

[@jamesleon2770]

Liked

[@lindae.naumann8796]

I definitely have a lot of trauma that I need to release! I will try your techniques for sure!

[@ElishaCeleste]

Hi Linda - welcome to my little corner of the internet 😊 I talk a lot about trauma, the nervous system and how to heal from a body-based approach here on KZbin and on my blog. I hope you find what you're looking for! I love hearing from people, so please keep commenting with your experiences/results/questions 💛

[@suzanahas4740]

To those who are having trouble naming their feelings or emotions, a helpful way would be to check and print from the internet a list of emotions, or the emotions wheel..found about it from Richard Grannon who teaches how to help yourself when you have CPTSD.

[@ElishaCeleste]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Thebetterkeepsgettingbetter]

Im new as this. Is this a good place to start? Ty❤

[@Pure-Pisces]

What link & video below to watch first?

[@cruzdecaramelo]

I like what you share, thank you. I also would like to share your vídeos with the people I know but some of them don't understand english, could you make available the subtitles and the translation?

[@ElishaCeleste]

Unfortunately I am not able to provide subtitles and translations for other languages. I do have a student of mine in Spain who has a goal of creating a Spanish channel sharing similar content (since she's learning from me).

[@cruzdecaramelo]

@@ElishaCeleste I thought it was something automatic in youtube, most videos más that has subtitles in them has the option to translate the subtitles, and they are automatically generated

[@cruzdecaramelo]

I will wait for her channel thanks

[@StateofBeingness]

** You should add (in Notes section of this video) a link for the other video that you recommend watching before this one.

[@vincenzaricco3557]

Would I be able to try this in a cold shower? I’ve been having horrible digestive anxiety. I can feel tension in my stomach and esophagus. I would love some advice with releasing digestive issue. The minute I am anxious I attack my digestive system. Thanks in advance.

[@ElishaCeleste]

Hi Vincenza - what I'm talking about in this video is more about establishing a practice (for life), so that in any moment you can bring your mind and body into alignment. So on the one hand YES, you could use this practice in a cold shower, in a sauna, while talking barefoot on gravel AND nice things, like eating your favorite food or walking on the beach. Often, when we have trauma that distances us from our nervous system truth, we avoid naming the pains AND pleasures of life (at least, that's been my experience). I have a video on this channel showing fascia release for the gut (it's a more recent video using a softball, not my older video using your hands). I often use that to put my conscious mind in connection with the sensations I've been either neglecting in my gut, or using my gut to process from other life experiences. Emotions might arise while doing it (or not). Whatever you feel, name it. I definitely believe that using fascia release is the straightest path between our conscious minds and our subconscious, so it can be a lot faster than other things we try.

[@ylvaeriksson4042]

Thanks so much for this. I have resisting kognitive therapy (ACT) that my company health care doctor wanted me to try, just for this reason. When I now finally understan what my little me is saying, I don’t want to go right ahead an supress her. However, for me it also feel odd to be the adult/parent speaking to and soothing my inner child. Like, how can I do that job when I know what a mess I am. To resolve this, I turn to God and pray ”be with me and fill out my holes and weaknesses so that I can parent myself in a good way”. I have not been Christian before but have found healing easier when God and the church can step in and be a part of my safety. ”I love myself” or ” I am loved” doesn’t feel as powerul as ” the Creator of the universe loves me”.😊

[@ElishaCeleste]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I think it's really wise to resist the affirmation of "I love myself" if it doesn't feel true, and if you can say "the Creator of the universe loves me" and FEEL the truth of that, it is incredibly healing and powerful. I believe in a Creator/god myself (though I am not religious) and it has sustained me through really dark times. Sending love your way 💛

[@phil-marthakoffman8277]

Thank-you, Elisha. This is a great video and practice, and I'm loving your new direction and videos. 🙏🏽 🙏🏽 I really like your example of naming while plunging in cold water, and your observation of how it changes your perception of your heart rhythm. I think you're referring to what sounds like heart rate variability (HRV), and it seems the ability for the heart rhythm to adapt to stressors (physical, mental, emotional) is a physiological measure of resilience, and something we can cultivate. Way to go! Here's just one reference of many on HRV if interested. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31642481/

[@ElishaCeleste]

YES, heart rate variability is part of what I notice when I do this practice in the cold (whereas, when I summon my ability to "endure" - my heart rate just beats rapidly while I resist panicking). Great to hear from you! 💛

[@cheesecakefan4880]

Where in CO do you live? Im 40 min norrth of Ouray so I go to hotsprings Alot! I hope we are neighbors 😀

[@ElishaCeleste]

I lived in Durango when I filmed this - and I love Ouray! I'm now in Longmont - front range.

[@marionbelainsulo727]

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