🌉 BRIDGING THE GAP –5 min Mindful Somatic Breathing Practice
Episode 35: Always Do Your Best: https://youtu.be/aAp1Eg4uln8 ✨ “Your best changes moment to moment. So show up with presence, not perfection.”
🧠 The Neuroscience of Effort, Compassion & Growth
🔄 The brain’s reward system lights up when we engage fully in the process, not just the outcome. Presence itself becomes the dopamine loop of growth.
⚡ Perfectionism, on the other hand, activates the amygdala, flooding the body with stress hormones and shutting down creativity.
🌱 Neuroplasticity teaches us that consistency and compassion build stronger, more adaptable pathways than criticism ever could.
🌍 “Doing your best” means honoring your nervous system, allowing rest, rhythm, and self-trust to guide sustainable change.
🌬️ Somatic Practice, Breath & Mindfullness
🌿 Inhale acceptance. Exhale judgment.
🪶 Notice your body right now. Is there tension behind the effort? A push to prove or perform?
🧘♀️ Breathe into that space and imagine softening the edges of “not enough.” Feel your chest, shoulders, and jaw release as you invite gentleness in.
💫 Let your breath remind you: your best today might be rest, reflection, or small, steady action. All are worthy.
🔥 If you feel your energy rise or a drive to push then ground it. Place a hand over your heart, lengthen your exhale, and whisper, “This moment is enough.”
❤️ Mind & Heart Integration
🌊 Your “best” is a living, breathing rhythm. It evolves with your capacity, your healing, your season of life.
🛤 Presence, not perfection, grows resilience. Each moment you meet yourself with grace, you rewire your brain toward safety and inner trust.
🌸 This week, pick one area: work, family, self-care … where you’ll replace striving with sincerity.
🔗 As you practice compassionate effort, your nervous system learns that you can be enough without exhaustion.
💭 “If you simply do your best, you’ll live your life intensely. You’ll be productive, you’ll be good to yourself, and you’ll be good to everyone around you.” — Don Miguel Ruiz
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