Expanding Your Mind, Health & Success with Andrew Wayfinder Hryniewicw (#044)

Andrew Hryniewicz is an architect, psychotherapist and shamanic practitioner who is an expert in the psychology of resilience, trauma recovery and peakperformance.Since 2011, Andrew has helped over 175 executives and professionals from scientists to artists, creatives and writers – use his “deep mind“ methods to become wiser, more creative, fulfilled and happy in their professional and personal lives.Topics:The journey from architect, to therapist, to shamanismGetting that, 'this isn't going to work out' feelingA lot of people are drawn to therapeutic professions because they are woundedThree experiences of the veil droppingOur ancestors lived in a world that was shamanic, where everything was experienced as being alive, the trees, the rocks, the waterCave art sprang from this about 30,000 years agoA set of methods for altering your consciousness so that you can communicate with these other dimensions of realityThe difference between wet and dry shamanismThree issues with using ayahuascaSteady drumming allows the brain to anchor in the theta stateWhy don't you learn the universe before you blow it up?"I essentially get the distortion out of the nervous system, a clear flow of signal"70% of the study from 'good backgrounds' had at least one of these ten traumatic things in their childhood, 40% had four or moreAddiction to drugs or alcoholism, mental illness or depression, psychosis, emotional or sexual abuse, witnessing domestic violence etc led to 7-30 times more likelihood of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, suicide, alcoholism, stroke or early deathTrauma is not so much what happened, it's the emotional scar tissue formed around the event that constricts and limits, the person's ability to function, be flexibleAs the Buddhists say with our mind we create the world, the root of modern mindset work and that's true, but first the world made our mindIt's like in Jaws he says "we're gonna need a bigger boat", I realised I'm going to need a bigger meMost indigenous cultures look at our modern culture and they think we're crazyThe heart and soul of the indigenous experience is that we are all connected. No such thing as being thrown out of the garden of EdenIt links with architecture, the thread between apparently disparate things, how do we live in balance with ourselves, each other, the environment, the planet?Predators can spot prey, it's unconsciousSo when you release the memories, experiences, they realise they're no longer a target for the bullies, the bullies just disappearIntegrating the physicist with the shamanic practitioner gaining insights from other dimensions of thoughtThe karmic alignment dayThe haah breathYawning a few times, brain scans show, it resets their nervous systemVery slow neck roll, allows your brain to notice where it's tightIf you're interested in more visit ▶ https://almcbride.com/minicoursefor a free email minicourse on how to gain the psychological edge in your negotiations and critical conversations along with a helpful negotiation prep cheat sheet.If you enjoyed this episode of Dealing with Goliath Podcast, hit subscribe to hear about our latest episodes.If you're interested in more visit ▶ https://almcbride.com/minicoursefor a free email minicourse on how to gain the psychological edge in your negotiations and critical conversations along with a helpful negotiation prep cheat sheet.If you enjoyed this episode of Dealing with Goliath Podcast, hit subscribe to hear about our latest episodes.