Nervous System Reset Yoga Practice

A calming, grounding ritual designed to settle the nervous system and bring your body out of fight-or-flight.

This practice helps to:

Reduce stress and anxiety
Lower cortisol and nervous tension
Create a sense of safety and steadiness in the body
Improve sleep, mood and emotional resilience

Use this ritual whenever you feel overwhelmed, wired, or emotionally depleted — or as a daily anchor to help your body reset.

What you need: Block, Eye Pillow, bolster (or two pillows stacked ) and a Blanket

Transcript

Hello lovely. Today we are creating a nice restorative pause in your day. So this is beautiful to reset your nervous system. Maybe this is in the morning before you start your day or maybe you've come back from work. Maybe it's in your lunch break and you just need a little, Little break, A little bit of slowness to just reset and let go of everything. So what you'll need for this is a block, An eye pillow. I would most definitely recommend an eye pillow for this. We'll have a bolster and a blanket. So we're going to start off here with a nice side twist and we'll take our blankets. So pop that to the side and we're going to roll the blanket here into a nice little roll. And then we'll pop the block to the back here. We're going to pop the blanket on top. So if you don't have a block and a blanket, You can always just create a stack of cushions to get this kind of space. We'll then, I'll just pop that over here for now. We'll then take our bolster. And bring that just to the front here. We want enough space here for our shoulder. So you're going to gently Reach in here. And then we can adjust, Bringing that block closer with the blanket and the arm is resting here. We've got the knees nice and bent, So you can keep the knees bent like this or you might create a little zigzag in the legs, Whatever feels nice. I'm going to stack my knees here. Want to have the bolster over your ribs and that little part just between the hip bone and your rib cage. And then you will just slowly sweep your arm here down, The free arm, And let it rest there for a moment. Slowly then peel your arm back to the side. I'm probably going to hit the wall here and open up. Gently come back really really slowly We are going to do about three of these. This is. . . Generated here to help open any blockages in your shoulders. Reach that arm as far as you can. I am unfortunately limited here by the wall. Slowly come back And then one more. Nice. And then slowly release your hand. You might have your hand here on the hip or the bone, Wherever feels comfortable. And then just gently close down the eyes. Take your breathing into your bottom room cage. And just let yourself soften here feeling your ribs, Breathe against the prop. Let's slowly come up. And if it's comfortable for you, You might just turn to face the other way. I'm going to turn my props to face the camera and face you. Just so that I can still See you. But we're going to set up for the other side. Keep your movements here very soft and slow so that we really get into that nervous system. Good, And then slowly come down. We've got that shoulder in. And then we'll take the top arm again and a nice beautiful stretch back. Inhale. And sweep. Good. Well then slowly release that hand wherever feels comfortable. And again, Just feeling your body breathe into that bottom rib. And allow your support here to be your full. Guide. Let yourself. . . Relax fully into both props. It's such a beautiful way for the body to soften. We've got a nice, Beautiful twist. We're massaging the rib cage. We're also getting a nice little stretch in the shoulder, Which can get really tight when we're tense. I'm very restorative Well done, We'll then slowly start to make our way up. And we're just going to Turn. The bolster. So that is resting on the block find that hello case. And then we'll make our way into a nice reclined position here. And your legs can be either in butterfly. You might keep the knees bent. You might extend the legs here. Going to bring the little eye pillow on top of the eyes and let yourself rest. I'm going to leave this open ended. I'm going to be here for a few moments. Then I'm going to quietly get up and let you stay for as long as you need. So there won't be an ending to this video. So I'm going to greet you now. Thank you for sharing your time and your energy with me. And I really hope that this has served your nervous system. Namaste.