My name is Emma and welcome to this parasympathetic activation exercise.
This exercise really helps to create a feeling of safety and feeling loved and stable and steady in your body.
I will start this exercise soon and I will timestamp in the video below so you can skip straight to that if you like.
But I'm just going to give you a quick background first on where I came across it.
So about a month ago,
A really close friend of mine passed away.
And as you can imagine,
That has been very difficult and a lot of emotions and a lot of grief to deal with.
And so I've been navigating that and in that process I came across this exercise shared by Dr.
Mark Hyman.
I don't know if the exercise originates from him or whether he's just re-shared it along the way,
But I found it to be very calming and peaceful and it really connected me to my heart,
My body and just your emotional energy.
Which is really important,
Especially if you're going through some kind of loss like that,
But just in life in general,
To really feel connected to yourself.
It's that feeling of safety in your body,
How you're feeling emotionally,
How your nervous system is feeling,
And it really helps to stabilize your nervous system,
Activate that calm response in your body,
And help you feel connected to yourself and just your own sense of self.
And value.
And I found also that kind of your emotional nature bit in a healthy and productive way.
So let's get started.
I'm going to show you this exercise.
It's very simple.
You don't need any extra bits or tools other than yourself.
So,
Enjoy.
So this parasympathetic activation exercise is very simple.
All you're going to need is your hands.
Placing them over your heart,
One palm over the other.
And you can close your eyes for this if you like,
It helps to calm you.
By just drawing your attention inward and away from your external environment.
Close your eyes,
Hands are over your heart,
And this is so simple.
Just feeling for your heartbeat for a moment.
And breathing as you do that.
And now breathing into your belly,
So feeling your breath flow into your belly.
You can breathe through your nose or through your mouth,
Whichever feels better.
We're gonna take about five to 10 breaths here.
So we'll start with five,
And if it feels better to keep going,
You're welcome to,
And I might guide us a bit longer.
So starting now,
Breathing into your belly,
Five deep breaths while still feeling your hands over your heart,
Over the center of your chest.
I'm going to do three more breaths here.
Again,
Breathing either through your nose or through your mouth,
Whichever feels better.
Okay,
You can take another breath here if you like.
And when you're ready.
Just keep your hands over your heart here,
Over your chest,
And just gently open your eyes.
Still breathing,
But just noticing the environment around you.
So you're maintaining that connection to yourself and hopefully you're feeling the calming effects of having your hands over your chest here.
So not only is it over kind of like your energetic heart and close to your physical heart.
But you've got your hands directly over the center of your chest where your vagus nerve comes up through,
So it's calming that area,
Calming your emotional heart space and your body.
So it innately brings back that sense of safety and centeredness,
Kind of pulls you back into yourself.
In a way that still feels open and expansive.
And bring some emotional safety.
So that feeling of being loved,
You're placing your hands over your own heart,
Giving love to yourself.
And creating safety.
And calm,
Connecting back to how you're feeling in the moment.
Got a fly on my head.
Hmm.
Okay,
So hopefully you enjoyed that.
Let me know how you felt in the comments below or if you noticed a shift in your nervous system or how you felt emotionally.
This flyer sent me a message.
This could be my friend,
Anna.
Who knows,
It could just be a fly.
But it's really gone up my face.
Okay,
Thank you for being here.
Let me know if you're new here and I will see you soon.
