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You cannot think your way out of a body that is braced. This area starts there: the breath, the ground under you, moving, eating, resting, and the small physical things that change how the rest of the day lands.

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Feeling from the inside A minute Under stress Clear all

Theme · Feeling from the inside

Grounding and settling 15 Your nervous system 9 Touch and bodywork 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 2 Breathing 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Posture and how you carry yourself 1

How long you have · A minute

A minute 2 Five minutes 7

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 3 Under stress 2

One of the earliest signs that you are drifting out of the present is that your hands and feet go vague. Not numb exactly, just less there.

It tends to happen before you notice you have gone anywhere. If you learn your own version of it, you get an early warning: a chance to press your…

A minuteFeeling from the insideBody basedQur’an 41:53

When what is happening inside gets too loud, turn outward. Name what you can see, listen for the furthest sound, press your feet into the floor.

This is not avoidance. The outward senses and the sense of where your body sits both carry information about now, which is exactly what the flooding…

A minuteFeeling from the insideBody basedQur’an 9:118