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
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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
Why You Can’t Relax When Nothing Is Wrong
Why You Can’t Relax Even When Nothing Is Wrong | The Healing Itinerant The Healing Itinerant Get the Guide → Nervous System · Regulation Why You Can’t RelaxEven When Nothing Is Wrong By Brian Abreu · The Healing Itinerant You close your laptop. The work is done. There’s nowhere you need to be. By every Continue reading
Becoming Supernatural Through Meditation: How Modern Science Is Explaining Ancient Wisdom
In 2017, after leaving the United States Marine Corps, I went through a major transition in life. Around that time, I had also gone through an emotional breakup that forced me into a period of deep reflection and personal questioning. Like many people who go through difficult moments, I started searching for answers. That search 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
Why Your Mind Feels Fried (and How to Fix It with Stillness)
The Power of Doing Nothing: How Silence Resets Your Brain and Reignites Focus Have you ever woken up and just didn’t feel like doing anything?No motivation, no energy—just scrolling endlessly through social media, eating junk food, or binge-watching shows. We’ve all been there: a drained, unproductive day where your mind feels fried. Now, there’s nothing Continue reading
Sensation Awareness: A Guide to Rewiring Your Nervous System
What Is Sensation Awareness? In this post, I want to explore the sensations that arise in the body from thoughts, emotions, and our environment — and how learning to observe and feel these sensations is the key to releasing stress, processing trauma, and mastering self-awareness. Understanding the Mind-Body Connection To begin, we need to understand Continue reading
Why Showing Up Every Day—Even at 1%—Is the Real Key to Growth
I’m keeping this post short and simple. Partly because I want to stay consistent with writing, but more so because I’ve been reflecting on a lesson that’s been unfolding through experience—one grounded in consistency, discipline, and daily compounding. Over the past few months, I’ve been building a strong daily rhythm: running six days a week, Continue reading
Break Through Running Plateaus with Mindful Breathing Techniques
If you’re an athlete, fighter, or someone chasing unshakable discipline, what you’re about to read could help you 10x your physical and mental performance. The Wall I Couldn’t Break During my time in the Marine Corps, I was close to a perfect Physical Fitness Test (PFT) score.23 pull-ups? No problem.100 sit-ups in two minutes? Easy.But Continue reading
Calm in Chaos is the New Strength: The Science Behind It
Introduction In a world wired for stress, distraction, and overstimulation, the real superpower isn’t speed, strength, or hustle — it’s stillness under pressure. “Calm in chaos” isn’t just a spiritual ideal. It’s a measurable nervous system skill, grounded in breathwork, neurobiology, and elite-level performance psychology. Whether you’re a fighter in the ring, an athlete on Continue reading