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LEAP 1: Catch your breath...

Here's how to access the natural nervous system tranquilizer.

STAY in the moment. This is the foundation.
Here, you will learn to stop trauma-time hijacking and keep yourself in the present moment.

In LEAP 2: STAND, you will learn to recognize and head off trauma-time triggers.
In LEAP 3: REBUILD, you will eliminate trauma-time triggers and write your Shadow Story.

HOW? -The natural nervous system tranquilizer

Amygdala fires

AC Cortex locks attention

Prefrontal cortex shuts down

...The only way out is up.

You don't want to flood the nervous system more.
You want to dose it for the climb.

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Oxygen & carbon dioxide balance is crucial to mental & physical health.
You have two choices when triggered -
Control your breathing, or breathing will control you.
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TYPE 1 BREATHING
​Diaphragmic Breathing (abdominal/horizontal)

→ CO₂ normalization → calm & clarity
seen in Calm Emotions, Good Singing, Restorative Sleep, Strong Muscles, High Energy, Resilience, Quick Thinking, Good Posture, and Confident Speaking.
vs
TYPE 2 BREATHING
Thoracic Breathing (chest/vertical)

→ CO₂ depletion → panic & fatigue = Low CO₂ from fast, shallow breathing
seen in ​Overexertion, Anxiety, Anger, Hyperventilation, Irritability, Obesity, Poor Posture, Pollution, Fatigue, Insomnia, Hypervigilance, Depression, and Fearfulness.

Breath Control Thought Harnessing
Bottom's UP! Your mood and thoughts take you down to survival mode in the base of your brain's limbic system, where reacting and emotion can override reason. The only way out is up.

Possible In 4 minutes or less.

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