Ryan Soave

So our practices and tools that I think are the most beneficial is how do we activate the parasympathetic?

A great question to ask ourselves once we recognize that we're in some sort of stress response, I like to tell people to ask, is am I or is anybody around me in immediate physical danger? And if the answer is no, first off, if I can ask that question, it's probably the answer is no. But most of the things that we experience every day are not life-threatening.

A great question to ask ourselves once we recognize that we're in some sort of stress response, I like to tell people to ask, is am I or is anybody around me in immediate physical danger? And if the answer is no, first off, if I can ask that question, it's probably the answer is no. But most of the things that we experience every day are not life-threatening.

A great question to ask ourselves once we recognize that we're in some sort of stress response, I like to tell people to ask, is am I or is anybody around me in immediate physical danger? And if the answer is no, first off, if I can ask that question, it's probably the answer is no. But most of the things that we experience every day are not life-threatening.

Actually, probably the thing that we experience every day that's most life-threatening that doesn't bother most of us is driving in a car, right? I mean, we're hurtling down the road and just trusting that someone's not going to cross over that other line. But that won't scare us, but, you know—

Actually, probably the thing that we experience every day that's most life-threatening that doesn't bother most of us is driving in a car, right? I mean, we're hurtling down the road and just trusting that someone's not going to cross over that other line. But that won't scare us, but, you know—

Actually, probably the thing that we experience every day that's most life-threatening that doesn't bother most of us is driving in a car, right? I mean, we're hurtling down the road and just trusting that someone's not going to cross over that other line. But that won't scare us, but, you know—

getting someone that you're in a committed relationship with or that you're emotionally attached to that says something you don't like might throw you into a spiral.

getting someone that you're in a committed relationship with or that you're emotionally attached to that says something you don't like might throw you into a spiral.

getting someone that you're in a committed relationship with or that you're emotionally attached to that says something you don't like might throw you into a spiral.

I mean, from what I've read, tribes would basically shame someone out of it if they did something really terrible. They would send them out of the tribe, and that was like death. They only survived together. Now we can live alone because of... you know, technology and human advancement, but like live physically alone. But, you know, we're not at the top of the food chain, really.

I mean, from what I've read, tribes would basically shame someone out of it if they did something really terrible. They would send them out of the tribe, and that was like death. They only survived together. Now we can live alone because of... you know, technology and human advancement, but like live physically alone. But, you know, we're not at the top of the food chain, really.

I mean, from what I've read, tribes would basically shame someone out of it if they did something really terrible. They would send them out of the tribe, and that was like death. They only survived together. Now we can live alone because of... you know, technology and human advancement, but like live physically alone. But, you know, we're not at the top of the food chain, really.

You know, if we were out in the jungle or back when we were nomadic and we still have that within us, that we need that connection. We need that.

You know, if we were out in the jungle or back when we were nomadic and we still have that within us, that we need that connection. We need that.

You know, if we were out in the jungle or back when we were nomadic and we still have that within us, that we need that connection. We need that.

I think this is where we get hijacked by the part of our nervous system that is kind of binary and looking at its life or death. You know, if we perceive this as danger, it's going to respond as danger. We don't want that part of the nervous system and we don't want it having discernment.

I think this is where we get hijacked by the part of our nervous system that is kind of binary and looking at its life or death. You know, if we perceive this as danger, it's going to respond as danger. We don't want that part of the nervous system and we don't want it having discernment.

I think this is where we get hijacked by the part of our nervous system that is kind of binary and looking at its life or death. You know, if we perceive this as danger, it's going to respond as danger. We don't want that part of the nervous system and we don't want it having discernment.

We want it really when we're actually faced with, you know, I say if you and I were walking across the road here and a car is about to hit us, and you see it, I don't want you to stop, breathe, meditate, have compassion for the driver. I want you to react immediately, push me out of the way. Even if we get hurt and break a leg, we need to live.