In this episode of the Becoming You podcast, I welcome Navjit Kandola, spiritual advisor, educator, speaker, filmmaker, full-time mum, and the Director of the Nizhoni School for Global Consciousness.

Talk about your experience attending the Nizhoni School for Global Consciousness.

Navjit: I started off with traditional education and ended up studying law in England. I knew I was expected to become a barrister and have an arranged marriage. I didn’t find the future spelled out for me all that exciting. As an empath, I was interested in telepathy, past lives, mind over matter, the purpose for my existence, and how it all works. And I wanted to be of service all over the world. I came across a book by Chris Griscom called Ecstasy Is a New Frequency which talks about the soul level of conversation, having a higher self, listening to that intuition, and laying out a kind of a map in consciousness. That’s when I knew I found my teacher.

Why do so many of us live in our heads?

Navjit: If you think about it, a lot of people are in a low-grade fight-or-flight mode, which falls into heightened awareness. Heightened awareness is about survival. When we’re pumping that adrenaline and going through those cycles of cortisol, the body is attempting to get us to safety. We like the feeling of being in our minds because it makes us feel safe and in control and always looking forward in an attempt to control what’s coming. The thing is, though, the body can only live in the now.

How do we connect the dots between our body and our mind?

Navjit: Slow down. The speed of the mind is very different from the speed of the body and the speed of emotions. We know our minds well enough to become enmeshed in what we call the inner critic.

Why does somatic healing, or disassembling unproductive constructs in our subconscious to the benefit of our bodies, work so well?

Navjit: Some part of us is replaying being in that cage and this energy is compelling our bodies. It leads to things like bad posture. We’re totally unaware that we’re following some deep, unforgotten memory or conclusion or belief. Somatic healing takes us back to that state, slows down the framerate, and allows us to pinpoint the instincts that were driving us in those little moments; not intellectually, but somatically and emotionally.

One of the things that I loved as a result of working with you is learning not just to listen, but to trust my body, and to experience change as slow as I needed to instead of forcing it.

Navjit: That’s so true. When we are struggling and want to heal, there is of course a desire to get it done as fast as possible. What we forget is to include the body which is going to be processing all of that. It may not be ready for a full liquid diet or to eat only vegetables or to cut out all sugar.

For listeners who are struggling to connect with their bodies, what would be some good, basic starting points to start forming a connection?

Navjit: One exercise I like if I’m really anxious or my mind is racing is curling up. Curl up and bring your head down to your knees and hold yourself tight. Let yourself be there until you feel an impulse from your body to uncurl. When you feel that voice saying you want to uncurl, do so super, super slowly. If your mind is thinking that it isn’t working, you should slow it down even more until it barely feels like you’re moving. Pro tip: Instead of continuing to uncurl with your upper body, keep it going by uncurling your legs and feet. Stand up and put your feet on the ground, feeling that you can put the weight of your body on the Earth. This exercise will bring you back into your body. It’s going to take time; but not that much time.

Learn more about Navjit Kandola:

Her website: www.TenderLogic.com

Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/navjitkandola/