Here's those reminders of ways that we can support ourselves and our nervous system..
Breathe!
When we inhale, we go into a sympathetic nervous system state and on the exhale, we go into a parasympathetic state (rest and digest).
When we make our exhale longer than our inhale, it shows we can start to regulate our nervous system to a calmer state.
Make the exhale twice as long as the inhale and try for at least 30 seconds.
Try breathing in for 4, hold for 7(or whatever you can manage 4-7) and breath out for 8
(I had some deeper fear this time of holding my breath in the pause, so if you can't pause for long or prefer not to count on the pause, that's ok. Focus on the longer out breaths)
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Breathe into your heart
Focus breathing love into your heart (maybe you’d like to breathe in a colour, like pink) Breathe in with the intention of connecting to your heart and giving yourself permission to relax and soften, to slow your breathing and heart rate.
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Other ways to help calm the nervous system
Meditation
Singing/Chanting
Humming/Sighing
Dancing/Shaking the body
Tapping the body
Hug/stroke the body
Stretching
Cold showers
Cold swimming
Walking in nature (connect and ground)
Listen to some relaxing music
Talk to a partner/friend/practitioner/soul family
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Vagus Nerve Exercises - this one in the link below for massaging the ears helped me the most this time.