Theme: Interrupting the Reactivity Loop
When something triggers or upsets you, your body reacts before your mind does.If you don’t reset your body, you’ll try to solve an emotional reaction with logic and that’s where overthinking starts.
Today’s Somatic Reset (approx 3 minutes):
- Stand up or if in a seated position put both feet on the ground and sit up tall.
- Close your eyes and take notice of how your body feels for 30 seconds.
- Next, open your eyes if you want then shake your arms and shoulders for 30 seconds.
- While doing this, exhale loudly through your mouth.
- Place one hand on your chest, one on your lower belly.
- Take 4 slow breaths in from your belly, longer exhale than inhale.
- Relax your jaw consciously.
That’s it.
Take notice again of how your body feels. What difference do you feel in your body before vs. after?