HealThySelf
Heal Thy Self or healthy self
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Dr. Lindsey Schmidt on Instagram: "One of the first ways I started to help my body and nervous system cope with stress and anxiety… Do you like these quick vagal toning examples? Give me a 👏🏻 and I’ll keep doing them! The physiological sigh is when we: ▫️ extend our exhale longer than inhale ▫️ In this example I am taking two sharp inhales through my node, then a long exhale through my mouth. I do this about 3-5 times or until I feel more saliva in my mouth, my shoulders drop and I feel more at ease. ▫️ Another one I love is inhale 4 count, exhale 8 count + repeat We are activating our parasympathetic nervous system through vagal toning (where we stimulate the vagus nerve that is a part of this rest-digest nervous system). I don’t just try to be reactive and do vagal toning when I am
