11/15/2025
🕊️ A 3-Minute Morning Practice to Ease Anxiety
Do you wake up feeling tense, tight or uneasy? Your body may be starting the day in fight-or-flight.
It’s not just anxiety; it’s your nervous system doing what it learned to do — waking up ready to protect you.
A gentle moment of reconnection, to come home to your body before the day takes over can help you feel safe and at peace.
I invite you to try this simple practice to help your nervous system feel safe, nurtured and loved:
🌅 3-Minute Morning Nervous System Reset
1️⃣ Place one hand on your chest, one on your lower belly.
Feel the warmth of your hands. Let your body know you are here.
2️⃣ Inhale slowly for 4 seconds.
Not big. Not forced. Just steady.
3️⃣ Exhale with a soft sigh.
Let the shoulders drop, the jaw loosen, and the body melt.
4️⃣ Repeat for just 4 cycles.
That’s it.
Four slow, soft breaths.
This tiny ritual helps lower morning cortisol, calm the sympathetic nervous system and set a gentler tone for the day. Placing your hand on your chest can even stimulate oxytocin, the ‘bonding hormone’, to help your body feel calmer.
💛 Give it a try
Before you get up. Before your day starts playing in your head.
Take 3 minutes to remind your system:
You are safe to begin again.