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In Blog 21, I talked about the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system which lie outside the central nervous system.

The peripheral nervous system is further subdivided into the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.

The somatic nervous system is under our conscious control and deals with coordinating our body movements. This simply means that we can give instructions to our body when we want it to perform a task.  When you see a tasty apple and decide you want to eat it, an electrical impulse is sent to your brain, the brain registers this information, your body reacts, and you pick up the apple and eat it.  All of this happens almost instantaneously, and we don’t realise the series of events that had to occur simultaneously in order for us to enjoy eating the apple. We live in a world where we perceive everything through our five senses. Life happens quickly, so the nervous system has to act instantaneously.

Imagine you are driving on the highway and suddenly a close object, like a tire should cross your path, and you react instantaneously when your reflexes kick in so you can quickly swerve your car to avoid hitting the object. Driving your car and being hit by a loose tire is just an extreme example of the many obstacles and experiences that our brains and nervous systems have  to encounter and process throughout our day. In the preceding incident, we used an extreme example to make a point and show how we use our senses to perceive danger and avoid it.  We saw the loose tire, we heard the sound it made, we experienced the smell of an object burning, and we reacted by trying to avoid being hit. Our brains and nervous systems are constantly on the alert, inundated with millions of experiences which have to be processed on an on-going basis. During our waking hours, there is an electrical storm of activity going on in our brains and nervous systems.

The only time our brains and nervous systems get a chance to rest and rejuvenate is when we sleep. Sleep is nature’s way of recharging your body. The good news is that learning how to focus the brain through concentration and meditation can become a conscious way to rest, relax, and recharge your brain and nervous system, and this will allow you to deal with all your experiences in your daily life in a more meaningful way. The 15 MINUTE PRINCIPLE TO POWER YOUR PRANA will become your guide to living a happier, peaceful, and more fulfilling life.