Gentle Practices for Stress and Anxiety Relief - With Guided Video and Chapter Guide -

Hello, everyone.

How have you been lately?

In my last post, I shared a practice called "Connecting with Your Inner Resources."I wonder if you had a chance to try it out.

Today, I’d like to offer a summary of the series we explored over four posts, along with a new guided video where you can experience these exercises at your own pace.

Throughout this series, we’ve focused on how to gently reconnect with yourself when stress or anxiety feels overwhelming. Each post introduced simple perspectives and exercises to help bring ease to both mind and body.

Series Recap:

Part 1: What Happens During Stress and Anxiety?: We explored how the mind and body naturally respond to stress and the importance of gently returning to the “here and now.”

Part 2: Using the Five Senses: We practiced using sight, sound, and touch to soothe the nervous system and come back to the present moment.

Part 3: Grounding Exercise: We explored feeling the body’s support while sitting, to find calm and stability.

Part 4: Connecting to Your Resources: We practiced recalling favorite people, places, or memories to access warmth and comfort within.

🎧 New Guided Video

I have created a guided video that brings these practices together. It’s a lightly edited excerpt from the AEDP® Introductory Workshop held in 2024, featuring:

• Exercise Using the Five Senses

• Grounding Exercise

• Exercise for Connecting with a Sense of Safety

You are welcome to try just one exercise or move through them all. Please take the time you need, listening gently to your own pace.

⏱ Chapter Guide:

00:00 – Purpose of this exercise and important notes

01:52 – Sensing the Five Senses

06:59 – Grounding

09:03 – Connecting with Inner Resources

14:56 – Naming the Felt Sense

16:13 – Gently returning to daily awareness

🎧 Now, feel free to follow along at your own pace with the video below. (Japanese audio with English subtitles)

Whenever you feel a little unsettled or when you wish to ground yourself again,I hope these practices will be here for you to lean on.

Thank you for taking the time to read today. May you find a gentle moment of ease for your heart and body.