Anxiety isn’t just in your head; it is in your body. That racing heart, shallow breathing, and pit in your stomach are signs that your nervous system has flipped into “fight or flight” mode. In this state, logical thinking goes out the window. You cannot think your way out of a physiological reaction.
Instead, you need to speak your body’s language. You need a manual override switch. Fortunately, there are simple, science-backed somatic exercises that signal safety to your brain almost instantly. Here are six nervous system resets that stop anxiety in its tracks in less than three minutes.
