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Chat Thread: I worked out with a dumbell yesterday, I feel vigorous

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TownieDeac said:
Thanks. It doesn’t pose too many challenges for me; it was good to identify a trigger like that. Much of my generalized and social anxiety challenges that really crushed me in college have abated significantly over the years, so I feel in generally a good place. I know there are meditative techniques that don’t focus on the breath, so I’m interested to explore those instead.
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Man, dude, I will eat your butthole anytime. You're a rock solid dude. Big brain.
 
I didn’t listen to too much music this year but here were my favs (no order):

Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
feeble little horse - Girl with Fish
Jenny Lewis - Joy’all
Home is Where - The Whaler
Feist - Multitudes
Bill Orcutt - Jump on It
Harp - Albion
Juliet Ivy - Playpen EP
Jeff Rosenstock - Hellmode
Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
 
TownieDeac said:
I can’t do breath based meditation, unfortunately, creates too much anxiety for me. I have a similar challenge with yoga. More to dig in there with a therapist I’m sure. But thanks for this, I guess I’m mostly interested since you have familiarity with Buddhism if you’d also dabbled in the Dao (and not Ram Dass specifically, he just seems to be a common entry point for people).
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Behind on chatting, but my therapists uses the following technique with folks who don't like breathwork/needs something tangible because of attention issues.

  • grab a piece of paper and start to slowly draw circles (one overlapping circle)
  • if there is an external distraction (car honk, dog, change in temp, etc.) make a mark in the circle to the outside
  • if there is an internal distraction (thoughts, etc.), make a mark toward the inside of the circle
  • do this until you can go for a full minute without a mark
 
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