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‘The body is the instrument of the mind…. the mind is an instrument of the heart…’ Khan  

I just had to pop a few words down on my return from a truly brilliant, useful day with Marvin Oka, highly international consultant and specialist in behaviourial change, at the NLP Conference ( I think my 9th year).  Marvin and his business partner, Grant, have formed mBraining, blending neuroscience, NLP & technology to link our 3 brains together, all backed by science.

A fascinating flow giving us an insight into the multiple brain integration techniques based around the neural placisity of the cephalic (mind), cardiac (heart) and enteric (gut) brains. All of which have the ability to run on their own, perceive, store, process, adapt and learn things, neural placisty. Marvin touched on the Vagusl nerve, automonic nervous system, hormones and the reproductive system (especially females) and how these are closely  linked and potentially have neural placisity too.

This excited me, as two weeks ago I went to the Body Type Nutrition Conference (http://bodytypenutrition.co.uk/) where we were discussing stress, burnout, adrenal response and the vegal nerve links from the brain to the gut.

Both highlighted the importance of mindfulness, deep breathing, walking and good nutrition to balance the effectiveness and happiness of the brains and states in our bodies.

I’m just giving you some mini thoughts from what has been reinforced and what I have learned over the last month. It has highlighted the great depth of knowledge I have developed from the weils recovery process and how this is truly going to give you, my clients the edge in your performance, well being , productivity, kick ass bodies and happy minds.  I’m excited to be having some time over Christmas to integrate this into our new systems for next year.

Here are a few take away ‘hmmm’ … ‘really’ thoughts for you to ponder for now:

* The gut is responsible for 85% of the production of dopamine and serotonine, so if you are eating a poor diet, sleeping badly and super stressed, think about the direct affect on your hormones and mood.  Then link this to your thoughts, which are linked through the vagus nerve and you start to realise the links….

* The 9 Prime Functions of the Brains… Cephalic (Head) – Perception, Cognitive Thinking & Making meaning of things //  Cardiac (heart)  – Emotion, Value, Relationship affects // Enteric (Gut) – Identity, Self Preservation, mobilisation/vulnerability  – for me this then show’s clear links through behaviour, language and eating habits to results and performance…. weight loss, winning or losing

That’s all for now…. I’m off to correlate all I have learned from the courses.

I feel like a mini Ninja, in the wings of a few great Mind Body Ninja’s, refining my own health and strength and deepening my skill set , tools and support for you.  This is my passion, and this I know, will give you results in 2015 if you are ready.

If you want to know more check out mBraining (http://www.mbraining.com/) , The Science of Breath (http://www.amazon.co.uk/SCIENCE-OF-BREATH-Practical-Guide/dp/0893891517/ref=pd_cp_b_0) , and http://www.heartmath.com/

I met some pretty cool, intelligent wise people, from all over the World.  I wandered at lunchtime to the School of Life Shop (Click:http://www.theschooloflife.com/)  . They have a pretty cool set of workshops too.  And I popped my fitbit on and it tells me I walked about 7 miles, through the wonderful streets of London, even past a unicorn, unlikely to be real but surely a good sign 😉

The best bit of all.  Whilst I felt truly terrible the days before, and didn’t sleep the night before the conference with my weily recovery and night fits/terrors that seem to be part of the healing process, I got there, and I did the whole morning.  I learned a huge amount and found some more wise people to learn, grow and develop goodness into 2015 with.

There is always goodness to be found.

Energised Cod & Watercress Recipe: http://www.energisedperformance.com/blog/energised-performance/fridayfood-4/

For 1:1 Mind Body Coaching, Group Make your Life Brilliant or Sports/Extreme Charity Challenge training just give me a call 07720845849, I have a couple of spaces, and wherever you are in the World, I would love to work with you.

‘And wanting what’s precious, you do what distorts your being. The sage knows this in his guy, and is guided by his instinct, and not by what his eyes want.’ Ching