Interrupting the Cycle of Karma as it Manifests Through the Body-Mind
What we are attempting to accomplish here is to slow down the escalation of hyper/hypo-arousal in the nervous system, as well as interrupt the cyclical cascade of mental - emotional - physiological reactions that perpetuate and reinforce karmic programs that no longer serve us.
This often begins as very tiny moments of interruption. Over time, these “spaces” grow larger, and we begin to gain more freedom from the beliefs, assumptions, reactions, stored energies/emotions, and karmic habit patterns that bind us.
If we can identify what “layer” of our being we are working with, or what phase of this cycle we are in - If we understand what level of activation our nervous system is in, we can then identify which tools will work best as an antidote at that level. This is very important because at one level you need to invite the material out for integration and at another you will want to dis-identify in order de-escalate and avoid reinforcing the pattern. It can be a challenge at first to recognize which phase you are in and therefore which approach is most beneficial.
We can also consciously move our awareness from top down or from bottom up, outside in or inside out, to understand how these layers are inter-connected. For example, in the psychological realm you can follow these thoughts inward to their underlying feelings and somatic sensations, in order to move into the body or energy bodies that contain the root causes. Conversely, you can also move the other direction and find the beliefs that are a product of the stored repressed energies and somatic sensations.
This leads us toward overall equilibrium as well as integration of the aspects of self, the root causes that are fueling the cycle of reinforcing and perpetuating old programs.
In the third image I have basic antidotes to each phase or layer. There are many different tools we can use that activate these antidotes, from different kinds of breath work, to nervous system regulation, somatic work, energy work, meditation etc., depending on which phase we are in, what layer we are working with, and what part of spectrum of activation we are on.