Dawson Church – Liberating the Genie in your Genes

The most important guiding story in the field of human biology for the past half-century has been that of the genome. The theory of genetic determinism teaches that “it’s all in your genes.” But recent breakthroughs have shown that only a small part of the genome is fixed – while more than 80% is affected by environmental influences, such as emotions, beliefs and transcendent experiences. The inspiring new story demonstrates that you can shift the patterns of gene expression consciously, and create more health and happiness.

In this module, you’ll discover:

• The ways genes express themselves – and turn on and off
• How genes build proteins, and what that means for programming better health into your cells
• How your thoughts, feelings and beliefs affect your genes
• Exercises that allow you to take control of your gene expression to improve your health and well-being
• 2 experiential practices for lowering stress that will produce immediate shifts in your nervous system function and gene expression

Your brain holds important keys to health, vitality and quality of life. For example, neural bundles increase in size and connectivity when they’re used often, which improves memory and your cognitive abilities. Brain regions correlate with patterns of gene expression, such as those that regulate the stress response. Very frequent neural signaling produces astonishingly quick growth in the synapses that connect neurons. In time, this produces greater volume in certain regions of the brain – such as the prefrontal cortex – enhancing your brain performance. By contrast, stress causes brain regions like the hippocampus to decrease in size over time, while increasing the signaling capacity of the circuits that carry stress signals.

In this module, you’ll discover how to optimize your brain by learning:

• About the regions of your brain, and how they communicate, grow and shrink
• Which parts of the brain are responsible for cognition and for stress
• Practices that will increase or decrease the brain’s signaling capacity
• EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), also known as “tapping” – which science has proven reduces stress

Our bodies have electromagnetic fields – as do our organs and each of our cells. In fact, within a year of the discovery of electricity, physicians were already experimenting with its use for healing – research that is now resurging. And because our genes interact with electrical and other energy fields, disease can often be detected within them long before it appears in molecular form. In this module, we will survey the domains of energy medicine and energy psychology, focusing on those areas of research most applicable for shifting your physical and psychological states

In this module, you’ll learn:

• The ways that health and disease can be detected in the electromagnetic field
• Practices to induce rapid healing in your body using this field
• A 5-minute exercise you can do every day to regulate your energy – which gives you steadier focus, more vitality and more positive emotions

A growing body of research into practices like mindfulness meditation, EFT tapping and neurofeedback demonstrates that these techniques can have profound effects on health, especially through feedback loops that affect genetic expression and hormonal cycles. We’ll also explore the five primary brain waves that can be measured, and patterns observed as objective guides to stress and relaxation.

In this module, you’ll learn:

• How to incorporate different practices that will promote feelings of inner peace, and shift your gene expression
• About the “Epigenetic Health Cycle” that produces resilience, enabling you to thrive in situations where you’ve been emotionally or physically challenged
• The nature of stress-dampening genes that make you feel good
• Characteristics of theta, delta, alpha, beta and gamma brain wave states – and how to entrain your brain into more of the most beneficial states.
• A simple EcoMeditation technique, based on physical postures that automatically induce an altered state of deep relaxation and connection.

Traumatic memories make a lasting impression on the brain because that had real survival value for our ancestors. However, this means that most people’s brains have been overly shaped by negative early childhood memories, with parts of us still “stuck” in those traumatic memories. Such memories have been linked to the turning on of genes associated with disease and mental illness. While it was once thought to be impossible to erase these traumatic memories, new research shows these memories can be modified and replaced with new positive memories.

In this module, you’ll discover:

• How you can actually extinguish a traumatic memory
• Reasons your brain is “Velcro” for negative experiences and “Teflon” for positive ones
• How early childhood trauma becomes deeply embedded in theta and delta brain waves
• The role of extinction and “reconsolidation” in the formation of memory
• Practices that transform traumatic childhood events into positive memories

For its entire history, the field of psychology has focused on mental health problems and how to restore people to “normalcy.” But what lies above that “normal” plateau? This is the realm of transcendent experience. In this module, we’ll explore mystical states where you go beyond religion to experience the transcendent reality that underlies all spiritual traditions.

In this exciting final module, you’ll discover:

• How to evoke transcendent experiences that you can use daily
• The genetic and neurological characteristics of transcendent experience
• How to induce mystical states using physiological cues
• Guidance for integrating the practices you’ve learned over the 6 modules into your lifestyle
• An advanced form of EcoMeditation that sparks guidance from your deep subconscious

In this inspiring conversation, Dawson and Joe discuss a wide range of topics, from how we live in a limited subset of reality, to science as a contemporary model of mysticism. Other subjects include:

• How the placebo effect has worked (with even some genetic disorders)
• The impact of energy as an epiphenomenon of matter
• How your nervous system is a superconductor for the “universal field”

• Understanding that your biggest challenge is to think greater than you feel
• Discovering how to prune unwanted neural connections
• Learning to do what’s unnatural to become supernatural

Joe Dispenza, D.C., the author of Evolve Your Brain, studied biochemistry at Rutgers University, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in neuroscience. He earned his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University in Atlanta, Georgia, and has received postgraduate training and continuing education in neurology, neuroscience, brain function and chemistry, cellular biology, memory formation, and aging and longevity. One of the scientists, researchers and teachers featured in the award-winning film What the BLEEP Do We Know!?, Dr. Joe has lectured in more than 24 different countries, on six continents, educating people about the functions of the human brain. He has taught thousands how to reprogram their thinking through scientifically proven neurophysiological principles. When not traveling and writing, Dr. Joe is busy seeing patients at his chiropractic clinic near Olympia, Washington.

In this conversation between bestselling author Lynn Andrews and Dawson, Lynn gives an in-depth description of the shamans that she writes about in her book: Coming Full Circle: Ancient Teachings for a Modern World. She shares the most profound teachings she has received from these 12 women of the Sisterhood of the Shield, members of an ancient shamanic society that is deeply embedded in native cultures and traditions all over the world. She shows how her teachers have led her to confront her deepest fears and accept, without hesitation, that there is a spiritual solution to every one of life’s problems.

Lynn Andrews is the New York Times- and internationally bestselling author of the Medicine Woman Series, which chronicles her three decades of study and work with shaman healers on four continents. Her study of the way of the sacred feminine began with Agnes Whistling Elk and Ruby Plenty Chiefs, Native American healers in northern Canada. Her quest for spiritual discovery continued with a Shaman Curendera of the Mayan Yucatan; an Aboriginal woman of high degree in the Australian Outback or Nepalese healer in the foothills of the Himalayas. Today, she is recognized worldwide as a leader in the fields of spiritual healing and personal empowerment. A shaman healer and mystic, Ms. Andrews is widely acknowledged as a major link between the ancient world of shamanism and modern societies thirst for profound personal healing and a deeper understanding of the pathway to enlightenment.

Genetic determinism was one of the dominant scientific paradigms of the twentieth century: “It’s all in your genes.” Now the new science of epigenetics has shown just the opposite: that over 80% of the genome is affected by external environmental events. These include intangible influences such as your emotions, beliefs and spiritual experiences. In this inspiring video, recorded at the prestigious Transformational Leadership Council, Dawson Church describes this research, and how it is providing our society with quick remedies for both physical and psychological symptoms. He shows how even serious mental health issues like PTSD can be treated quickly and effectively, and ends with an inspiring vision of how the world is changing as we bring transcendent experiences into everyday life.