This routine is 2 simple techniques and when combined they are a regulation power duo.

Use this routine early in your day or before a task you know may get stressful, as a way to support your nervous system proactively. If you can start a potentially overwhelming task from a place of balance, you are much less likely to be thrown to far off by it.

You can also use this routine in a moment where you are already feeling overwhelmed or stressed, as a way to bring yourself back to center.

Both techniques stimulate the vagus nerve, and both techniques require you to slow down and be intentional with your movements, all of which are fantastic at breaking stressful thought patterns and anxious loops.