Learn How to Hone Your Senses to Improve Your Life on New Podcast "You Matter"

Aug. 2, 2010 - PRLog -- ‘Use it or lose it’ has definitely become a cliché and for very good reason. It’s true!  And it is true for many of our capacities, not just our brain function or muscle tone. We’re also losing our senses, in more ways than one. The repercussions go deeper than simply forgetting names, or opening the fridge and wondering what you were going there for. We are losing our ability to truly enjoy the richness of life, losing our creative edge, and on a deeper level, losing our sense of fulfillment and meaning. This doesn’t just affect adults but children too. Yaktivate.com, a global podcast network, is pleased to welcome a new podcast show, “You Matter” that addresses these very issues.  Hosted by Rachel Flower, “You Matter” provides listeners with the information necessary to discover how all the senses influence personal and professional fulfillment.  “You Matter” is found on www.EnergyoftheSpirit.com, one of many channels on Yaktivate.com.

“You Matter” debuts with a six-part series with Flower presenting each of the senses and demonstrating how we can create big life-shifts with even a few small changes in our sensory environment.  She shares her expertise by dispensing facts, figures, inspirations and practical tips to help all of us, young and old, stimulate the brain and open up new neural pathways to enhance learning.  The 6-part series begins with an introduction and an overview of all the senses in the first podcast, followed by an exploration into vision the second week, the sense of hearing the third week and the sense of smell the fourth week.  The series continues into September as Flower discusses the other senses.

According to tests carried out since the 60’s our sensitivity to stimuli is decreasing by 1% per year. Delicate sensations are being filtered out of our consciousness. Enjoyment and aesthetic levels have dropped dramatically. 15 years ago people could distinguish 3 million sounds; today many children can’t go beyond 1 million sounds. The average is 180k.

Why is this? Our environment is bombarded with high level stimuli to the point that for young brains, blocks are set up in order to buffer themselves. Ever- higher levels are then needed in order to be registered – and the vicious spiral continues. As a result, many young people must have a steady input of high level stimuli or they sink into sensory isolation and anxiety. Today it appears that entire brain areas are being skipped over. Information is processed without evaluation or meaning. New brains can tolerate extremes of dissonance or discord. They can handle contradictions in what researchers refer to as ‘new indifference’. Little wonder violence is escalating. And the 1 million doses of Ritalin a day will not solve the problem.

Author and inspirational speaker, UK-born Rachel Flower is the founder of The Senssoma Institute, delivering transformation programs, retreats, and workshops for individuals and corporate teams. Her clients include Fortune500 executives. She’s also the lead facilitator for The Peaceful Woman Corp. and a founding trainer for Dr. Bresky’s Nine Point Brain Tune Up program.  Affectionately known as the ‘De-lightenment Expert’, Flower’s joy is to share the formula for every day miracles, and bridge the gap between what is and what is yearned for. She delights in sharing insights, inspirations and tales of the unexpected about living a fulfilling, purpose-filled, passionate life and, most importantly, I in making sure it becomes an experience, not just a nice idea. Flower is pleased to share her resources on her website, www.quantumsensing.com and through her podcasts.

All of us need to be more conscious of our senses and body wisdom to help stimulate the brain, especially for youngsters for whom pathways and patterns are being established. So, whatever modality you choose for that, just make sure it ‘makes sense’ to your senses!

Listeners are encouraged to send in questions and comments to Flower at www.EnergyoftheSpirit.groupsite.com or to Rachel@senssoma.com.

The sponsor for this podcast series is: FM Odyssey with Fred Migliore. FM Odyssey features music with a heart and brain, interviews with spirit and unique specials you won't hear anywhere else. Listen to the show at www.MusicYak.com.

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