What if this doesn't mean what I think it means? Sana picks up a conversation with returning guest Zachariah Rehder, an international teacher, speaker, and healer, that started on another show in the network and left both of them with more to explore.
Zach unpacks why softening our certainty about a situation can open up new awareness, why not every difficult feeling needs to be figured out to be resolved, and what it might mean to finally meet inherited or unresolved emotional patterns instead of just managing them.
About the Guest:
Zachariah Rehder is an international teacher, speaker, and healer with decades of experience in meditation, breathwork, and energy healing. He has traveled globally since 2011 leading breathwork events and retreats, and works with people navigating unresolved emotional and inherited patterns.
Key Takeaways:
- When you notice yourself certain about a difficult situation, try holding the thought a little more loosely rather than treating it as the only possible interpretation, in Zach's approach this softening can itself shift how you feel
- Not every emotion needs to be figured out or fixed, staying present with a feeling and letting it move through you can be more effective than trying to analyze or eliminate it
- If you notice your body tensing or your breath catching during a hard topic, treat that as a signal worth returning to and breathing through, rather than something to push past quickly
- Consuming distressing news you have no ability to act on can add to a sense of hopelessness, try redirecting attention toward situations where you can actually contribute or help
- Try asking "is this actually my thought" rather than assuming every thought reflects your own truth, this can create helpful distance from difficult mental loops
Connect With the Guest:
Website: https://www.zachrehder.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zrehder/
The Mindful Journey: https://the-mindful-journey.captivate.fm/episode/you-are-not-broken-zachariah-rehder-on-breathwork-and-what-blocks-healing/
Episode Chapters:
[00:00] Picking Up Where We Left Off: "What If This Doesn't Mean What I Think It Means?"
[01:16] Meet Zachariah Rehder, Back for Part Two
[02:27] Softening the Mind's Certainty Without Losing It
[09:44] Are Your Thoughts Even Yours?
[16:19] Are We in the Middle of a Collective Awakening?
[22:06] Inherited Trauma and What It Means to Finally Meet It
[29:05] A Simple Practice for Staying Open With Difficult Feelings
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