https://devsummit.aspirationtech.org/index.php?title=Minimizing_and_managing_burnout&feed=atom&action=historyMinimizing and managing burnout - Revision history2024-03-29T09:56:14ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1https://devsummit.aspirationtech.org/index.php?title=Minimizing_and_managing_burnout&diff=3096&oldid=prevGunner: Created page with "*Kevin Behan -- "natural dog training" theory / "Your Dog is Your Mirror" **Dogs operate on emotions, going back to wolves **Stimulation is driven by emotion, but dogs don't h..."2022-11-23T03:01:53Z<p>Created page with "*Kevin Behan -- "natural dog training" theory / "Your Dog is Your Mirror" **Dogs operate on emotions, going back to wolves **Stimulation is driven by emotion, but dogs don't h..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>*Kevin Behan -- "natural dog training" theory / "Your Dog is Your Mirror"<br />
**Dogs operate on emotions, going back to wolves<br />
**Stimulation is driven by emotion, but dogs don't have a way to handle the overstimulation; they are taught that skill <br />
**WE have this problem when we are alone, isolated<br />
**Example: dogs maw, but don't bite -- there's restraint<br />
*Like with taichi, you need to root yourself and ground yourself<br />
**Lightning rod metaphor: you must channel that energy into the ground<br />
**Find ways to have negative or overwhelming energy go through you into the ground and not hold onto it<br />
**Push against the wall, the wall pushes back<br />
**The goal is to not fall down<br />
**How animals can help you: they lean against you when you lean against them, it's their way of hugging<br />
***The intensity, the distraction, the circuit helps your body to realize it can release that energy<br />
*Stress is on a spectrum: from DIStress (negative) to EUstress (euphoric)<br />
**Both affect your body and have a physical reaction<br />
*Stress radar <br />
**How much stress are you making and/or receiving?<br />
**Metaphor of a boat on a lake: the ripples are either caused by you, or by external factors<br />
**A lot of people notice the stress when it's at the center of your radar -- when it's too late, it's already overwhelming <br />
*Physical manifestations of stress without being able to pinpoint the cause<br />
**The cause doesn't matter as much as focusing on getting yourself back to center<br />
**Need a technique, a way to reduce tension<br />
*What about exhaustion? <br />
**Discipline: you need to do the THING you've been practicing -- a movement, a practice, going to a space, etc<br />
**Once you find your center, it becomes a reference point for you and no one can take that away from you<br />
*Meditation: what is it? <br />
**Not the same as contemplation or guided imagery, although that can help you get there<br />
**A feeling of evenness and integration: "you are a round ball"<br />
*Meditation in easy steps<br />
**Sit on the edge of your chair, hands on knees, and press your feet into the ground. Feel that energy going through you.<br />
**Focus on your breathing.<br />
**Meditating with pain or discomfort: make adjustments, stand up, you don't have to be static</div>Gunner