“Throw away the idea that healing is forgetting. The real result is no longer reacting to old triggers with the same intensity as before the memories are still there, but they do not have the same power over your mind.”
― yung pueblo, Clarity & Connection
Sometimes feeling your feelings is TOO much! Trauma Causes Emotional Dysregulation: Here's How to Heal It
Reduce anxiety and discomfort with the Vagus Nerve Activation | 10 Minute Daily Routines
Feeling better includes finding the tools and learning the skills to manage your feelings and emotions. Learning the Body Scan is one evidence based tool you can begin with today.
Anxiety relief begins with learning simple effective somatic and mindful tools. Once you learn how to listen and connect with your body, you can learn to work with stress and discomfort in a way that allows you to strengthen your tolerance and resiliency.
This 20 Minute NSDR (Non Sleep Deep Rest) is a Yoga Nidra-style Meditation. You can think of this Yoga Nidra is like a little reset for your mind and nervous system. This guided yoga Nidra includes gentle binaural beats and soft piano to further soothe the whole nervous system and create brainwave entrainment for deep relaxation. This type of meditation also aids in deep relaxation, non-sleep deep rest, and for those who need it, sleep.
Yoga Nidra is a guided meditation that uses a systematic method of inducing complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This yogic sleep technique calms the nervous system and activates the parasympathetic (relaxation, rest & digest) response which is so needed in these current times.
What Can I Do RIGHT NOW to reduce anxiety?
Research supports the use of breath and movement to regain emotional equilibrium.
Breathing Exercises To Stop A Panic Attack Now | TAKE A DEEP BREATH
Calming Anxiety With Your Body’s Built-in Anti-Anxiety Response
Polyvagal exercises work with the body to release us from “fight, flight, freeze or fawn” responses to stress.
Vagus Nerve Exercises To Rewire Your Brain From Anxiety
Vagus Nerve Massage For Stress And Anxiety Relief
Calm Your Emotions Naturally Using the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) - Part 1
“Safety IS the treatment.”
-- The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe. New York: WW Norton.
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