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This talk is an excerpt from a series of six classes named Exploring Shame and managing triggers. 6, 90-minute, Kundalini Global yoga classes that are framed around the theme of Shame and open with a short talk, of which this is an example. You can access the full series on my Vimeo channel here:

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/explorings...

If you have some awareness of how having shame, and how you experience shame, you might believe that it's in your head, but actually, it's entirely physical.

As well as having taught yoga for the last 28 years, I'm also a psychotherapist. And I'm fascinated by shame. I'm also fascinated by the vagus nerve. One of the things that a lot of people don't understand about why yoga helps relates to what happens in the body is that when you're triggered… into shame… into overwhelm… into anxiety… It's a very deep internal reaction.

Everything in your body goes really fast, mind blowingly fast. To go into a shame spiral is the deepest, most profound contraction within all of yourself.

And the problem is that when you get anxious, when you get triggered, when you get overwhelmed, when you have a shame spiral, you drop into being extremely young. Your brain defaults to what you learn to do when you were young. It's a thing

This happens quickly, and very few people either notice it or actually will take any responsibility for themselves with it. But we can. We have more agency that we realise… and this series of classes, available of my Vimeo, begins to explore how:

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/explorings...

If you are not ready to commit to that, you can sign up for my email newsletter, for excellent emails, links to any free classes I put on, and to receive a free download of my Trigger Triage sequence which you may find helpful if the topic of Exploring Shame and Managing Triggers is one of interest to you:
https://carolyncowan.com/triggertriage/

If you would like to take on another series of Kundalini Global or breathwork classes with me, you will find several available on demand over on my Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/carolyncowan/vod_pages

You can find information on my upcoming workshops and trainings on my website: https://carolyncowan.com