Ep. 19 - Discipline, Darkness, and Diving into the Chakras with Tommy Bigelow

I get into these ruts in which I am constantly disappointed in myself and life and everything feels forced and pitted against me. Whenever I'm in a chapter of my life that is particularly dark, I have learned to really listen. To drop all the resistance (when possible) and use it as an opportunity to connect deeper... even if I can't recognize it in that moment because everything is clouded. I don't want to romanticize anything, it's not all epiphanies, there's lots of anger and devastation and despair in there, but each time I come around, I come around more compassionate, and more connected to myself, and with a deeper passion to want to love and serve others. So even though it sucks and it's horrible, I am grateful for it. At least, that's how I choose to view it. And discipline has proven to be such an important tool for me getting myself out of those low places (when the time is right... which can be a very mysterious thing). Tommy quotes in this episode  "What is life teaching me right now?" And when we can learn to pause, even in the darkest times, to take a breath and a step back... viewing our character in this human life as even something outside of ourselves, it can give us a moment of much needed relief to recalibrate. Tommy always has such positive and charismatic energy and I am so pumped to have had this conversation today. We cover lots of topics in this episode like how practices like yoga directly affect our nervous system, the lenses we view life through, reactivity, fear, trauma, and wrap it up with a breakdown on how we can use the chakra system as a helpful and cool allegory and system pointing to how to create a life of freedom from the ground up. Follow Tommy on instagram! @tomello3 ;-)Follow This Human Thing:for updates and behind the scenes!✧ instagram: @thishumanthing✧ facebook:  @thishumanthing✧ visit the website & subscribe to our newsletter! ✧You can tune into This Human Thing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and watch the video recording of the episode for extras on youtube! Support the Show! If you'd like to support the show, check out the patreon page!Or contribute one time on paypal. Also, leaving a rating and review on the podcast (apple, spotify, or google) really helps us get your feedback and expands the show out to more ears :-)Want a sticker? Subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Then send me a DM.Share the podcast with your friends and family if you liked it! Alright, that's it for the show notes!We would love to answer any questions you may have on the show! Send them into [email protected] or through the social media links above. And don't hesitate to get in touch about anything else, I'd love to connect! peace in... peace out! thanks for kickin it with us. & keep doing your thing ;-)Episode 19 of This Human Thing was recorded on February 27, 2021 in San Diego, CA and Seattle, WA. Support the show