Navigate your holiday season with this hands on guide 

A resourceful toolkit for your nervous system to ease out many occasions of holly jolly season

Holidays, a canvas of beautiful, bright & colourful happy moments with memories, fun and games. But, it does not turn out to be as easy and as much fun for everyone, right?

Being an introvert myself, I know what goes inside my brain and body while seeing many faces at one time in one big space. That big chunk of emotional garbage getting dumped in my stomach all at once, and back then i didn’t know where to go, what to do to take all of that stink out of my system, but now I do.

As a trauma-informed coach, I now have resourced myself with few safe practices to help me navigate not just “holiday seasons” but in general to large gatherings or meeting new people especially while my country India in general is quite social

If you are someone, who goes through lot of anxiety, disconnections & otherwise while seeing many faces all at once, this will help you big time in resourcing yourself.

Here is my To-Go Holiday tool-kit to resource your nervous system gracefully

1. Create a simple routine for yourself :

Consistency creates familiarity and with simplifying it, will help you ease your days. Create a rituals that makes you happy & joyful

Eg: Walking in the morning & feeling the light sun rays hitting on your cheeks or a simple touch of a dewy grass on your soles (morning sunlight 7 touch of a grass are a great mood enhancers and glimmers)

2. Practice breath work :

Breath work or as commonly known as pranayama, is one of the great tools to help you with anxiety and calm the mind while balancing the body temperature. One of my highly recommended easy-to-practice breath work is “Bhramari” also known as humming bee pranayama

Alternatively, you can also practice breath work this way :

• If your breathing runs faster & you have hit the anxiety, inhale normal and use long & slow exhalations with repetitions

• And in situations where you feel disconnected and frozen, take a long deep inhalations & exhale normally

3. Aid your gut well :

There is no need to adhere to strict and rigid diet during holidays. Go with whats in the flow, which does not mean throwing yourself completely out there but if you like to have that creamy cheesecake, go for it, do what give you joy. Rigidity kills the humour.

A small tip here, however, Be mindful & consciously consume what you want to, savor and enjoy every bite of your food with full joy & love.

4. Set, hold & respect your own boundaries :

I understand holidays is all about meeting & greeting people, but this doesn’t have to mean you bury your boundaries in the ground. You still can and have a healthy, gentle fencing around you, family, friends, food, time & energy you spend. If something feels off or triggering and not in alignment with you, you are allowed safely to remove yourself from the unsolicited situation lovingly

Here are few of my favourite Louise Hay Affirmations that may be of help for you in this holiday season :

• I let go off all fears & doubts and life becomes simple & easy for me

• I feel glorious, dynamic energy. I am active & alive

• I give my body what it needs

• It is safe to look within

• Life supports me in every possible way

If you find these resources helpful, drop your thought below or let me know what other practices do you follow through the holidays to keep it smooth and functional, I am all ears :)

Merry Christmas & a bright and beautiful year head to all of you !

XOXO, MS ✨

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