tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post6809048437717743963..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: Pre-Flight NervesPeter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-43185791661908112132009-09-24T12:09:22.982-07:002009-09-24T12:09:22.982-07:00miiya--thanks for checking in, and see below for G...miiya--thanks for checking in, and see below for Gary's excellent advice<br /><br />Robin, yes, ouch, the anger! Good luck with the move. I'm not up to date on the blogs, I'm afraid; and need to catch up on yours.<br /><br />Gray, yes, all good advice--and from one who should know about those long distances. This time, though... well, Pittsburgh doesn't seem that far!Peter Clothierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-20286756678636903512009-09-24T09:18:11.222-07:002009-09-24T09:18:11.222-07:00The Reptilian Brain
When traveling on aircraft fo...The Reptilian Brain<br /><br />When traveling on aircraft for long distances with the sun I use deep cleansing breathing for several days every hour for 5 minutes, spend at least 1.5 hrs on the rowing machine two days in a row prior to my flight and walk for one hour as night falls. <br /><br />To sooth my limbic brain from the travel smells that can stimulate negative responses I bring a lavender pouch and keep it cool placing it over my eyes to calm down and adjust to my one size fits all airplane seat. I always bring a lumbar pillow an inflatable neck pillow.<br /><br />The limbic brain works to restore balance to my emotional stability like a thermostat for the hypothalamus and allows sleep to be restored by<br />suppressing the flight/fight response of the reptilian brain within all of us.<br /><br />When traveling against the sun on 5 hr plus flights I know my biological clock will take 2 to 3 days to reset. I find that long morning and early evening walks help me get in the sun enough to stimulate and reset the internal clocks which also allows for aroma filled links to the place I'm working or visiting.<br /><br />By the way reptiles don't drink coffee!<br /><br />I like Suzanne Bovenizer's CMT, CST writing on the subject.CHI SPHEREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278628028066177635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-52507429554961781122009-09-24T08:16:42.676-07:002009-09-24T08:16:42.676-07:00I mostly don't travel very far, and I never fl...I mostly don't travel very far, and I never fly. I am experiencing a similar mix of dread and excitement about our upcoming move. I don't like moving very much either, but these past few years have put those fears to the test. I don't deal very well with it; I lose sleep; I am quick to anger. I haven't found an effective way to deal with it, except maybe sleeping later than usual (waking at 7:15 rather than 6:00) to make up for the tossing and turning.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-7815656016922703562009-09-24T00:42:45.919-07:002009-09-24T00:42:45.919-07:00Well, here I am, up at 2:30 in the morning, checki...Well, here I am, up at 2:30 in the morning, checking emails because of my occasional insomnia and am looking forward to what responses and suggestions others will have to your predicament.<br />Change, as I get older, does not seem to be welcome to my system either. But your travel jitters may be from an unconscious realization that us earthbound humans were not meant to fly like the birds and to not be sitting like sardines in a elongated metal machine......happy journeying.miiyanoreply@blogger.com