The Uplifting Effect of Endorphins: 8 ways to generate them

Hi everyone,

For me it’s:

Losing myself in the creation of music - any instrument will do, even my own voice now which I’ve recently begun to explore,

Losing myself playing with my kids,

Losing myself walking alone in nature,

Losing myself in spontaneous movement to music,

Losing myself in writing/journaling,

Losing myself trying a physical activity that’s completely new like snowboarding or wakeboarding,

Losing myself connecting with my wife,

Losing myself following the Pull on a real life treasure hunt

Paul

Great convo. As a former addict and alcoholic, I spent a good 20 years chasing the highs including over exercising to get the runners high and other adreneline inducing activities because sitting still was boring!

So it is quite the change for me to do nothing but I am embracing it. I'm OK doing nothing. Nothing is wrong with me in this space. I'm in a void it feels, nothing good nor bad just neutral. It's been going on for a while but I feel like if I try to pop myself out of it, that isn't what I'm supposed to be doing.

I feel lightness, light exercise, light doing and letting things process on their own organically without my interference. Then sometimes I think maybe this is just part of aging and slowing down lol. Fascinating indeed!

Tracy

Endorphins, a favourite process. :)

Today I had a bit of a break from the 'lots of things to do' list (phew) and getting a ceremonial dose of endorphins! How so? Earlier, surrendering to someone else's creative vibe as they were doing my hair. I said to Elina: here is my hair see what you can create that is different. Felt very excited and adventurous. I am a LOT blonder than my 'habitual' style BUT I love the possibilities and the new relationship to pleasure in the new image.

And later on, sitting in stillness, with incense burning (lovely aroma), meditation music, the fresh sight of trees and singing birds out of my window and a cup of sweet herbal tea. Feeling nourished.

Blessings x

Coffee anyone? That seems to do it for me, not that I am attached it. A cup of a nice tasty coffee once in a while.  Now every time i have a cup of coffee, I think of that Outlook bar in La Palma with its breathtaking views.

It's great to connect Open, Charlie and everyone.

Speaking of synchronicity  a few months ago I added the 5 Gateways movie as an mp3 on my playlist and love how it plays at the right moment. Really looking forward to the Paradigm Shift documentary <3

I don't know why I'm saying this but Openhand is a dream I had as a child

I recently acquired a few new fruiting trees for the front garden ... Which is interesting in itself as I have planted a dynamic and winged creature friendly garden in the back of the house and have only recently started to bring that to the front. There's a local hardware store here that has a nursery with a special vibe....it's not advertised as anything different than all the other hardware stores, but the plants feel different there. So today, I was strolling through the plants and waves of warmth, tenderness, and sense of being connected radiated through my being... The people there all seemed to be available with a warm smile and a helping hand. It's amazing to me coming from the place I was feeling earlier this week... The anger and frustration at how things are on society (and in myself) and then to be in a "hard" place and find such sweetness, such connection and upliftment. Just beautiful. <3 Jen 

In case I wasn't clear 😊... Connecting to plants and animals and community are what I find uplifting ❤️

Ps. can't wait Open for the new Openhand documentary "PARADIGM SHIFT". that in itself gets the endorphins flowing.

You said it B. Ever so thankful for this reminder, Open. Just reading your reminder of what endorphins do for the body was enough to bring that wonderful feeling to the for-front. The light feels a little different today with tingles.

Charlie  

I'm one that needs to be reminded of this so thanks. For me it's swimming, painting and editing videos

Timely reminder as I got up early today to go to the gym ... Been feeling important to get moving first thing in the morning... Thank goodness for the gym as it was -0.5 C this morning in Florida!!

Can feel a better balance...

I note my first post on this thread about realigning energies in a community group setting. What a rocky road it's been! But it's six months later, and the tide is turning. Challenges still ahead though! What kept me going through thick and thin? Meditating (love the Liquid Gold Meditation, which I learned at Openhand workshops) plus the eight ways to activate endorphins! Yihah! :)

x Cathy

Reading the article and watching the process (all these lovely comments) is already uplifting....I wish those who haven't yet tapped in, will join soon to have the fun out of it :)

Love your sense of humour Anatoly - ha ha!

And such a great reminder to consciously practice freewheeling. I tend to be free wheeling with the freewheeling, if you like, so its random. I appreciate its a practice.

Ok, another vote for number 8, cool. The word 'mastery' caught my attention Anatoly....mmmm I would say that freewheeling and humour (in number 8) IS the way to go :)

Open, did you repost this article to remind yourself to write about sacred sexuality *kiss3* *KISSING*? For me, a day of freewheeling will lift my spirits. I try to do it once or twice a week whenever possible. Strong cup of coffee certainly gets my juices going on the trip. I like the freewheeling session to include both nature and modern city life. I also vote for #8 as the mother of all endorphins but haven't mastered it yet.

