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Hi @erobird3403. I'm sorry to have caused frustration. The video is the first in a series, so the 5 techniques got sprinkled through several videos. If you go to the video section of our channel, the videos right around this one has additional techniques.

Yes, I would agree @sbren777 - there's a good chance it is linked. Somatic Experiencing might be helpful. You can find a practitioner here: directory.traumahealing.org/

I'm sorry that happened, @milleabel. Might I suggest trying noticing one sensory aspect of something that is pleasant to you: the smell of fresh baked bread, the sound of your favorite piece of music, the tactile feel of water moving on your skin when you're swimming, the taste of a piece of fine dark chocolate, etc. Savor the memory of the experience for just a few seconds. Don't allow yourself to go into the full memory - just stay with the chosen sensory aspect. Do this exercise over time - building the time by a bit each time. Notice what happens in your body as you savor the sensory experience. I hope this helps!

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That's fantastic, @TakeMeToYourLida! Thanks for letting us know.

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Thanks for your patience with my reply. I suggest doing the Voo sound in a limited way (e.g. just once daily) to see if that can help with the yawning. You might also invite your system not to yawn to see what might emerge instead. If the yawning persists, I recommend working with an SE practitioner to uncouple the yawning from this gentle stimulation to allow what is undercoupled to emerge to be renegotiated.

@@lifecarewellness-IL thank you for replying I thought yawning was good? engaging parasympathetic mode? or are you saying there's more stuff underlining it? I'm actually in a very bad state my CNS started to fail about 5 months ago it was catastrophic. system hasn't been the same since. I am on strong meds to be able to sleep. body been in flight fight mode too long

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The only thing we can do, @fxrivrgirl, is start where we are. When I started doing the Voo sound, I could only go for a very short time because of low lung capacity, and I could only feel the vibrations down to my upper chest. My long capacity still could use some work, but I can feel the Voo vibrations down to my pelvic floor now. So a little practice - even one time - every day could move you in the right direction.

there are several ways to meditate: focus on an image, on a word or mantra, on a sound, on a breath and other. I think you'd get more understanding and clarity through other videos with me on meditation.

Peter Levine theorized that completing incomplete self-protective responses can discharge fight/flight arousal energy trapped in the nervous system. Whether or not that is happening as a result of you using the Voo sound is not something I can ascertain. I'd encourage you, @piekie1986, to work with a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner who could help you work this through - and perhaps titrate the experience so it's a little more manageable. Search the practitioner directory at traumahealing.org.

Observing memories and noticing the body's response without judgment can be powerful as long as one remains present. If being with the memory is too much, titrating the experience - noticing just a part of it at a time, for example - can be an effective way to experience and work through memories.

Perhaps titration can help @greyline1012. What's the smallest piece of what's in front of you that you'd be open to holding in your hand at one time? Maybe a drop of what's in front of you? As you hold it (imaginally) in your hand, notice what it's like - what it looks like, what it feels like, what emotion comes up as you hold it, what impulse your body has as you hold it. Again - not the entirety of what's in front of you - just this one drop of it. As you take time with it - and follow what your body wants - then come back for another small amount (maybe 2 drops this time) and do the same process. You'll notice your capacity to be with the feared thing will grow - usually quite quickly.

In a situation like that, something you can do is think of a sensory slice of a pleasant memory (e.g. the feel of the water on your skin when you're swimming, the aroma of warm chocolate chip cookies, the feel of the dirt when you're gardening, etc.). Not the entire memory - just one pleasant sensory slice. I hope that helps @alejandraduque4061!

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Thanks for your patience with my reply @HealingRootsCounselingCLE. I highly recommend Kathy Kain's Touch Skills for Therapists as a first step. That will greatly enhance your knowledge of the body and touch. Where you go after that with touch depends on your goal. If you simply want to learn more about how to work with various systems and organs of the body, Dave Berger's BASE training would be an excellent next step. Dave is a PT by training and what you learn about reading the body, including gait, and what the body is "saying" in metaphor is really helpful. If your interest is attachment and working with early developmental trauma I recommend any (or all!) of the following. Somatic Resilience & Regulation (SRR) taught by Kathy Kain and Steve Terrell is very good. Steve Terrell also has his own training, Transforming the Experience-Based Brain (TEB) that expands on SRR ideas and also includes working with Primitive Reflexes. Aileen LaPierre's NeuroAffective Touch is also excellent and covers some things that SRR and TEB does not. I hope that's helpful!

I love how you experimented, @themagicalyogi2073. You're correct - different sounds have different effects in the body. I believe the yoga tradition has much more information on this.

Yes, Deepak and Peter had a chat about it and they agreed that voo and om are very different sounds 💫

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I'm not quite sure what exactly in the video you are referring to, @bjacob9998, but Somatic Experiencing is definitely not hypnosis.

I know Peter Levine (the developer of Somatic Experiencing) has borrowed heavily from other traditions, so it very well could be the same or similar. I will say that the Voo sound is targeted for viscera rather than the throat, even though the vibrations will occur in the throat, too.

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You might consider finding a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner to work that through, @herusaleron6793. directory.traumahealing.org/

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That's a great idea, @sandramedina9482! Stay tuned. :-)

Yes, a friend who is a bodyworker made a similar observation. In SE, our purpose is supporting regulation in the client's nervous system through a co-regulatory process. Our intention is not to manipulate energy, per se, though that may happen as part of the process. I invite you to learn more by going to healingtrauma.org.

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