How your nervous system could be causing your chronic illness & the dangers of trying to DIY the vagus nerve with Irene Lyon

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Irene Lyon returns to talk about how trying to DIY the nervous system could cause more harm than good & how the nervous system and stored trauma could be responsible for diabetes - cancer - autoimmune diseases and more! This episode is sponsored by Optimal Carnivore “CarnivoreY” to receive 10% off all products- Brain Nourish - https://amzn.to/3liaNFN Grassfed Organ Meat Complex https://amzn.to/3Dp1R9e Grassfed Beef liver https://amzn.to/3clgONz This episode is sponsored by VivaRays - code YOGI to save 15% https://vivarays.com/carnivoreyogi This episode is sponsored by Upgraded Formulas - code YOGI12 or YOGI to save on anything from Upgraded Formulas - https://www.upgradedformulas.com/?rfsn=4637317.2071db5&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=4637317.2071db5 Sign up for my newsletter to get special offers in the future! - https://sarah-kleiner.mykajabi.com/contact Check out all my courses to understand how to improve your mitochondrial health & experience long lasting health! https://sarah-kleiner.mykajabi.com/store Get my resource guide for all my favorite quantum health products with discounts as well as 7 pages of scientific studies to understand how light intricately effects our health - RESOURCE GUIDE LINK -https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/sites/2147573344/themes/2150788813/downloads/zmyzUo3nRQqxVU8dkEcg_Resource_Guide_.pdf THIS VIDEO IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: Registration Period for Fall 2022 Essentials Mon Aug 29 - Tues September 10 SIGN UP HERE: https://ea188.isrefer.com/go/ESS/SK/ READY TO TAKE THE PLUNGE WITH IRENE'S COURSES? 21 Day Nervous system: https://ea188.isrefer.com/go/21days/SK/ Healing trauma training: https://ea188.isrefer.com/go/HT/SK/ Smart Body Smart Mind: https://ea188.isrefer.com/go/SBSM/SK/ Follow Irene on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/IreneLyon Follow Irene on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irenelyon/ My previous talks with Irene: The link between stored stress & trauma and chronic illness & slowed metabolism with Irene Lyon - https://youtu.be/xDnsEQzxi_Y WEIGHT GAIN AND TRAUMA - IS THERE A CONNECTION? Stress & trauma expert Irene Lyon explains - https://youtu.be/yV_cKhn2e5U Trauma & rewiring the nervous system to overcome IC - chronic pain & heal for good with Irene Lyon - https://youtu.be/ad9OkBqm1W0 Is ice bathing & biohacking bad for a traumatized nervous system? Irene Lyon returns! - https://youtu.be/haWpSsqJhC4 Harnessing the sun for health and healing with Sarah Kleiner - https://youtu.be/S_aRRepVQoM TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 3:00 Beginning 4:30 Irene’s background of working with the nervous system 5:30 Why is everyone trying to hack the nervous system & why is this a problem6:45 Why is it dangerous to try to DIY your nervous system health 10:00 What can happen when we try to biohack the nervous system 12:15 Why some types of yoga/meditation can be triggering for some people 15:30 Why plant medicines can be dangerous 17:25 Defining trauma 19:30 Why surgery can be traumatic - even in infancy 21:54 Why is it so common for people to have stored trauma & how this contributes to chronic illness and autoimmune diseases 25:22 Why most people don’t understand the parasympathetic nervous system 28:00 Why POTS is so common these days 31:30 Teeth grinding and sleep apnea 36:20 Diabetes and trauma 40:00 How the nervous system relates to “I just can’t get motivated” 43:00 How SBSM helped me with one of the hardest years of my life 51:17 The danger of some vagus nerve exercises you find on the internet 55:00 How to work with the vagus nerve safely 59:00 How our gut can respond to bad nervous system work 1:01:00 Why we have to deal with our primal side & acknowledgment of our animal side 1:04:00 How we can use cold therapy - yoga and meditation to heal and not override the nervous system 1:11:00 Is adrenaline addictive? 1:12:00 TRE therapy 1:14:00 How we gently heal the nervous system 1:15:10 How to lea