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Shayna Taylor

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
675 total appearances

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The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

Yeah, you should. I mean, the biggest misconception about meditation, I think, is that you think you're supposed to think about nothing.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

But the reality is it's actually the opposite. Yes, of course, you're not supposed to think about your anxieties and your stressors. But like the amount of downloads and information that I get about my business or about something that I should do or about a friend is always in meditation.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

But the reality is it's actually the opposite. Yes, of course, you're not supposed to think about your anxieties and your stressors. But like the amount of downloads and information that I get about my business or about something that I should do or about a friend is always in meditation.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

But the reality is it's actually the opposite. Yes, of course, you're not supposed to think about your anxieties and your stressors. But like the amount of downloads and information that I get about my business or about something that I should do or about a friend is always in meditation.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

So like you have to learn how to, of course, like go into your inner world, which can be a scary place for most people. But once you're able to tap in and release yourself from like all these like needs of things you need to do that are over here. And tap into this like soul calling of information of peace and tranquility and like all the things that you want to think about from this side.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

So like you have to learn how to, of course, like go into your inner world, which can be a scary place for most people. But once you're able to tap in and release yourself from like all these like needs of things you need to do that are over here. And tap into this like soul calling of information of peace and tranquility and like all the things that you want to think about from this side.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

So like you have to learn how to, of course, like go into your inner world, which can be a scary place for most people. But once you're able to tap in and release yourself from like all these like needs of things you need to do that are over here. And tap into this like soul calling of information of peace and tranquility and like all the things that you want to think about from this side.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

That's where the meditation is actually like the sweet spot. Because, yes, whenever breathing practices are amazing way to meditate, guided meditations, of course, are amazing because visualizations allow you to be alert. distracted enough to go into a different world, which is also your inner world.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

That's where the meditation is actually like the sweet spot. Because, yes, whenever breathing practices are amazing way to meditate, guided meditations, of course, are amazing because visualizations allow you to be alert. distracted enough to go into a different world, which is also your inner world.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

That's where the meditation is actually like the sweet spot. Because, yes, whenever breathing practices are amazing way to meditate, guided meditations, of course, are amazing because visualizations allow you to be alert. distracted enough to go into a different world, which is also your inner world.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

And people think that like, like, um, visualizations, like I thought I was, I couldn't visualize anything when I first got started. I was like, it's impossible for me to visualize anything. Like, what do you mean now? I can like, it's insane what I can visualize. And it's not about being able to see a clear picture. It's not, that's not what meditation is.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

And people think that like, like, um, visualizations, like I thought I was, I couldn't visualize anything when I first got started. I was like, it's impossible for me to visualize anything. Like, what do you mean now? I can like, it's insane what I can visualize. And it's not about being able to see a clear picture. It's not, that's not what meditation is.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

And people think that like, like, um, visualizations, like I thought I was, I couldn't visualize anything when I first got started. I was like, it's impossible for me to visualize anything. Like, what do you mean now? I can like, it's insane what I can visualize. And it's not about being able to see a clear picture. It's not, that's not what meditation is.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

It's being able to understand the essence of what you're trying to visualize. Hmm. and be able to be in that essence of it. So maybe you don't necessarily see the details of a falling rainfall or a falling waterfall, but you can get the essence of if you were standing in front of one and in that moment with the waterfall and the energy of which the water is giving you.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

It's being able to understand the essence of what you're trying to visualize. Hmm. and be able to be in that essence of it. So maybe you don't necessarily see the details of a falling rainfall or a falling waterfall, but you can get the essence of if you were standing in front of one and in that moment with the waterfall and the energy of which the water is giving you.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

It's being able to understand the essence of what you're trying to visualize. Hmm. and be able to be in that essence of it. So maybe you don't necessarily see the details of a falling rainfall or a falling waterfall, but you can get the essence of if you were standing in front of one and in that moment with the waterfall and the energy of which the water is giving you.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

And that's where you kind of want to drop into that place because that's what actually gets your body to drop into relaxation and you get the mental break And when those thoughts come in, you just say, thank you so much. But like, I'm not doing that right now. And like, go back to the, you know, it's just like, thank you so much. But like, that's not what I'm doing.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

And that's where you kind of want to drop into that place because that's what actually gets your body to drop into relaxation and you get the mental break And when those thoughts come in, you just say, thank you so much. But like, I'm not doing that right now. And like, go back to the, you know, it's just like, thank you so much. But like, that's not what I'm doing.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

And that's where you kind of want to drop into that place because that's what actually gets your body to drop into relaxation and you get the mental break And when those thoughts come in, you just say, thank you so much. But like, I'm not doing that right now. And like, go back to the, you know, it's just like, thank you so much. But like, that's not what I'm doing.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
161. Shayna Taylor: Healing Chronic Anxiety and Gut Inflammation by Returning to Nature

Yeah. It happens to me still to this day. You know, sometimes I'll like think of something that's stressful and I'm like, I, right now is not the time. So like, I'll think about that later and like put it over there in the box.