Regulating and possibly releasing extra energy can be especially helpful if you have ADHD. Power On, Power Off is an energetic practice that you can use when you need to settle - both mind and body..
Category: Settle
Settle your racing mind or stirred up nervous system to calm yourself so you can be restful.
Invisible Elevator
Check in now, feel what you notice. Maybe this Invisible Elevator practice meets you where you are and brings a little calm, a little softening to your mind and body – and no one has to know that you are getting stronger, from the inside. But you’ll know.
Elevator Practice
Busy minds and bodies can match busy places and times. And then there are places and times that call for calmer minds and calmer bodies. Our bodies are so connected to our minds that they can help each other settle, with Elevator Practice.
Press and Lower [aka “Sloppy Sleeves”]
However energetic you are feeling is fine. High energy, low energy, or somewhere in between. Then there are those times when you need to change your energy to fit where you are and what you are doing. For Press and Lower, imagine that you need to bring your energy down. To slow yourself down.
Hourglass Practice
Thoughts can swirl and emotions can stir. It’s totally normal to feel unsettled sometimes or even often-times.
Hourglass Practice gives you a tool to use when your mind is stirred up and you want or need to settle your thoughts and your feelings.
Practicing settling ahead of time prepares you to settle in real-time.
Tick Tock
When you find yourself needing or wanting to settle, it is helpful to have tools to try: tools that your mind and body are familiar with and can help you shift.
Tick Tock is a private practice including movement, with a connection to a time-honored strategy of rocking yourself to sleep…
Belly Breathing
Busy minds and bodies can match busy places and times. And then there are places and times that call for calmer minds and calmer bodies.
Our bodies are so connected to our minds that they can help each other settle. Try Belly Breathing to get settled.
Adjust the way…
Feet, Seat, or Hands
Feeling scattered, shaky, or unsure can affect your ability to focus your thoughts, gain confidence or move forward.
You can get in the habit of using your attention as a tool – a personal tool to settle those thoughts and emotions - enough to make goals, follow plans, and move forward. First you practice settling…