Dr. Cindy Geyer

The question really becomes, what are you carrying in your body and mind when nothing is happening, when you are at rest, or at least you think you are? And that's a window into the unconscious level of stress that we're carrying. So when we talk about uncertainty stress, that's where it is. That's because it's a little bit vague and we can catch that.

The question really becomes, what are you carrying in your body and mind when nothing is happening, when you are at rest, or at least you think you are? And that's a window into the unconscious level of stress that we're carrying. So when we talk about uncertainty stress, that's where it is. That's because it's a little bit vague and we can catch that.

Mindfulness, mindful check-ins help us just in this moment, like just ask, are you tensing up? Do a check-in with your body, your hands, your face, your eyebrows. So often we are tensing up. And we sometimes can identify why. And sometimes we can just remember, oh, right now, it's not only okay to relax. It's important for my body. I'm not needing to cope with something.

Mindfulness, mindful check-ins help us just in this moment, like just ask, are you tensing up? Do a check-in with your body, your hands, your face, your eyebrows. So often we are tensing up. And we sometimes can identify why. And sometimes we can just remember, oh, right now, it's not only okay to relax. It's important for my body. I'm not needing to cope with something.

Mindfulness, mindful check-ins help us just in this moment, like just ask, are you tensing up? Do a check-in with your body, your hands, your face, your eyebrows. So often we are tensing up. And we sometimes can identify why. And sometimes we can just remember, oh, right now, it's not only okay to relax. It's important for my body. I'm not needing to cope with something.

So it's that baseline state or rest state that we're learning is really different in people and is a sign of chronic, low-grade chronic stress that we can actually get to and release through different techniques. So red mind is what we've been discussing about coping in the moment when you're fired up and you need the energy, you need the stress response.

So it's that baseline state or rest state that we're learning is really different in people and is a sign of chronic, low-grade chronic stress that we can actually get to and release through different techniques. So red mind is what we've been discussing about coping in the moment when you're fired up and you need the energy, you need the stress response.

So it's that baseline state or rest state that we're learning is really different in people and is a sign of chronic, low-grade chronic stress that we can actually get to and release through different techniques. So red mind is what we've been discussing about coping in the moment when you're fired up and you need the energy, you need the stress response.

And we just don't want that to kind of go on and on and have sluggish recovery, but otherwise we need that. It's beautiful. It's why we're here today. That's our survival response. And of course, we're triggering it too much as humans with an overdeveloped cortex and the more chronic ambiguous threat we feel. So then there's yellow mind state, which is when we think we are relaxed.

And we just don't want that to kind of go on and on and have sluggish recovery, but otherwise we need that. It's beautiful. It's why we're here today. That's our survival response. And of course, we're triggering it too much as humans with an overdeveloped cortex and the more chronic ambiguous threat we feel. So then there's yellow mind state, which is when we think we are relaxed.

And we just don't want that to kind of go on and on and have sluggish recovery, but otherwise we need that. It's beautiful. It's why we're here today. That's our survival response. And of course, we're triggering it too much as humans with an overdeveloped cortex and the more chronic ambiguous threat we feel. So then there's yellow mind state, which is when we think we are relaxed.

It's just how are you walking around during the day? Typical day, where are you at? What's your baseline? You probably do some monitoring. You know what your autonomic nervous system is set at. And that is probably higher than we need to be at.

It's just how are you walking around during the day? Typical day, where are you at? What's your baseline? You probably do some monitoring. You know what your autonomic nervous system is set at. And that is probably higher than we need to be at.

It's just how are you walking around during the day? Typical day, where are you at? What's your baseline? You probably do some monitoring. You know what your autonomic nervous system is set at. And that is probably higher than we need to be at.

And so that's what we think of as our default baseline is actually carrying around a lot of both cognitive load from our thoughts, from different information screens demands. So we're a bit activated. Then there's also the unconscious stress that we can become aware of and release. So we want to bring down that yellow mind state to a more true resting state. And that's the green mind.

And so that's what we think of as our default baseline is actually carrying around a lot of both cognitive load from our thoughts, from different information screens demands. So we're a bit activated. Then there's also the unconscious stress that we can become aware of and release. So we want to bring down that yellow mind state to a more true resting state. And that's the green mind.

And so that's what we think of as our default baseline is actually carrying around a lot of both cognitive load from our thoughts, from different information screens demands. So we're a bit activated. Then there's also the unconscious stress that we can become aware of and release. So we want to bring down that yellow mind state to a more true resting state. And that's the green mind.

Yeah. I've learned a lot from monitoring, and I think that's one way to raise awareness as well as asking ourselves to become mindful of our emotions and our bodily, where we're holding stress in the body, where we're tense. The heart rate tells us a lot of things.

Yeah. I've learned a lot from monitoring, and I think that's one way to raise awareness as well as asking ourselves to become mindful of our emotions and our bodily, where we're holding stress in the body, where we're tense. The heart rate tells us a lot of things.

Yeah. I've learned a lot from monitoring, and I think that's one way to raise awareness as well as asking ourselves to become mindful of our emotions and our bodily, where we're holding stress in the body, where we're tense. The heart rate tells us a lot of things.