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Low mood and hard feelings
Feelings are information before they are problems. The practices here are about naming what you feel accurately, sitting with what will not move yet, and acting on what matters to you even on the days nothing feels like anything.
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3 practicesTheme · Calm the body
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Overwhelmed? Take two minutes: breathe out slowly, longer than you breathe in, and let the body lead.
You cannot think your way calm mid-storm, but you can breathe your way there. Slow exhales, then decide.
When emotion spikes hard, splash cold water on your face or hold something cold for a slow count.
A jolt of cold gives the racing body something concrete to settle around. Simple, and it works.
Scan your body, unclench the jaw, drop the shoulders, soften the hands. Let the tension out on each breath.
Emotion tightens the body; the body can loosen the emotion back. Release the grip one part at a time.