Jonny Miller
Founder & Nervous System Educator @ Nervous System Mastery
Creator of Nervous System Mastery bootcamp. Coaches founders on burnout and nervous system regulation.
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Career History
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Nervous System Mastery | Founder & Curriculum Designer | ~2020-present |
| Escape the City | Startup Tribe Curriculum Lead | ~2017-~2020 |
| Maptia | Co-Founder (Techstars) | ~2012-~2017 |
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βYeah, that was definitely part of it, yeah. And also just since realizing how many people are struggling with anxiety, depression, all of this kind of constellation of mental health challenges both in...β
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)
βYeah, precisely. And I mean I've used this myself many times before presentations. I gave a TEDx talk a few years ago and I was like my entire body, I was just terrified. And I did in 15 minutes of th...β
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)
βYeah. And there's obviously people say mindfulness, meditation, things like that, that can increase the psychological space between stimulus and response. And that is something that obviously does hel...β
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)
βA note on the humming. It also releases nitric oxide, which is a vasodilator, and that helps to create that kind of calming effect and it also reduces eye tension as well. So I'll do it if I've been l...β
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)
βYeah, precisely. So it kind of tones or stimulates the vagus nerve, which stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system.β
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)
βThere is not currently. It's part of the curriculum in the course that I have, but-β
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)
β... I can maybe see if I can spin one up as well, but yeah.β
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)
βYeah, yeah. So yeah, let's do it. So again, kind of sit up straight, and this time you want to be pumping the breath from your lower belly and you pump the breath on the exhale. So I'll demonstrate it...β
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)
βOkay. So yeah, take a full breath in and begin.β
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)
βAnd let go. And full breath in. And sigh on the exhale. I already feel a little bit tingly.β
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)
βSo it kind of depends on how activating you find it, but I usually find 30 breaths per round and then take a breath, have a long pause on the exhale, and then if you want to do another round or two.β
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)
βEspecially if you are meetings early in the morning and you haven't quite got going yet, you can do the espresso breath to begin with and that activates you. And then do some of the downshifting pract...β
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)