29/05/2026
Do you remember the first time you went to a yoga class?
I do. I spent most of it watching everyone else, wondering if I was doing it right, waiting for it to be over.
Even in shavasana I was not really resting. I was monitoring.
But then as I kept going back, week after week. It started getting easier and one day as I lay down, I actually relaxed without even trying.
That moment is your parasympathetic nervous system switching on. Your body moving out of alert mode and into rest and digest.
And here is the thing, the same pattern shows up everywhere. A new job, room full of strangers, a difficult conversation. The body stays on guard until it has gathered enough evidence that it is safe.
I wrote about this properly on the blog this week including a simple heart rate monitor exercise that shows you how well your nervous system is regulating right now.
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Does this resonate with you? I would love to know in the comments.
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