The Other Way 041: Ex-Navy SEAL Christopher Maher on healing trauma + integrating spiritually
May 30, 2023
01:02:01
Christopher Maher is a former US Navy SEAL who endured intense physical, mental, and emotional stress as a SEAL and child. He's combined a “SEAL team mindset” with modern stress resolution strategies, to free his body, mind, and emotions from pain, tension, and emotional distortion. He developed subtractive tools for eliminating unresolved stress, tension, and emotional contortment. Christopher studied Traditional Chinese Medical Practices at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and at Yo San University before continuing his studies at The Universal Healing Tao System.
We cover:
- What a working as a Navy Seal and Traditional Chinese Medicine have in common
- The way trauma integrates into your body + how to heal from it
- The importance of choosing to heal + how it MIGHT not always be easier
- What spiritual arrogance looks like
- Integrating Navy Seal principles with mindfulness, spirituality, and awareness
- Christopher’s journey of going from a Navy seal to reintegration as a civilian: reprogramming the beliefs we have around our own identities
- Practices to balance striving with contentment
- Finding trust in Universal intelligence
- Presence and mindfulness as applied to the real world
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