Conductivity is on my mind. Electric houses, electric cars, okay, but electric bodies ⚡️ — there’s an interesting topic. 🧠 🍭
Earthing shoes are in my feeds, grounding sheets and breathwork seminars are in my mental shopping cart, and I’m on the lookout for any ground amenable to walking barefoot.
I don’t think the electric nature of our bodies is really considered enough. And even though there’s some conversation around the brain, right brain, left brain, artsy vs analytical, there isn’t that much conversation around improving communication between the hemispheres.
It’s the communication that really takes creative problem solving to the next level, getting us into states like “genius flow” where both sides of the brain are actively connected, sharing info, sharing perspectives, and accessing the flow state.
Walking helps, binaural beats help, meditation helps, certain exercises, like the ones in Kundalini yoga books help. Think about EMDR — the alternating stimulation and guided visualization combine with somatic release. Think about pickleball, one side to the other, back and forth. Think about cycling, repetitive side to side. All of these activities stimulate communication between the two sides of the brain.
Our dual nature is represented in our bodies, our relationships, our brains. But it’s the connection between that unlocks potential.
Once you establish connection and foster it, you literally make different kinds of brainwaves. You feel more connected to the people and the world around you. It’s measurable! There’s a machine that measures the amount of theta and delta waves your brain is emitting compared to beta and alpha. And a certain ratio equals genius.
From the website of Anna Wise, whose work is continued through the Institute for the Awakened Mind:
Since beta is thinking and the combination of alpha, theta and delta is meditating, you can see that the masters are in a state of thinking and meditating simultaneously, with a flow of connection between the two functions. Someone in the Awakened Mind™ brainwave state has access to the unconscious empathy, intuition, and radar of the delta waves, the subconscious creative storehouse, inspiration and spiritual connection of the theta waves, the bridging capacity, lucidity and vividness of imagery, and relaxed detached awareness of the alpha waves, and the ability to consciously process thoughts in beta – all at the same time!
I wanna get hooked up to that machine! Wouldn’t that be fun?! 🤓
This is my brain candy right now.