Lessons From The Field

Lessons from the field

Whether I’ve got my Vedic Meditation teacher hat on, or Occupational Therapist hat on, I spend my week working with individuals to support their nervous systems and emotional regulation. Here’s one thing I’ve learnt..

Throughout the day our mood and energy levels fluctuate. Most of us wake up feeling sluggish and need to splash our face with water to wake up. At other times we might feel restless and need to exercise to help to settle our system. We all have micro habits and daily routines that help us to organise and regulate our system to ensure we spend as much time in our optimal zone of regulation. 

Can you think of any of your own habits or routines?

In this optimal zone, we are calm, stable and available to learn. This allows us to take in relevant information from the world around us and interact optimally with it. We thrive in this zone of creativity, contentedness and curiosity. 

However, research indicates that the build up of stress chemistry in the body shrinks this zone. As a result we find it hard to maintain a calm and stable state and we utilise inefficient or destructive patterns of behaviour in an attempt to regulate our system. It’s either a short lived solution or exacerbates the issue. 

Vedic meditation is the most effective and sustainable approach I’ve come across in my 15+ years of study and work that not only balances the system but also has the ability to increase the size of this optimal zone of regulation and decrease the fluctuations we experience across a day. When we are constantly demanded to adjust to the ever changing demands of the world around us, adaptability and rest are a foundational need. Both of which Vedic Meditation provides.