This week, to attain, maintain or regain your sense of wellbeing...
...practice taking ten mindful breaths when you're feeling stressed or overwhelmed as a way to calm my nervous system and focus my attention. Take slow, deep breaths, really paying attention to the sensations in your body, and count each one from one to ten.
Taking ten deep breaths, and really paying attention to them, can help activate your parasympathetic nervous system - the part of your nervous system that slows things down and puts us in rest and digest mode as opposed to action mode - This helps create a sense of calm and safety and give you a moment of stillness in between feeling and responding.It doesn't change the situation you are facing, but it does mean you can face it feeling a bit more grounded and regulated.
Once I am comfortable with this practice, I will add Count Ten Breaths to my Personal Coping Kete for times of stress and distress.
