This week was a heavy one — the kind where the jaw sets itself before breakfast. So we go back to the simplest tool in the box.
The long exhale
Inhale through the nose for four, exhale through the mouth for six. That extra beat on the way out is a quiet word to the nervous system: we are safe enough, for now, to soften.
Ten rounds, twice a day. It will not fix the week. It will make you the calmest person inside it.