10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 3

Breathwork. The good old standby for releasing tension. Liza Colpa is our teacher today, inviting us to create some space for calmness and ease. She reminds us that, when we’re stressed, our breath is usually the first thing to change. It might become shallow. It may become more rapid. We may almost hyperventilate. Or weContinue reading “10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 3”

Nervous System Reset Toolbox

We did it! 12 days of the Nervous System Reset Challenge! Congratulations!!! At the end of Day 12 Anaïs gives a quick recap of the tools offered during the challenge and reminds us that they’re not “meant to fix you; they’re here to support you.” She also says that regulation isn’t something we aspire to,Continue reading “Nervous System Reset Toolbox”

Nervous System Reset: Day 9

We’ve learned a few different ways to reset things: sight, sound, touch. Today is an extension of the touch theory – ear massage. I’ll be honest, I tried it and then just sat quietly. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I had wrap around earbuds, or because it was about 3:30Continue reading “Nervous System Reset: Day 9”