Regulate Your Nervous System Using Breath Oriented Practices With Joseph Roberson

<p><em>“ The sluggishness disappears, I’m with it, I’m not lagging by myself. I think this is why resilience and increasing resilience is much more important than reducing stress.</em> --- Joseph Roberson” </p><p>In today’s episode, our host AJ of @mysevenchakras and meditation Teacher and Author Joseph Roberson covered interesting topics such as the essence of meditation, personal growth and breathing to reduce stress and anxiety.</p><p>Joseph Roberson was a featured presenter at Cabo BreathFest in February 2020, The Breathing Festival in February 2021, Breath Hub&#39;s Global Breath Conference in May 2021, as well as at Floyd YogaJam in September 2021.</p><p>Roberson published his first book, One-Half Breath At A Time: Discover How To Turn Stress &amp; Anxiety Into Calm Ease, Productive Power, And Joy With Breath-Centered Practices, in 2018. He is currently completing his third book, Breathing Serenity, Courage, and Wisdom: Polyvagal-informed, Breath-centered Practices.</p><p>To learn more about Joseph visit <a href="http://www.josephroberson.com" rel="nofollow">www.josephroberson.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Key Points Discussed </p><ul><li>I was born and raised in North Carolina in a small village called Wentworth. I grew up here and left to go to art school. Spent the majority of my life in and around Baltimore and now back here in North Carolina where I grew up. (4:09)</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>The art started in the 8th grade and the writing started in the 9th grade. The rest is history. (5:17)</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>I went to Pune to study at the Iyengar Institute. The Iyengar Yoga Institute in Pune. I knew I did not like the Iyengar Yoga Institute, it didn&#39;t work for me, I was quite unhappy. (11:29)</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>In my own experience, Yoga Pranayama and Buddhist Vipassanā I don&#39;t want to say they suppress emotion but they bypass it. The emotional life is inferior. I was very adept at suppressing my own feelings. (19:54)</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>The Osho ashram meditations, I c