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The next step to reduce bracing and tension

The 90-second exit ramp from Protection Mode

(Do NOT do this if you have any hardware in your neck)

Clasp your hands together

Place ear on the wall-- as if trying to hear through the wall

Exhale longer than you think you should

Feeling cue:

If you feel even a 1% softening, you’re changing the signal. Your nervous system is responding. That matters.

But what you just felt — even if it was small — was your body letting its guard down.

Not because you forced it.
Not because you stretched it.
But because, for a moment, it felt safe enough to soften.

That matters more than it might seem.

It means your body isn’t stuck.
It means this pattern can change.
It means something deeper is possible.

You don’t need to figure everything out right now.

If you’d like, you can take the next step and explore this at your own pace.”

Nothing is required.