Gita Brown came to flying the hard way: through crippling fear, a discovery flight, and one moment where she grabbed the controls and something just flipped. Now she's a student pilot marching toward her checkride, a yoga instructor, a music therapist, and the co-host of the Calm Cockpit Podcast. She also teaches fear-of-flying courses in partnership with Virgin Atlantic, which means she has professionally helped hundreds of people do the thing she herself was terrified to do two years ago. She joined us from a snowbound cabin in Maine, mid-blizzard, fully caffeinated, and ready to explain why your brain is failing you in the cockpit and what you can actually do about it. Spoiler: it starts with electrolytes, ends with meditation, and somewhere in the middle involves not eating grapes.

Mentioned on the show:

* Calm Cockpit Podcast: https://calmcockpit.com/

* MGM - Montgomery Alabama: https://www.airnav.com/airport/MGM

* SISKIND - Time building vs Time HAVING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFw9CpSqwHA

* Lovefly - fear of flying courses: https://www.lovefly.co.uk/

* Seth Lake - VSL Aero: https://vsl.aero/

* Seth Lake's youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQS8w0x9swAMJRMhLY_P5g

* Fly Oz - gateway to the Ozarks: https://www.flyoz.com/

* LMNT electrolyte drink mix: https://drinklmnt.com/

* Insight Timer app: https://insighttimer.com/

* Baraka (film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraka_(film)

* Koyaanisqatsi (full fiml): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOA_dOrm_Mk

* SISKIND - DO EASY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqsg-iW3KBw

* Qigong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qigong

* Koyaanisqatsi, Hopi word for "life out of balance": https://bureauoflinguisticalreality.com/portfolio/koyaanisqatsi/

* The Deep Magic of Daily Consistency: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G6FJQSGW

* Scott Manley - Explaining Why NASA's Starliner Report Is So Bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L96asfTvJ_A

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