26/11/2025
Squeezing the side of your thumbnail is a reflexology point that stimulates the Vagus Nerve, which can calm the body’s ‘fight and flight’ response.
This is known as Nervous System Regulation. Simple, easy exercises that activate your Vagus Nerve. This then stimulates your Parasympathetic Nervous System to lower your blood pressure, heart rate and slow your breathing down.
It’s small, subtle, and you can do it anywhere — in the car, at work, before sleep, or any moment you feel tension rising.
Try holding your thumb for 30–60 seconds and notice how your whole system softens.
Sometimes the gentlest techniques create the biggest shift.