Light Expert: LEDs Block Your True Nature… This Is What Unlocks It (Brian Richards)

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In This Episode, Brian Richards Uncovers:

[01:30] Swap LED for Incandescent Light

• How blue light keeps people programmable and distracted.
• Why LED and blue light cause stress to our body.
• How incandescent light is healing.

Resources:

• Brian Richards
• 525 Red Light Therapy For Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) | Brian Richards
• 730 The Science Behind Infrared Saunas: Can Near-Infrared Light Repair Your DNA? | Brian Richards

[06:50] Red Light Heals You, Blue Light Destroys You

• How our mitochondria decays in blue light.
• Why blue light causes free radical formations in the cells.
• How blue light only damages, but red light provides healing.
•  Why perfect diet cannot compensate for the body’s low voltage.

[10:35] Go Warmer and Darker

• Why warm and toned down LED lights are better than bright light LEDs.
• How we can replace using blue light blocking glasses.
• Why a red light lamp can neutralize the effects of blue and LED lights.

[13:10] Light Is Food

• Why we need to be present and aware of the reality as it is, not as we want it.
• How some truths about reality and human existence can be objective.
• Why the things that poison our body limit our full expression and capacity for love and self-love.

[16:50] Trapped Emotions

• How the nervous system impacts other parts of our body.
• Why we need to process our emotions immediately.
• How trapped emotions lead to disease.
• Why light is the currency of the universe.

Resources:

• The Emotion Code by Bradley Nelson

[21:25] We Need to Return to How Our Ancestors Used to Live

• How our ancestors lived in harmony with nature and understood natural healing.
• Why Brian created red light therapy because of his insomnia and back problems.
• How red light cleared his acne, increased mental clarity, and allowed him to sleep better.

Resources:

• Light Therapeutics by John Harvey Kellogg

[27:50] Full-Spectrum Light Heals You

• How our DNA database contains all information.
• Why we are able to feel in our body if a light frequency feels good or not.
• How broad-spectrum light heals the body.
• Why science is bringing us back to what our ancestors used to know.

Resources:

• Weeklong improved colour contrasts sensitivity after single 670 nm exposures associated with enhanced mitochondrial function
• Instagram Reel: How LED lights affect the human body

[33:10] The Synergy of Red Light and Methylene Blue

• How methylene blue works well together with red light therapy.
• Why methylene blue is photo-dynamic.
• How red light activates methylene blue.
• Why the combination increases the detoxification process.

[39:35] Light Is The #1 Thing We Need

• How to combine niacin with long sauna sessions for detox.
• Why red light has similar effects to niacin.
• How red light stimulates the production of melatonin and glutathione.
• Why light is created from heat.

[44:00] 20 Minutes Is Enough

• Why Josh doesn’t use a regular sauna anymore.
• How red light saunas are more efficient than regular saunas.
• Why a 20-minute session in a Super Sauna improves our health.

[48:15] Contrast Therapy

• Why contrast therapy should start with the hot first.
• How women are more sensitive to heat and cold contrast.
• Why the temperature swing pushes toxins out of the body and opens up lymphatic flow.
• How cold exposure strengthens the body.

[52:35] Build Emotional Resilience + Insulin Resistance

• How cold plunge allows us to practice emotional regulation.
• The importance of finishing contrast therapy with the sauna.
• How regular sauna sessions improve protein function.
• Why sauna helps with insulin resistance.

Resources:

• 686 Mark Groves | Your Triggers Are Your Teachers: How To Answer The Call of Self-Mastery In Relationships + Life

[56:30] Light Will Remind You of Who You Are

• The effects of combining red light with a psilocybin microdose.
• Why we should fast every day.
• How psilocybin can help us connect with our body.
• Why light reminds us who we are.
• How we can get emotional clearing through light therapy.

Resources:

• The Fifth Agreement by Don Miguel Ruiz

[01:02:40] Everything Is Possible

• How a sauna session made Brian see the day he was born.
• Why nothing is impossible.
• How we can start seeing the truth and beauty of things as they are.
• Why love is a frequency that can’t be described with words.

[01:06:10] Illuminate Your Struggles

• How children feel their parents’ truth.
• Why Brian used to want to rescue other people.
• How his life transformed when he stopped wanting to save others.
• Why it’s easier to teach children through modeling instead of explaining.

[01:12:20] Grow Your Inner Light

• Why incandescent light is the only light in nature.
• How incandescent light resonated with our inner incandescence.
• The importance of sacred lovemaking.
• How divine union can heal us.
• Why nobody teaches us how to love and navigate masculine and feminine energies.
• How pornography disconnects us from ourselves.

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All Resources From This Episode

• Brian Richards
• 525 Red Light Therapy For Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) | Brian Richards
• 730 The Science Behind Infrared Saunas: Can Near-Infrared Light Repair Your DNA? | Brian Richards
• The Emotion Code by Bradley Nelson
• Light Therapeutics by John Harvey Kellogg
• Weeklong improved colour contrasts sensitivity after single 670 nm exposures associated with enhanced mitochondrial function
• Instagram Reel: How LED lights affect the human body
• 686 Mark Groves | Your Triggers Are Your Teachers: How To Answer The Call of Self-Mastery In Relationships + Life
• The Fifth Agreement by Don Miguel Ruiz