Coaching practices for Self Havening Calming the Nervous System Through Touch After a Loss
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- When I’m upset I instinctively want to hold my own face, the way someone would cup it if they were comforting me
- The missing them comes in waves that physically knock the wind out of me, and when one crests I just need to get through the next few minutes without drowning
- I’m flooded and my thoughts are useless right now
- I don’t want to only scramble for calm once I’m already in pieces
- When I’m upset I have no idea how to actually comfort myself
Practices that may help
- Self-Havening: Calming the Nervous System Through Touch
Self-havening uses slow, repetitive self-touch on the arms, face, and hands — combined with distraction or eye movements — to interrupt acute distress and lower arousal. The proposed mechanism (delta-wave induction via touch de-potentiating traumatic amygdala encodings) is plausible but not yet independently replicated at scale. As a brief self-soothing technique many people find it calming in the moment; it is not a proven clinical treatment and should not replace professional care for trauma or PTSD. - Face havening
Gently stroke your cheekbones and forehead to activate the facial calm response.
Self-Havening: Calming the Nervous System Through Touch - Havening to soften acute grief activation
Use gentle touch and brief distraction to lower the physiological intensity of grief surges.
Self-Havening: Calming the Nervous System Through Touch - 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 - 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 - Supportive touch
Use a gentle physical gesture — a hand on the heart — to trigger the body’s soothing response.
Self-Compassion, Made Practical - Physical self-soothing
Use touch, warmth, rocking, or breath to directly calm the nervous system.
Self-Soothing, Made Practical - Use soothing touch as a physiological anchor
Physical self-touch — hand on heart, cupped hands on face — signals safety to the body.
The Self-Compassion Break - Five-senses self-soothe
Deliberately engage each sense with something genuinely comforting to redirect attention and activate the soothing system.
Self-Soothing, Made Practical - Soothing Rhythm Breathing
Use slow, rhythmic breathing to deliberately activate the physiological soothing system before other compassion practices.
Compassion-Focused Therapy: Calming the Inner Critic
Related concerns
- Nervous System Calming Touch
Gently stroke your cheekbones and forehead to activate the facial calm response.
Face havening
- Self Havening Calming The Nervous System Through Touch At Work
Self-havening uses slow, repetitive self-touch on the arms, face, and hands — combined with distraction or eye movements — to interrupt acute distress and lower arousal. The proposed mechanism (delta-wave induction via touch de-potentiating traumatic amygdala encodings) is plausible but not yet independently replicated at scale. As a brief self-soothing technique many people find it calming in the moment; it is not a proven clinical treatment and should not replace professional care for trauma or PTSD.
- Facial Calming Touch
Gently stroke your cheekbones and forehead to activate the facial calm response.
- Self Havening Calming The Nervous System Through Touch During A Big Change
Self-havening uses slow, repetitive self-touch on the arms, face, and hands — combined with distraction or eye movements — to interrupt acute distress and lower arousal. The proposed mechanism (delta-wave induction via touch de-potentiating traumatic amygdala encodings) is plausible but not yet independently replicated at scale. As a brief self-soothing technique many people find it calming in the moment; it is not a proven clinical treatment and should not replace professional care for trauma or PTSD.
- Self Havening Calming The Nervous System Through Touch During Conflict
Self-havening uses slow, repetitive self-touch on the arms, face, and hands — combined with distraction or eye movements — to interrupt acute distress and lower arousal. The proposed mechanism (delta-wave induction via touch de-potentiating traumatic amygdala encodings) is plausible but not yet independently replicated at scale. As a brief self-soothing technique many people find it calming in the moment; it is not a proven clinical treatment and should not replace professional care for trauma or PTSD.
- Self Soothing Touch
Gently stroke your cheekbones and forehead to activate the facial calm response.
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