The internet’s favourite yoga instructor just shared a 10-minute routine to reset the nervous system, but what does that really mean and how can you benefit?
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Key Points:
- Yoga offers various benefits, from physical stretching to connecting mind, body, and spirit, with some routines aimed at resetting the nervous system.
- The "nervous system reset" typically refers to regulating the autonomic nervous system, which controls the body's fight-or-flight response and helps shift from stress to calm.
- GP Simon Smail explains that nervous system regulation is about developing a flexible stress response, enabling individuals to handle challenges and then recover, rather than eliminating stress entirely.
- Yoga supports nervous system regulation by combining gentle movement, stretching, controlled breathing, and body awareness, all of which can help reduce stress.
- Adriene Mishler’s 10-minute nervous system reset routine focuses on controlled breathing and can be done seated, lying down, or even in a chair, requiring no special equipment.