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What Functional Freeze Really Is with Petra Brunnbauer

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What Functional Freeze Really Is with Petra Brunnbauer


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Tune into the newest episode of our Energy Works Podcast, where science meets spirit to help you heal, energize, and thrive.


Have you ever heard of functional freeze?


It's a form of chronic stress that can leave you exhausted, anxious, or disconnected from yourself, even as you manage everyday life. And you may not realize your nervous system is caught in that pattern.


In this episode of Energy Works, Blaine welcomes Petra Brunnbauer, founder of The Jōrni and a certified Energy Medicine Yoga teacher.


Petra shares how a serious injury changed her life's direction and eventually led her to Energy Medicine Yoga. What began as part of her own recovery became an important part of how she understands chronic stress and works with others.


Together, Blaine and Petra explore what functional freeze looks like in everyday life and why it can be so hard to recognize. How does someone end up in this state? What does the nervous system need to start responding differently?


Petra also introduces her approach to working with chronic stress, including the role of the Triple Warmer energy system, and shares how Energy Medicine Yoga became part of her personal and professional life.


They discuss her book, The Functional Freeze Formula, her work with The Jōrni, and a favorite EMYoga technique she turns to when overwhelm begins to take over.


If you've ever wondered why you can keep functioning while feeling like something inside you has shut down, this conversation offers an interesting perspective on what might be happening. Now available wherever you get your podcasts! 


Chapters:

00:00 Meet Petra Brunnbauer

00:34 Pandemic Training Goes Online

02:48 Petra Background And Accident

04:02 Wheelchair To Energy Medicine

07:03 Writing The Freeze Book

10:04 What Is Functional Freeze

14:42 Triple Warmer Connection

20:16 Survival Patterns And Habits

22:19 Nervous System Threat Memory

24:05 Safety Versus Threat Patterns

25:06 Toxic Relationship Paradox

26:00 Functional Freeze Recalibration

26:47 Email Overwhelm Example

27:53 Finding Root Causes

29:57 Bodywork And Rewiring

31:48 Building Nervous System Capacity

33:36 Neurohumanetics Explained

38:07 The Jorni Platform

41:01 Summit Somatic Integration

43:22 Favorite Quick Technique

45:15 Closing


Episode Resources:

Petra Brunnbauer: https://thejorni.com/


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