Dharmapunx NYC Wired, Tired and Tense: The Body That's Always Alert, Never Relaxed
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Nov 13, 2025 In this session, the host explores how modern life cultivates chronic tension through constant self-reliance and economic pressures. Discussing the physiological effects of fight-or-flight, he explains how devices keep our bodies in a state of readiness. The conversation highlights common tension patterns and links them to emotional suppression. Listeners are guided through practical techniques for release, including tension awareness exercises and mindful breathing. The episode emphasizes the mind-body connection and offers tools to reclaim inner ease.
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Digital Busyness Keeps Muscles On Edge
- Modern constant busyness trains the brain and muscles into a perpetual readiness state that keeps the body tense.
- Small digital tasks trigger readiness potentials that send action signals throughout the body, not just to the fingers.
Microactivations Build Chronic Tension
- Microactivations from repeated tasks accumulate into a baseline of chronic physical tension across many muscle groups.
- This baseline tension underlies headaches, jaw clenching, shallow breathing, and general bodily discomfort.
Tension Feeds Threat Predictions
- A tense body updates the predictive brain to expect danger, which in turn increases vigilance and keeps the body tense.
- Emotional avoidance also shows up as physical guarding that prevents full emotional processing.
