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By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) \u2013 Take your left hand and place it at the back of your head and now take your right hand and place it on top of your tailbone \u2014 the distance between your two hands is the longest running nerve in your body, the vagus nerve. The lower end of this nerve is where your nervous system allows you to feel safe and connected \u2014 whole. And when we feel like ourselves, that is what being grounded and connected to our spirit is. It takes an incredible amount of courage and leaning into doing things that feed our spirit \u2014 despite feelings of uncertainty, doubt or fear. This was the course of action our M\u00e9tis sister Jaime Fiddler walked with that eventually… <\/p>\n

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By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) \u2013 Take your left hand and place it at the back of your head and now take your right hand and place it on top of your tailbone \u2014 the distance between your two hands is the longest running nerve in your body, the vagus nerve. The lower end of this nerve is where your nervous system allows you to feel safe and connected \u2014 whole. And when we feel like ourselves, that is what being grounded and connected to our spirit is. It takes an incredible amount of courage and leaning into doing things that feed our spirit \u2014 despite feelings of uncertainty, doubt or fear. This was the course of action our M\u00e9tis sister Jaime Fiddler walked with that eventually... <\/p>\n

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