A heated word.
A flash of anger.
Your body’s tense, your mind’s racing… and you can still feel the charge long after the moment has passed.
When conflict leaves you stirred up — maybe even flooded — the hardest thing can be finding your way back to calm connection. In this week’s 5-minute guided practice, I share a series of gentle, body-based steps inspired by Peter Levine’s somatic work and polyvagal theory to help you release the fight energy, settle your nervous system, and return to yourself.
This isn’t just about “taking a breath” or “thinking positive.”
It’s about letting your body finish what it started, shifting you from tension to safety, and from reactivity to clarity — so you can respond instead of react.
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