Teach Your Body You Are Safe Practice

In this video I am teaching you a very simple neuroscience-based practice that is instantly signaling to the brain that there is not immediate threat to your life. If you do struggle with anxiety and being triggered in normal daily situations, this one is for you. It calms the nervous system and supports regulation, anxiety, depression and trauma-related symptoms.

Transcript

If you struggle with anxiety, This practice is for you. So it's very simple. It's neuroscience based. And you can do it wherever you are and with whomever you are. If you just notice there's some activation in the body and that's influencing how you feel, You might have some racing thoughts or you just feel agitated about some things. Triggered about something someone says. Do this practice. No matter where you are, Whether you're sitting or standing, You can always just press your feet a little bit more into the ground. To you create some connection to the ground and also notice where else your body is. Touching the ground or maybe a chair. Maybe a sofa. And if you're standing, You can focus your attention on Maybe your clothes. You have maybe a heavy jacket like me today. That you can feel the weight of it. And your shoulders. All right, Now allow yourself to drop in a little bit in that way into your feet. Allow yourself to become heavy. I need you to take a deep breath with me. And you try and make the exhale longer than the inhale. All right, Let's do one again. And one more. All right, Now while you watch this and you keep your eyes open. I want you to try and see without moving your eyes. Just stay here at one point. Try and see what you can see in your peripheral vision. I have this. This plant here and I'm just trying to notice how much of it I can see without looking at it, Without moving my eyes. I'm also trying to see what I can. What I perceive on the other side, And maybe even beyond the point that I am looking at. Let's do that for a moment. Involving peripheral vision and send signals to the brain. That we're safe. The more we are aware of our surroundings and that there's no actual life-threatening situation happening right now around us. Those are signals to the brain that it can calm down the survival response. So once you've done that, I want you to put your attention to the back. And know that it's not part of your vision. But just try and see if you can. Sense how much space there is behind you. Maybe you can sense the back of the chair or where I have that wall right behind me. I can sense there is a little bit less space on this side than there is on this side because the room is more open here. These are all information that our body is receiving. Perceiving at any single moment of time. They're called neuroception. And it's signaling to the brain whether we are safe or not. Okay, Take another deep breath. Okay, Well done. I'm proud of you. So this is a really great practice to do when you feel anxious and always remember. Regarding fear, We have to face our fears. The more we run at them, The less likely they are to manifest in our brain. So the moment we name them and we attach also information to them of our environment and show our body that we are safe right now. The less strong those connections will be in the future. Okay? You got this. I'm proud of you.