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Building Capacity: How to Expand Your Nervous System to Receive More Pleasure, Bliss, and Elevated States

VictoriaChemko
ByVictoriaChemko

You are allowed to feel good. You are built to receive.

There’s a quiet edge many of us bump into on the healing path—the moment where joy feels unfamiliar, ease feels too much, and pleasure starts to feel suspicious.

We’ve done the work to release the pain.
We’ve shed the patterns, moved the energy, changed the story.
But then…
We hit the edge of our nervous system’s capacity.

Because if we’ve been wired for survival, stress, or hustle—then stillness, pleasure, and bliss might feel… overwhelming. Or unsafe. Or fleeting.

This doesn’t mean we’re blocked.
It means our system is learning to hold more.

Bliss Is a Frequency—But It’s Also a Capacity

It’s easy to think of elevated states—bliss, joy, deep intimacy, spiritual clarity—as “high-vibe moments” that we seek or manifest.

But the truth is: you don’t attract what you want. You attract what you can hold.

Your nervous system is your vessel.
It’s the bridge between your vision and your embodiment.
Between your desire and your ability to actually receive it.

And if we want to expand into higher frequencies—deeper presence, pleasure, prosperity—we must first expand the capacity of the vessel to receive.

Why This Work Matters (And Why It’s So Tender)

This isn’t about “fixing” yourself.
It’s about creating safety—so your system doesn’t contract when life gets good.

Think about it:

  • How many times have you self-sabotaged after a big breakthrough?

  • Felt anxiety after a moment of deep connection?

  • Shrunk your visibility just when things started to flow?

This isn’t a failure. It’s a capacity limit.
And the more gently we meet it, the more it begins to stretch.

How to Expand Your Capacity to Receive Pleasure + Bliss

These practices are simple—not flashy, not extreme. Because capacity is built through consistency, slowness, and trust.

1. Slow down when it starts to feel good

Most of us have been conditioned to brace against disappointment. So when something begins to feel really good—our system gets suspicious.
Instead of rushing past it, pause.
Let your body feel it.
Ask, Can I stay with this sensation a little longer?
Stretch your capacity by a few more seconds at a time.

2. Let pleasure be part of your daily nervous system hygiene

Pleasure isn’t a reward—it’s a regulation tool.
Small doses of delight nourish your system and increase its flexibility.
This could look like:

  • Touching a soft fabric with presence

  • Savoring a sip of tea or a warm shower

  • Listening to a song that makes your whole chest soften

  • Breathing into the feeling of “I’m safe here”

The more your system gets familiar with pleasure, the more it trusts that it’s safe to stay there.

3. Reframe intensity as expansion

Sometimes bliss feels a lot. Big, buzzy, almost too much.
This isn’t a signal to pull away—it’s a sign you’re expanding.
Tell your system: It’s okay. I can hold this.
Let your breath lead. Let your body anchor.
You don’t need to do anything—just stay present.

4. Create recovery space after joy, too

We’re often taught to recover from stress—but not from bliss.
But elevated states are still intense for the body, especially if they’re unfamiliar.
After a beautiful breakthrough, retreat. Breathe. Integrate.
Let yourself come down gently, without judgment.

5. Make it safe to feel good, again and again

So much of this work is repetition. Showing your system:
You can feel this. You’re safe here. You’re allowed to have this.
Your job isn’t to force bliss.
It’s to build a container where bliss can land, and stay.

This Is the Real Frequency Work

Magnetizing our desires without nervous system capacity will always hit a ceiling.

Bliss isn’t just a gift.
It’s a skill—and a soft, somatic, sacred one.

The more you can hold beauty, presence, and goodness without rushing to qualify it or earn it or escape it…
The more you begin to live in the elevated frequencies that once felt out of reach.

And not just for a moment—but as your new baseline.

Ready to Expand Your Capacity?

Inside The Bliss Advisory Experience, we don’t just talk about frequency—we support embodying it through nervous system attunement, energetic clarity, and intuitive business design so your life and work can feel as good as they look.

Because your body is wise.
And your capacity to receive is expanding.

Let’s honor the pleasure of that.

Photo by Huzaifa Ginwala on Unsplash

About the Author

VictoriaChemko

VictoriaChemko

Founder & Guide
Growth & Business Strategy Advisor, Fractional CMO, AI & Personal Transformation | B2B Tech, SaaS, Wellness, Impact & Energetics, Remote-First & Future of Work Leader | Scaling $0-$50M Companies | Founder of Umami Group of Companies.
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