Calm

Calm is not a personality. It is something your body learns.

People tell me how calm I am under pressure. It took years of practice, and the practice can be learned.

Why

Your nervous system has three states

Safe and connected, when the breath moves easily and you can think clearly. Mobilized, when the heart speeds up and the mind scans for the next problem. Shut down, when everything goes flat and far away.

Most of us live in a low, constant version of mobilized: not panic, just a hum, always slightly braced. It feels so normal that we mistake it for who we are.

Calm is not forcing that hum quiet. It is teaching your body the way back to safe, often enough that it can find the way on its own.

What helps

The way back

  • Name the state first. Before you try to change anything, notice where you are.
  • Slow the exhale. A long out-breath is the fastest signal of safety you can send.
  • Come back every day. A short daily practice does more than a long one now and then.

Try it now

The Nervous System Reset

Fifteen minutes, guided by me, from 174 Hz into 432 Hz. The first minute plays straight away.

The Nervous System Reset

15 minutes · 174 Hz into 432 Hz · guided by Garet

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In the course

Where the course teaches this

  1. Day 1
    Day 1Your nervous system has three statesPractice: Arriving
    174 Hz · 21 min
  2. Day 2
    Day 2The Somatic Safety ProtocolPractice: The Somatic Safety Protocol
    174 Hz · 22 min
  3. Day 7
    Day 7Week one reviewPractice: The Nervous System Reset
    432 Hz · 18 min
  4. Day 15
    Day 15432 Hz and the tuning debatePractice: The Home Practice
    432 Hz · 24 min
  5. Day 20
    Day 20Protocols for every seasonPractice: Daily Reset for Real Life
    528 Hz · 20 min

All 21 days

The frequencies for this

Change does not begin in your mind. It begins in your nervous system.

How to calm your nervous system · Garet Jordan