With Love
Anatoly

As a fun-loving Pleiadian star-soul who appreciates the pleasures of endorphins, I second that, Aspasia!

Ha ha! Chuffed you resonate Cathy! :) Open, well then it appears that this topic begs for a fully dedicated article at some point... :)

Well, i thought about this for a bit...so I would say that number 8 loving sexual intimacy with another tops my list. Why? Because you can engage in all the other 7 ways while you are in it! So you get 8 in 1 endorphin activation effect! :)

Music, dance, humour and chocolate do it for me! Raising my endorphins, that is! I'm also finding my endorphins increase when I express my gifts of beingness. I've been manifesting experiences where I am being invited to elevate the community energy around me. I have stepped up to the challenge, making my Moon in Aquarius very happy, indeed. Aquarius loves the humanitarian in us. :)

This week I took the lead in helping to shift a controlling and manipulative leadership energy to one of greater respect, kindness, harmony, and cooperation. With my encouragement and cheer-leading, other joined me, but when push came to shove, no-one wanted to take on specific responsibilities to up the energy. So my rays 1 and 4 kicked in big time as I tuned into the gifts of beingness of each participant and encouraged roles that matched those. Magically, all agreed so we're off and running. I was asked to be the big bopper in all of this but declined and supported another to take on that role, feeling that was best for me and all. I have taken on a lesser earthly role but it feels like a Guardian energy multi-dimensionally! I guess I continue to be more like Samwise Gamgee than Frodo!

Cheers, guys!

Cathy

its a choice, in every given moment it's the perspective one has to either choose to be uplifted or not.

This article is really good though and it reminds me that yes..You are what you eat. In which case I am a fruit with a side of nuts and almost everything else in between lol :) Either that or I am the swirly fruit loop in a bowl of regular fruit loops. But hey, least I'm still a fruit loop.

It's that moment when the sun reaches that point in the sky that creates the most beautiful glow around everything, the dusk. Where all things are just gentle and soft and deliciously calm.

It is also that moment when all things have just fallen down around you and you just wish with everything in you to lift everyone back up and all you can do is mentally create the hugest lightning storm you've ever seen. Because even in that, the lightning I identify with resonates deeply not just in myself but in everyone and everything. It is the yes, all is not well right now. But even a storm passes by eventually and then the most fulfilling moments can happen if one allows it to.

Orrrr get on with that neuron replacement! Flip the switch of bad to good, it is possible.. All things are possible if one has a mind to make it that way!

One of my favorites though is to imagine taking all that heavy and light energy (density) and just direct it to a teeny tiny paper cup full of water and just say here.. Have a refreshing drink and hmmm why not just dissolve yourself too. Be free :)

I am just thankful for humor and silliness most of all, without humor I probably would of fallen a long time ago and just stayed there going blech.

Wyndè

Thanks for a timely repost.

Where do i draw the line between feeling, expressing, being one with the pain and finding light and positivity or generating endorphin as u said. Both Of these things seem to contridict in my mind,i trust my intution knows best but i felt to ask it anyway.

Im on a holiday with my parents now. A situation here helped in bringing forward a pain of rejection which i could feel deeply in my chest. I have been feeling this tightness for some time now and its all out in the open. Ive been sitting in the beach feeling this asking 'show me' and my attention kept going to the waves reaching the shore. This somehow seemed to dissolve the tightness, expand and bring lightness inside. Now in trying to intellectually grasp the procees here(Do i have to?) I know the pain is deep seated and i have only touched the surface layer. Is an intellectual idea of process counterproductive because my intution seems to have entirely diff way.

I am finding that expressing myself through guiding meditations, massaging myself or my children, preparing fresh foods with lots of fruits and vegetables bring me into such a transcendent state of being. Perhaps different than endorphins, but soothing and uplifting all the same! I also just love to get ridiculously silly with a friend or with my kids and just belly laugh until my smile hurts a bit =) exercising and working in the garden also activate endorphins for me.

I was able to Visualize very vividly your Analogy of Breathing in through the nose and holding the breath in and creating a Reservoir and when exhaling flowing down through the body, this Analogy somehow was easy and Vivid for me...

Thank-you Open <3

Thanks Open for the timely reminder.

It feels like such a delicate balance between feeling, confronting and processing the dense energy, being real with what's arising and then not getting swamped in it...

Finding the light through the darkness!

Love, Fiona