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Let’s all share tips on regulating the nervous system in order to allow smoother changes, and on overall inner work
From what I’ve gathered so far:
Neidan, Qigong, Tai Chi, Yoga
can we consider these things to be officially allowed to mix with subliminals?
Proceed with caution. There are so many styles, methods of learning and lineages that we cannot say they are “officially approved.” Consult with your teachers if necessary, try to find a legitimate teacher (rather than a YouTube video).
Relaxing breathwork like box breathing or 4-7-8 breathing.
I’m not entirely sure, but feels like sauna might be a great thing m.
Avoid all the stuff that stresses the nervous system.
That means:
The no caffeine is real. It’s my last vice that’s taken everything in my willpower to let go of.
The rest of the list is…something. But if you follow it more power to you.
Incidentally going cold turkey can stress the nerve system. Practicing moderation while gradually integrating healthy practices is a good way to start.
Maybe for people without the Inner Spa scripting.
But here at Sub Club we don’t have those challenges anymore due to the latest endgame-level tech from Dragon Reborn Regeneration.
From what I have experienced so far, with the Inner Spa feature, all you have to do is remove everything, sit down and let your nervous system and subconscious mind process everything.
Release all the stored emotions.
All cognitive load focussed on internal processing as much as possible.
No distractions.
No numbing yourself with external dopamine sources.
A lot of healthy sleep.
Some journaling.
Letting all the emotional energy that wants to be released flow through your nervous system and meridians and release it all for good.
Complete surrender to the process.
I feel like this is a big one. Just becoming familiar with yourself and how you make sense of the world. If you can learn to find the source of an emotional reaction, it makes resolving that emotion 10x easier.
One of the ways I like is doing a “memory search” when a sudden emotion pops up, just flipping through my memories until I find one that feels relevant. Once I start to relive the memory, the belief or blockage tends to become really obvious. From there, it’s just a matter of guiding myself to a belief that better serves me. It’s made the reconciliation process feel like genuine reconciliation, rather than waiting for random emotional bursts to pass without trying to make sense of them. At that point, it feels more like a natural part of everyday life rather than something to be scared of. You almost start to embrace recon and having your current beliefs challenged.
Vagus nerve exercises active the parasympathetic system and decrease stress and cortisol.
Then there’s also grounding. From walking barefoot in the forest to hugging trees.
Finally, for the neurodivergent folk out there, there’s also Nicotine and coffein. For people like us they down regulate the nervous system.
Nothing better for sleeping than an espresso.
A good coffee and a nap does me wonders.
One important principle I overlooked in my own life. I have to demonstrate safety in my actual life. It’s not enough to do the healing, breathing, self soothing, and telling myself I’m safe. I have to actually show with action, setting boundaries, fighting for myself. Otherwise deep down my subconscious is like “yeah yeah, we both know that’s bullshit” and my nervous system remains unregulated. Ultimately the nervous system and deeper subconscious structures are not dumb, it’s more dangerous to assert false safety than be on guard and be ready for things. It’s important when I do self regulation that I’m honest.
For example if I’m running a sub that brings me more self confidence, that means I’m more likely to voice my opinion and stand up to abusive people. But that involves conflict, can I trust myself enough that I won’t fawn during that conflict and fall back to people pleasing behavior? So what starts as a simple concept like being more confident in general branches off into potential consequences of more confidence and if I have the capacity to handle those. At that point I can’t meditate, do breathing exercises, or deeply introspect my way into convincing my body that I do have the capacity. A compromise has to be met and a deeper understanding of where the shortcomings are and what to reasonably expect at this level of growth.
I’d never believe this if I didn’t see it for myself.
I had an employee who I used to drive home(we lived in same direction).
During the 45m ride, he would down an energy drink and fall asleep. I think he had ADHD or autism, forgot which.
Before I learned how this works, I always wondered how people can drink so much of these energy drinks to stay awake.
They help me when I’m stressed. I get calm.
But awake? Nothing.
As a teenager, I was counting runners at a 48h run. During my nightshift, I drank so much coffee and cola, but I needed to do some jumping jacks to stay awake.
Once I drank 0.7 liters of strong coffee an hour before going to bed. Bad idea. I fell asleep pretty fast and easily. But I woke up at 4am because I needed to pee. And my heart was racing.
This is like a seesaw. For neurotypical folk, it’s balanced. A coffee brings them up.
For us, it’s like we’re glued to the floor. A coffee slightly brings us in a more balanced position.
But with enough coffee or energy drinks we feel a similar effect as others.
I recommend embodying a framework of directional intention and readiness towards growth, without expectation.
Most people have the first part down, but they don’t want to give up the expectations of what they think growth is or looks like for them from the vantage point of where they’re currently at. Letting go of the expectations makes everything smoother, including nervous system regulation.
If I drink an espresso before sleep I could never fall asleep 
But I know people that drink 8 espressos per day, including a before sleep espresso.