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Eva Chen's avatar

this article was so insightful, i've had stomach issues for a long time that doctors weren't able to diagnose which causes only more anxiety, ultimately feeling calm and deep breathing helped a lot.

Andrew David Shiller, MD's avatar

So glad you found a path to heal

Phil Powis ❤️⚡️'s avatar

"What if you don’t need to breathe?” I said.

“What if you allow yourself to be breathed from the Source of breathing?” - Beautiful!

Susan's avatar

😊

Nechama Kashuk's avatar

Loved this. It's incredible how just focusing his thoughts on source, hashem - whatever that means to him, in a trusting way, just allowed the healing to happen... so unspecific and vast but yet at the same time the exact precise medicine he needed. Thank you.

Andrew David Shiller, MD's avatar

Very well said.

"Just allowing".

I want to make a distinction from the compassionate presence that is cultivated in mindfulness and some breathwork practices, which he had tried previously without success.

To me, the insight is that by directing intention to Source (which is not typical in mindfulness) we activate the qualities of inner-soul that generate mindfulness.

By going into the transcendant divine soul, we step slightly out of the embodied ego-soul and the neural networks of the default mode network where pain sensitization happens.

So rather than reactivating pain pathways by "trying to fix it", we stay grounded in the body awareness, but access a higher awareness that "lets in the light"

Grateful to hear any more words about it from you. :-)

Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Beautiful article.

Letting go, letting go, letting go.

Andrew David Shiller, MD's avatar

Thanks

Letting go and letting in the light and love