Hi,
I'm Allie.
If you're feeling wired,
On edge,
Or that heart racing kind of stress right now,
That's cortisol,
Your body's stress hormone,
Doing exactly what it's built to do.
It's not broken,
It's just activated,
And we can bring it back down together right now.
Wherever you are,
Let your feet feel the floor beneath you.
Notice the solid ground supporting you.
Take a breath in through your nose and sigh it out through your mouth.
Let your shoulders drop as you do.
One more deep breath in.
And a long exhale out.
Let it go.
Now place a hand on your chest or at your belly if that feels good.
And feel it rise as you inhale.
And fall as you exhale.
We're going to slow this down together in four counts.
So inhale for 1,
2,
3,
4.
Exhale for 6,
5,
4,
3,
2,
1.
Let's do that again.
Inhale for 1,
2,
3,
4.
For exhale 1 2 3 4 5 6 inhale 1 Two.
Three four exhale one two three four five six inhale one two three 4,
Exhale 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6.
Cortisol drops the fastest when your body feels safe.
And one of the quickest signals of safety is a long,
Slow exhale,
Which is exactly what we've been doing.
So let's do this one more round together.
Deep breath in.
And let it go long and slow.
Notice how your body feels different than it did a few minutes ago.
Even if it feels just slightly different,
That's a real shift.
And that's your nervous system responding to you.
You have the power and you can carry the steadiness with you into whatever's next.
Thank you so much for practicing with me.
I'll see you next time.
