Periagoge
Scenario

Why standard relaxation techniques sometimes increase nervous system activation

I can feel my anxiety as a buzzing electrical current under my skin but breathing exercises and meditation make it worse, not better.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Practices designed to calm can paradoxically amplify distress when the system is not ready to discharge the energy it has been holding.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Somatic approaches to psychological healing?”

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