Exercises & Lessons for Anxiety & a hypervigilant nervous system

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Relaxation Techniques for Social Anxiety You Can Do Sitting

A short, invisible chair practice for the minutes before you walk into a room, built on attention rather than on trying harder to calm down.

5 minutesTry
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Deep breathing techniques for nervous system regulation

A quiet lying down lesson in slower, easier breathing: meet the breath as it is, let the exhale grow a little longer, and let the body settle.

10-12 minutesTry
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Stretching for Anxiety: A Slower Lesson That Helps More

Stretching can take the edge off an anxious body, but slowness is the part that does the work. Here is a quiet lying down lesson built around that.

8-10 minutesTry
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Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises You Can Do Lying Down

A quiet lying down lesson for finding the breath you already have, with your hands resting on your lower ribs and nothing to push or perform.

5-10 minutesTry
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Box Breathing for Anxiety: A Count You Can Feel

A slow walk through box breathing for anxiety: four counts in, a rest, four counts out, a rest, and the quieter skill of feeling where each breath travels.

5-10 minutesTry
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Breathing Exercises for Panic Attacks: Practise While Calm

What panic does to your breathing, and a gentle Feldenkrais informed lesson to practise on calm days, so a quieter pattern is familiar when you need it.

5-10 minutesTry
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Vagus Nerve Exercises for Anxiety: Gentle and Candid

Vagus nerve exercises for anxiety, without the overclaim: a slow floor lesson built on a longer out breath, easy head rolls, and unhurried attention. Try it below.

10-15 minutesTry
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Deep Breathing Exercises for Performance Anxiety

A short seated lesson in deep breathing exercises for performance anxiety: giving the ribs, back, and shoulders room to move so the breath can settle before you go on.

5-10 minutesTry
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Somatic Exercises for Stress: Slow Movement to Unwind

Somatic exercises for stress help a body let go of the day it has been carrying. Try a short lying down lesson that trades effort for quiet attention.

6 to 8 minutesTry
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Yoga for Nervous System Regulation, and a Gentler Path

Gentle ways to settle a wired, stressed body: what yoga offers, plus a slow somatic floor lesson built around tiny knee rocking, soft breath, and rest.

10 minutesTry
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Grounding Techniques for Anxiety, Through the Body

Grounding techniques for anxiety that work through slow movement and contact with the body, with a short lesson for settling when the mind feels busy or racing.

5-10 minutesTry
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Deep Breathing Exercises for Relaxation: A Gentle Set

Deep breathing exercises for relaxation, built around a slow, easy belly breath and a longer exhale. A short 5 to 10 minute lesson to try at home, with nothing to force.

5-10 minutesTry
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Nervous System Regulation Exercises: Gentle Practice

Nervous system regulation exercises that use slow breath and small, easy movement to help a wound-up body settle. A short 5 to 10 minute lesson to try at home.

5-10 minutesTry
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Somatic Exercises for Anxiety: Gentle Movement That Calms

Somatic exercises for anxiety use slow, grounded movement to ease a body stuck on high alert. Learn why it helps, with a short lesson you can try anywhere.

5-8 minutesTry
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Somatic Exercises for Emotional Release: Let It Move

Somatic exercises for emotional release use gentle movement to let held feeling like anger or grief move through the body. A short, kind lesson to try at home.

5-10 minutesTry
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Somatic Exercises for Functional Freeze: Gentle Reboot

Somatic exercises for functional freeze use tiny, warm movement to coax a shut down body back toward life. A short, doable lesson you can start in bed.

5-10 minutesTry
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Somatic Exercises for Nervous System Regulation: A Gentle Start

Somatic exercises for nervous system regulation use slow, attentive movement to help a keyed-up body settle. Here is how it works, with a short lesson to try.

8-10 minutesTry
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Somatic Exercises to Reduce Cortisol: Slow It Down

Somatic exercises to reduce cortisol use slow breath and easy movement to calm the stress response. A short, gentle lesson you can do almost anywhere.

5-10 minutesTry
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Somatic Shaking Exercises: Gently Release Held Stress

Somatic shaking exercises use soft, voluntary tremor to help the body discharge tension. Learn how to try it safely, with a short lesson and clear cautions.

5-10 minutesTry

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