12/22/2025
Try humming.
If your breathing feels shallow, your shoulders stay lifted, your jaw is clenching more at night, or that mid-afternoon exhaustion is hitting harder in December — this is a nervous system response, not a willpower issue.
Humming gently stimulates the vagus nerve, which helps shift the body out of stress mode. That signal allows breathing to drop lower, reduces jaw and shoulder tension, and can calm the system enough to take a fuller breath.
Try 5–10 slow breaths, humming on the exhale.
Low effort. No fixing. Just giving your body a cue that it’s safe to soften.
December asks a lot.
Your body responds well to small support.