Tag: how to calm down
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Calm Down With This Quick Stretch
When we get tense, we tend to freeze into that tight shrimp posture without knowing it. Even when we’re not anxious, we spend too much time slumped in front of a screen or curled over our phones. This can mean that when we’re anxious, tense, or even fully dysregulated, that our shoulders and neck can Read more
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Trace One Hand With the Other: Quick Somatic Exercise to Calm Down When You’re Dysregulated
When your body heads into fight-or-flight (and you’re not actually in physical danger), your mind tries to fly right out of your body. Or it can feel like that, anyway. When you’re so reactive that you can’t focus or think straight, somatic exercises can be more helpful than trying to think your way through the Read more