HOW TO ATTAIN PROPRIETY OVER YOUR FREQUENCY

The human body is an electric entity. Beyond being comprised of atoms and elements with their respective charges, our nervous system and accompanying neurology is an electric body. Thoughts and other synapses are all electric firings within. The heart possesses and simultaneously projects its own measurable electromagnetic field; this field fluxes in size, width, and frequency.

Every phenomena in our experience carries an energetic signature — thoughts, speech, and even food. Cymatics and Kirlian photography are two examples of this:

CYMATICS is the study of the interactions between sound waves and matter. Certain frequencies produce geometric patterns in matter.

KIRLIAN PHOTOGRAPHY is a form of contact-print photography. Named after Semyon Kirlian, the method hints at an existence of quantifiable auras and life forces of matter. This idea, when contextualized with the debate on ‘live-food’ versus ‘dead-food’ is particularly compelling:

The above are just a few examples of the subtle energies that exist and interact with ours. Though government funded science wouldn’t overtly tell us this, our electric fields shift in respect to our mood, thoughts, actions, diet, etc. This is why a vitamin-rich diet is not only important for digestive health, but energetic health as well.

These octaves of wellness can also be viewed as octaves of illness. Think about the havoc food desserts, fast food, and factory-produced food wreak on the human body and energetic field. Diet, among other things, can either strengthen or weaken frequency.

Propriety over our frequency is an agent of both resistance and liberation. Reclaiming energetic autonomy is a reclamation of all other forms of autonomy — the energetic wellness fractals out into other forms of wellness, or at least prompts the native to foster wellness in other areas of his/her/their life.

Shifting our vibrational pattern into a higher, more stable frequency can be as simple as a cup of tea — among other things. Here are some ways I stabilize my frequency:

A GLASS OF WATER.
Water is memory, nutriment, and the key to life. Our bodies are 90% water; the Earth, a macrocosm of the human body, is also predominantly composed of water. Weather systems shift primarily due to the interactions of water with the surrounding environments and elements. Water is not created or destroyed; the water we drink is the same water that was on Earth eons ago. Water is power; it flushes out our systems, erodes mountains, restores bodies, and destroys lands. Meditating on this dynamism while hydrating my body is a quick and pleasurable practice — that also grounds and centers me. Try it.

ABOVE: CYMATICS EXPERIMENT ON WATER

DEEP BREATHING.
Water is life and so is breath. The human body can survive for weeks without food, days without water, but only minutes without air. Oxygen molecules in the air function as food + fuel for our brains. Taking a few seconds to take intentional breaths aligns all other systems of the body — heart rate, thought processing, and even eye movement. When I am stressed, I take a moment to breathe and recenter before re-engaging with the stimuli that initially triggered me out of cohesion.

A CIGARETTE.
A cigarette, for me, is the surrogate breathing meditation. Pulling out my papers, unscrewing my tobacco jar, and rolling a cigarette is a more tactile form of meditation. Inhaling the herb also requires deep breathing. Additionally, to smoke a cigarette, I also must reduce proximity between myself and whatever stimuli I am engaged with so not as to upset an asthmatic or a smoke alarm. I remove myself, I focus on the rolling, I smoke, I breathe.

A CUP OF TEA.
Boiling water and steeping tea that resonates with my frequency is very therapeutic. My tea of choice is a strong Jasmine. Taking cautious sips right after the steep is complete, but the mug is too hot, is a way to calm myself and my nervous system down.

DANCING.
Dancing, or any somatic work, dislodges any latent stress or traumas lurking in the body. This website goes in depth about the process of accruing trauma, where it is stored, and how to release it. Wild animals don’t store trauma. Immediately after a traumatic event, they shake until their body has processed the trigger and ensuing situation. Humans, however, tuck away the weight of the experience until a more opportune time to process arises. Moving my body to Fela Kuti or Beyonce gets me sweating — and in that release, the fat cells that also held memory and other material, are dislodged forever from my body. It is a catharsis.

These tactics are not shared with the guarantee of liberating all who read and employ from the systems that oppress them; rather, I share these tactics so that those oppressed by various systems can find clarity before they engage with or are engaged by what oppresses them / interferes with their frequency.

We are living in an unnatural world that contorts our needs to fit the aims of the capitalist, colonial state. This is something we can combat in intentional, microscopic ways and trust our efforts will fractal into something larger. It is the birthright of us all to not only have strong, stable frequencies; but also to amplify and interact with other frequencies and waveforms at will. The frequency, and thus experience, of wellness is our natural state.