Continuing from Tuesday... Now that you’ve learned how your nervous system (or safety system) works, let’s give it something it can feel. This practice uses two things your body can trust: sensation and a low + slow breath. Try this with me: 1. Put one hand on your belly and one on your chest: Not to control anything, just to feel your breath the way it naturally moves. Notice where your breath is already going: high, low, wide, tight, shallow, absent, just notice. There's nothing to fix. 2. Let your exhale drop: Take a soft inhale through your nose and let the exhale fall out of your mouth like a quiet sigh. Not long. Not dramatic. Simply dropping the exhale. Feel what happens under your hands when you do that. 3. Add a micro-release: On your next exhale, relax one thing. Your shoulders, your jaw, your belly, your throat. Choose whichever part lets go first. This tells your safety system that less effort is okay. 4. Give your body three slow rounds: Inhale softly, no bigger than you need. Exhale like you are letting your body melt an inch deeper into itself. See if your breath shifts from your chest toward your belly, even slightly. 5. Name the sensation: Not the emotion. Not the story. Just the sensation. Warm, heavy, spacious, softer. Even “nothing changed” is a sensation. This is somatic awareness and breath working together, the foundation of real regulation. Share in a comment below: What sensation showed up under your hands?