Living Functional Symmetry - by Triya Smith

01/29/2024

What are your favorite super foods?

(I’m looking to add more to our diets.)

06/29/2022

05/28/2022

The problem you have is not the problem.
The problem is the state that you enter the problem in.

Managing your state is a flawed approach. The state itself already has reinforcing biological responses built into it, so even if you try to "act differently" while you're in that state, you're up against a whole slew of physiology that is telling your brain to "feel this," despite your best efforts. Trying to manage your state is literally a battle of wills with your brain.
Every state, whether useful or detrimental has its own physiology associated with it: a breathing pattern and posture and bodily tension holding pattern.

If you're in a stressed state, your breathing will be short, erratic and repetitive. It's predictable. Your posture will be tense and rigid. Your breathing and posture patterns are specific and repeated every time you get into that state. It is partly in this predictive response pattern that the state gets reinforced. Being in it makes your perceptions seem real, when in fact, it's the tension patterns themselves (not reality) that are telling the brain how to respond. "I perceived ___, therefore, be in this state." (for better or worse.)

The quickest and easiest way to change an unwanted state is to first become aware of how you are breathing and then your physiology, in that order. It is in this way that you aren't trying to manage or control the biological processes inherent in the state but rather becoming aware of them.

Firstly, notice your breathing pattern. Then... gently... change it, slowly, deliberately. Easy does it.
Next, notice the tension pattern your body is holding while in that state. Stretch a little, tiny bit and allow the muscles to relax just enough that you notice. Go slowly. Be present with the changes so that choice enters your picture, and you can consciously change your response.

This changing affects the feedback loop to the brain and can lead to a new choice and thus a new state.

Once in a new state, "the problem" may appear differently to you., or at least, you can respond differently to it.

Let me know in the comments below how this approach goes for you! I've found it to be useful as long as I keep this in mind: "A mutually beneficial outcome is more important than me being right."

05/21/2022

People: "Help me make this symptom go away, PLEASE!"

When a person wants help with a symptom, I refer for the solution not from a text book but from their 'System.'

**What is Your 'System?'

Your system is everything within you. It includes and is not limited to: Anatomy and physiology and the relationships therein, emotions, memories, attitudes, beliefs, thoughts, and the meaning your system makes out of all of it. All of these formulate a complex Response-Matrix. This Response-Matrix is a network of response patterns that manifest within the nervous system as behaviors, perspectives, reactions, attitudes, emotions and the meaning you make out of life's circumstances. How all of this forms together will largely determine the pattern of outcome, i.e. your health, attitude or symptom. Symptoms are a sign that you're ready to move towards physical, emotional and mental health. The good news? Your Response-Matrix and the symptoms it contributes to are not a fixed phenomena. Your system can be re-wired and updated to form new response patterns and thus alleviate symptoms. This is where I use Functional Symmetry and my skills to help you live better.

If disruptive patterns and their symptoms have been with you long enough, reach out to me. I'm here for you. I care. Go team.

The website has more information about Functional Symmetry, my bio and how to get in contact.

LivingFunctionalSymmetry.com

05/16/2022

“I can’t help but react this way.”
While you can’t change what happened to you, you can change your meaning and response to what happened. It is in updating the meaning, i.e. interpreting the circumstance more accurately and with less emphasis on maintaining old patterns, that you can truly respond differently. Since you were young, you’ve strived to maintain the same responses by filtering the situation through outdated perceptions, just so you could validate the pattern and maintain their continuity. This is why physical healing can take so long. This is why a person can suffer with the same pattern over and over. You can only change your response, both physically and psychologically, if you change the meaning.

This is where Functional Symmetry comes in.

05/16/2022

Welcome to Functional Symmetry! If you have symptoms of physical, emotional or mental pain, Functional Symmetry may be the next step for you:

Applying the best features of kinesiology, biofeedback, neurological reprogramming, and several other modalities, and while accessing innate intelligence, in-depth human behavior and emotional intelligence, Triya uses Functional Symmetry to catalyze transformation on many levels, including the cellular.

Go to LivingFunctionalSymmetry.com to read more or to schedule a free consultation.