Day 1! Deep belly breathing & self hug 🤗 Try this now, save it for later & let me know how you feel. I'll see you right back here tomorrow for Day 2 ❣️❣️#nervoussystemregulation #nervoussystem #nervoussystemhealing #fightorflight #anxietyrelief

Let's take your nervous system out of the fight or flight response and into what's called the relaxation response. This is day one of our 10 days of nervous system regulation challenge. Welcome. I'm so glad you're here. We're going to try to get you feeling a little bit better, more grounded, healthier, happier in your body and in your mind. So for today's practice, it's going to be a combination of a breath practice and a somatic practice, which just means a body-based practice. You need no prior experience and it's only going to take a couple minutes. So once you're ready, you can go ahead and close down your eyes. We're going to start by taking a really big, deep breath. Inhale through your nose, fill up your belly, expand your chest and let it go. And then just let your breath return to a normal pace. We're going to do some deep belly breathing. So go ahead and bring your hands to your belly, keeping your body relaxed and inhale deeply. And as you do, puff out your belly, filling it all the way up and hold your breath at the top. And then exhale deeply through your nose, pulling your belly back in, belly button all the way to your spine. Again, nice, slow inhale through your nose, filling your belly, expanding it all the way out. And then as you exhale, release the air from your belly, pull your belly all the way back in, emptying it out. Another one in through your nose, fill your belly all the way up. And then exhale, release the air, let your belly empty and be soft. Soft. One more big, deep breath in, belly puffs all the way out. And letting it all go, belly pulls all the way back in, gently bringing your hands back to your lap. Breathing nice and slow and deep. The inhales fill us up, and the exhales settle our body back down. And we're going to go ahead and cross our arms over our chest so that each hand is on the opposite shoulder, giving ourselves a hug. And what I want you to do is when you do that, and what I want you to do is when you inhale, squeeze yourself. And then exhale, let it go. Another inhale, squeezing yourself into a hug, silently thinking to yourself, I've got you. Exhale, let it go. Inhale, squeeze yourself, silently think, I'm here for you. And let it go. Inhale one more time, give yourself a big squeeze, think to yourself, I will not leave you. Think to yourself, I will not leave you. And let it go, hands back to your lap. One more deep breath in. And relax your body as you sigh it out. And as you're ready, gently flutter your eyes back open. And notice if you're feeling any different than when you first sat down. Send this to someone who could use it, and I'll see you tomorrow for day two.