This episode of Physically Spiritual explores stress, highlighting how our biology is still influenced by ancestral survival mechanisms, despite living in a modern world. It proposes three forms of asceticism to calibrate our stress levels and the tools of breath to regulate moments that are too stressful.

Takeaways

* Our ancestors’ experience has shaped the physiology of our stress response.

* Human biology can be more resilient to acute, immediate threats. that resolve quickly than chronic stressors that are not resolved.

* We can adopt an asceticism of time, asceticism of attention and asceticism of the present moment.

* Breathing with extended exhales slows the body down and can calm down the stress response.

* When you are in an anxiety loop try to change your physiology to interrupt the unwanted thoughts.

Keywords

stress response, chronic stress, asceticism, stress management, breath

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