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Simple practices for an overwhelmed nervous system
Body-based practices for a nervous system that has had too much. Start with the free guide.
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Where is your nervous system today?
Three quick questions to find your next practice.
The Somatic Corner
Practices to try
Body-based resets that only take a few minutes.
A 5-Minute Nervous System Reset
A short reset for when you are stuck in survival mode.
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The Physiological Sigh
A fast way to signal safety to an activated body.
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A Morning Grounding Ritual
Set the tone before the day asks anything of you.
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The Orienting Practice
Look around the room to bring your body back to now.
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Support for the days you are struggling
Three small guides, one for each kind of difficult day. Pick the one that sounds like today.
For the wired days
The “I Can’t Relax” Toolkit
For the nights when you are exhausted but your body will not power down and rest feels just out of reach.
See the Toolkit · $9 →
For the drained days
The Social Hangover
For the days after socializing, when being around people leaves you depleted and needing to disappear for a while.
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For the numb days
The Shutdown Mode Recovery Guide
For the days when everything goes quiet, and you feel numb, heavy, or far away from yourself.
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The Nervous System Recovery Bundle
One guide for each kind of day.
All three $9 recovery guides together, so whichever kind of day shows up, there is already a page for it.
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See the BundleBody and emotions
One guide for the body, one for the emotions underneath.
For the Body
The Somatic Handbook
Thirty body-based practices, sorted by how you're feeling, so you can find the right one quickly. Calm and easy to read, even on the days you can't take in one more thing.
For the Emotions
The Emotional Alchemy Workbook
A guided, body-centered practice across 65+ pages. A structured way to work through the emotions you've been carrying, with real room to feel them and move them.
The Blog
From the journal
Short reads on the nervous system and the body.
Why Can't I Relax Even When Nothing Is Wrong?
The quiet pattern behind feeling on edge when nothing is actually wrong, and what the body needs first.
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Nervous System
What Are Somatic Exercises? A Simple Guide
What they are and how they help the nervous system.
Nervous System
What Fascia Has to Do With Your Nervous System
The connective tissue wired into your stress response.
Nervous System
7 Somatic Exercises for Anxiety You Can Do at Home
Simple resets you can do anywhere, no equipment needed.
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