The Devil’s Playground: Why Temptation Understands You Better Than You Do You don’t need a stronger enemy outside of you. You need to understand the one thing inside you that gets used against you every time. There’s an old saying that idle hands are the devil’s playground. Most people hear it as a line about Continue reading
Yoga Philosophy
You’re Not Broken. You’re Dysregulated
You’re Not Broken. You’re Dysregulated. There is nothing wrong with you that needs fixing. There is a nervous system that needs regulating. You’ve probably said it to yourself at some point, maybe more than once: something is wrong with me. You overreact to small things. You shut down when conversations get hard. You feel like Continue reading
Why Meditation Doesn’t Work (Until You Fix This First)
Why Meditation Doesn’t Work (Until You Fix This First) You don’t have a meditation problem. You have a safety problem. You sit down. You close your eyes. You try to breathe slowly and think about nothing. And within ninety seconds your leg is bouncing, your jaw is tight, your mind is sprinting through six unrelated Continue reading
What 39 Days of Silence Taught Me About Stress
What 39 Days of Silence Taught Me About Stress | The Healing Itinerant The Healing Itinerant Get the Guide → Vipassana · Personal · Nervous System What 39 Days of SilenceTaught Me About Stress By Brian Abreu · The Healing Itinerant Three 10-day Vipassana courses. One Satipatthana course. 39 total days of noble silence — Continue reading
The Difference Between Meditation and Nervous System Regulation
The Difference Between Meditation and Nervous System Regulation | The Healing Itinerant The Healing Itinerant Get the Guide → Meditation · Nervous System · Practice The Difference Between Meditationand Nervous System Regulation By Brian Abreu · The Healing Itinerant People use these terms interchangeably. They’re not the same thing. Confusing them is part of why Continue reading
This Daily Internal Conflict Influences Your Life & Behavior.
Did you know there’s a constant daily battle inside you? In this post, I want to go over some ancient wisdom that can help you build self-awareness and understand the laws of nature.For These reason, you can feel the emotional and energetic shifts throughout the day. What are the 3 Gunas? This daily inner battle Continue reading
Forbidden Secrets! The 8 Limbs of Yoga: Awaken Kundalini with Ashtanga Yoga
Intro: What is The 8 Limbs of Yoga? When people speak of Yoga, the average person automatically thinks of Ashtanga Yoga postures and sequences at a studio but, this is only one element in the 8 Limbs of Yoga. Yoga’s goal is to reach Samadhi (Bliss, enlightenment, or guide to raise kundalini). This philosophy or Continue reading
Forbidden Knowledge: What are Marma Points in Ayurveda?
In this blog post, I’ll provide a brief overview of Ayurvedic Marma Points and their significance. I believe understanding them can benefit both your health and meditation practice. In ancient times, identifying the energies pathways became a long used healing system. Without further ado, let’s get started. Definition of Marma Points Marma points are vital Continue reading
Don’t Go To A Vipassana Meditation Retreat!
While backpacking through India, I crossed paths with a martial artist friend at the House of Travelers Hostel in Agra. Our friendship began over a simple gesture—he offered me some boiled eggs after his workout, and I gratefully accepted. During our conversations, he mentioned attending a meditation course seven times after each fight, a practice Continue reading
What is Yama? The First Limb of Yoga
Today we will begin to deep dive into the first limbs of yoga: Yama The first two Limbs of Yoga, Yama & Ni-Yama, are considered the 2 major pillars that form our social identity on all levels. These 2 major pillars purifies our mind, senses, and emotions; our subtle body. The first Two Limbs of Continue reading