12/11/2025
Here are three quick, physical techniques to help calm your nervous system and return to balance:
1. Grounding 👣
This is a technique to bring you back to the present moment, interrupting the anxiety loop in your mind.
How to do it: Focus all your attention on your feet. Feel how firmly they connect with the floor. Notice the temperature and the pressure. Tell yourself: "I am here, I am safe." This redirects your energy from your head to your body.
2. Shaking 🤸
The body stores stress and trauma as energy in the tissues. The natural instinct of animals under stress is to tremble - allow yourself to do the same.
How to do it: Stand up and start gently shaking your whole body - arms, legs, and torso. Let the movement be free and slightly chaotic. Do this for 60 seconds. This literally helps to "shake off" muscular tension.
3. Diaphragmatic Breathing 🌬️
Slow, deep breathing activates the vagus nerve, which is the main switch for the parasympathetic nervous system (responsible for relaxation).
How to do it: Place one hand on your belly and the other on your chest. Breathe so that only the hand on your belly rises. Inhale slowly through your nose, counting to 4. Hold for 2. Exhale slowly through your mouth, counting to 6. Repeat 5 - 10 times.
Which technique will you try first during your break today? Let me know in the comments! 👇
