Coaching practices for Havening Strokes for Anxiety
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’m flooded and my thoughts are useless right now
- My anxiety lives in my body
- I always wait until I’m already in full panic to try to calm down, and by then it’s too far gone for anything to work
- I’m about to walk in and my heart is pounding, hands cold, mind racing
- I don’t want to only scramble for calm once I’m already in pieces
Practices that may help
- Arm havening stroke
Slowly stroke both forearms from shoulder to elbow while keeping attention off the distress.
Self-Havening: Calming the Nervous System Through Touch - Exercise to lower anxiety
Use movement to discharge physical arousal and recalibrate the alarm system.
Exercise for Mental Health - Use grounding before anxiety peaks, not after
Start the technique at the first sign of anxiety — not once the wave is overwhelming.
The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique - Havening to clear pre-performance anxiety
Run a short havening sequence before a high-stakes event to lower physiological anxiety.
Self-Havening: Calming the Nervous System Through Touch - The Havening Place (safe-place induction)
Combine havening strokes with a vividly imagined calm location to deepen resource anchoring.
Self-Havening: Calming the Nervous System Through Touch - Improve CO2 tolerance to reduce anxiety sensitivity
The 7-count hold in 4-7-8 builds CO2 tolerance — a key factor in anxiety reactivity and panic thresholds.
4-7-8 Breathing, Made Practical - Rapid relaxation: achieve a relaxation response in 20–30 seconds
Deploy a practiced, condensed relaxation sequence the moment anxiety begins rising.
Applied Relaxation, Made Practical - Allow the sensations without resisting
Let the physical feelings of anxiety be present instead of bracing against them.
The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical - Rehearse the response before you need it
Learn and practice the four steps in low-stakes moments so they are available under pressure.
The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical - Tai chi for anxiety and depression
Three months of regular tai chi practice reduces anxiety and depression symptoms with effect sizes comparable to conventional exercise.
Tai Chi: The Evidence for a Mind-Body Practice
Related concerns
- Act Anxiety Exercise
Use movement to discharge physical arousal and recalibrate the alarm system.
Exercise to lower anxiety
- How To Stop Anxiety Nerve Pain
Practice noticing and naming body sensations neutrally, so they stop reading as alarms.
Interoceptive awareness
- Run Toward Anxiety
Actively invite more of the anxiety rather than waiting nervously for it to pass.
Run toward the feeling
- When 4 7 8 Breathing Breath Hold Co2 Tolerance
The 7-count hold in 4-7-8 builds CO2 tolerance — a key factor in anxiety reactivity and panic thresholds.
Improve CO2 tolerance to reduce anxiety sensitivity
- Act For Anxiety
Actively invite more of the anxiety rather than waiting nervously for it to pass.
- Anxiety Meditation
Restlessness and worry require settling, earthing, and narrowing the attentional field — not more vigilance.
Working with restlessness-and-worry (uddhacca-kukkucca)
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