Release Fear

Self-Touch for Releasing Fear

In the film above, Restorative Practices Convener Natureza Gabriel explains one way to work with fear in the body through self-touch of the kidneys.

Related Practices:

From the standpoint of addressing Sympathetic Nervous System activation, and specifically the Flight response, see Coming out of Flight, and Calming Anxiety. From the standpoint of addressing primal emotions, see Allow Yourself to Grieve. See Cooling Anger. If you'd like a brief introduction to the Polyvagal theory, visit our Brief Illustrated Guide to Polyvagal Theory. For our complete film on Polyvagal Theory, see The Science of Safety (Polyvagal Theory). For a comprehensive exploration of the theory with its developer, see The Future of Medicine and Mental Health, with Dr. Stephen Porges, PhD. See Polyvagal Mapping. With regard to healing traumas and down-shifting other distress states, see Healing Trauma

Neurodevelopmental Occupational Therapist Letha Marchetti, and then several Osteopathic doctors and manual therapists.

Neurodevelopmental Occupational Therapist Letha Marchetti, and then several Osteopathic doctors and manual therapists.

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