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1. 1Name five things you can see, out loud if you can.
2. 2Four things you can physically feel — chair, floor, fabric, air.
3. 3Three things you can hear.
4. 4Two things you can smell.
5. 5One thing you can taste.

It works because it makes your senses do the talking. The point is not to feel calm; it is to be here.

1. 1Breathe in through your nose for a count of four.
2. 2Let the breath out slowly, for a count of six or more.
3. 3Keep the exhale longer than the inhale. That ratio is the active ingredient.
4. 4Six to ten rounds is usually enough to feel the shift.

The exhale is the part that recruits the parasympathetic system. Nothing about it needs to look impressive.

1. 1Cross your arms over your chest, hands resting near your collarbones.
2. 2Tap slowly and alternately — left, right, left, right.
3. 3Keep the pace slow, roughly one tap per second.
4. 4Let your attention rest on something neutral rather than on the distress.

A self-administered version of the bilateral stimulation used in EMDR. Use it for soothing, not for processing a memory on your own.

1. 1Picture a container — a box, a vault, anything sealable. Yours, and sturdy.
2. 2Put the material inside it. Not to get rid of it: to hold it until session.
3. 3Close it deliberately. Notice that you are the one closing it.
4. 4Bring your attention back to the room: feet, seat, sound, light.

Containment is a setting-aside, not a suppression. It works because you know when you are coming back for it.