Welcome to Somatic Signal.
I'm Jeremy,
A neurophysiologist.
If you woke up in the middle of the night,
And your mind immediately started racing.
Do not look at the clock.
Do not check the time.
A 3 a.
M.
Wake-up is simply a brief autonomic spike.
In under five minutes,
We are going to signal your brainstem that there is no threat.
Returning your system.
To a readiness for quiet sleep.
Remain here as still as you can.
Letting your breath arrive as it is.
And keeping your eyes closed.
Let the stillness start to arrive.
Maybe begins around your eyes with some softness.
Maybe in your jaw.
A little less crunching.
Maybe in a slight drop of your shoulders.
I'm just noticing.
And let your head be heavy.
Let it sink into the pillow.
Let gravity take its work.
Now you might take in your hands.
Try opening your fingers completely.
Danny Arguetty.
When your hands and your jaw are embraced,
Your brain cannot maintain an emergency response.
Instead of fighting your thoughts,
Maybe shift your focus to an entirely physical sensation.
Maybe feeling the exact weight of the blanket resting on your feet.
Maybe it's the cool temperature of the air on your cheeks or at your nostrils.
Maybe you can feel the steady,
Heavy contact.
Between your back.
On the mattress.
And every time an anxious thought or tries to pull you in,
Maybe to the future.
Maybe to the past?
Gently bring your mind directly back to the physical weight of your body.
Out to the gravity.
Back to that sinking feeling and heavy.
That you are supported.
And you are safe.
Your alarm system is now disarmed.
Dan,
Try to stay awake for the end of this recording.
But if you find yourself here.
You might tap the bookmark if you need this reset again to mine.
And hit follow on my profile tomorrow.
And let yourself drift back under now.
