Vedic Meditation & Nervous System Healing | Nico DiMattina

Vedic Meditation & Nervous System Healing | Nico DiMattina

Nico is so full of life he's nearly bursting off the screen. In this episode we talk about mediation, acting from a place of centeredness, and overall emotional well being with things like processing pain and developing sensitivity to truth in your life. Enjoy!  Chatgpt said this is what we talked about:  Your mind can explain your pain for hours and still never touch the real release. We go straight into what changes when you stop trying to “think” your way to certainty and start working with the nervous system, the body, and the heart. We talk with Nico Dimatina about Vedic meditation and why mantra-based practice works like training wheels: you use the sound silently, it fades, and you land in real stillness. From there, we unpack why long-form meditation teacher training focuses so much on stored trauma, emotional baggage, and the subconscious patterns that run your reactions. Nico walks us through a full rounding sequence (toning, gentle yoga asana, shavasana, breathwork, then meditation) and explains how practices like alternate nostril breathing can help the body feel safe enough to unwind. We also zoom out into the bigger life questions: alignment versus achievement, why external success can’t manufacture deep fulfillment, and what it means to “surrender” without checking out of your responsibilities. Nico shares a vivid story of asking for direction and having “Dubai” drop into consciousness during meditation. From qigong and meridians to psychedelics as plant medicine (with strong emphasis on guidance and integration), we keep bringing it back to what’s practical: cultivating a steady inner baseline, then living from it. If this hit home, subscribe, share it with a friend who’s stuck in their head, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. What practice helps you come back to your body fastest? ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ Watch this episode and many more on my Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAMAjtmDsrFr9UzHKOISZCA]! 👀 Instagram/ Braxtongilbert [https://www.instagram.com/braxtongilbert/?hl=en]

From a childhood of ABUSE to LOVING the world | Seth Gehle

Seth had a horrific childhood. Years of abuse, all detailed in his recent book release. But he shares with us how that empowers him to do things that others would say is impossible (like running 100 miles straight) and also how his heart bursts with love to give back to a world that once hurt him. Incredible energy in this episode!  His book: https://www.amazon.com/Strength-beyond-Shadows-Overcoming-Childhood/dp/B0DMGQZZ1V ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ Watch this episode and many more on my Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAMAjtmDsrFr9UzHKOISZCA]! 👀 Instagram/ Braxtongilbert [https://www.instagram.com/braxtongilbert/?hl=en]

A Practice for Regulating Your Nervous System

Your nervous system walks into the room before your words do. When we’re mentally scattered, the people we care about feel it as divided attention, tight energy, and a subtle lack of safety. We want to be fully there, but “be present” is useless advice unless you have a repeatable way to get back into your body on demand.  We share a simple seated grounding practice drawn from qigong inspired training and the idea of foot consciousness. You’ll learn how to set it up with feet on the floor, how to use light movement to wake up sensation, and how to stop overthinking by feeling the ground directly. From there we guide a surprisingly powerful relaxation sequence: imagining the feet slowly melting, using shallow water imagery to release tension, and expanding attention up through calves and shins without straining or forcing focus.  Then we add two game changing layers for nervous system regulation: a gentle lift at the back of the head to align the spine and a clear cue for pelvic floor relaxation. Finally, we bring in the breath, not to “push” intensity, but to deepen calm and widen your emotional bandwidth. Try it before a meeting, a date, or time with friends as a palate cleanser for your energy. If it helps, subscribe, share it with someone who runs on stress, and leave a review with what you noticed in your body. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ Watch this episode and many more on my Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAMAjtmDsrFr9UzHKOISZCA]! 👀 Instagram/ Braxtongilbert [https://www.instagram.com/braxtongilbert/?hl=en]

Grief, Porn, and Bluey | Mason Sawyer

Mason Sawyer lost 3 children, his wife, brother and nephew in a sudden tragedy, now he spends his time helping others. We talk about a whole lotta shit. Here's what CoHost AI said this episode is about:  "Some conversations hit you with a hard truth: there is no “right thing” to say, and there is no fix coming. That’s where we start with Mason Sawyer of The 1090 Rule, a host who has spent years sitting with devastating loss stories and learning what actually helps. We dig into what it means to hold space for grief, why advice can create distance, and how silence, patience, and plain human honesty can make someone feel less alone.  From there, we widen out into the messy ways people cope. We talk about crying, dark humor, and the quiet work of “caring for the soul” rather than obsessing over solutions. Then the conversation turns toward sexual shame, porn addiction, and sex addiction recovery, including how novelty and doom-scrolling can rewire arousal, how to spot the line between pleasure and compulsion, and why porn can become a powerful form of emotional numbing when stress, anxiety, or grief spikes.  We also get practical about parenting and healthy sexuality: how to speak without shame, how consent language can be simple, and how to create the kind of trust where a kid can actually come to you. If you take one thing away, let it be this: sadness and joy can coexist, and connection is a skill you can practice. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway." ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ Watch this episode and many more on my Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAMAjtmDsrFr9UzHKOISZCA]! 👀 Instagram/ Braxtongilbert [https://www.instagram.com/braxtongilbert/?hl=en]

When you stop PERFORMING you get your ENERGY back | Angel Desantis

Angel shares how living in Los Angeles made community and confidence feel effortless, then moving to Jakarta created a full-on identity crisis: different beauty standards, different social rules, and suddenly no easy place to fit. Instead of forcing a new persona, we explore dissolving the old one and sitting in the blank slate long enough for something truer to appear. We also get practical about energy, power, and embodiment. When you stop performing for approval, you get your energy back. When you stop trying to fix people, you stop bleeding yourself dry. And when you use the body as a truth meter through breathwork, yoga, and somatic awareness, you can navigate relationships with more clarity, including knowing when something has moved from weird to painful to harmful. We close with the sharp distinction between pain and suffering, and a reminder that choice and power are almost always closer than they feel. If this hits, subscribe, share it with a friend who’s rebuilding, and leave a review so more people can find it. What part of your identity are you ready to let go of next? ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ Watch this episode and many more on my Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAMAjtmDsrFr9UzHKOISZCA]! 👀 Instagram/ Braxtongilbert [https://www.instagram.com/braxtongilbert/?hl=en]