Emergency techniques for working with strong emotions in the moment

• Physiological sigh
  • Breathing & sighing audibly
• Placing hands on the heart
• Belly breathing
• Connecting to the feeling of feet or body being held by the earth, grounding, finding stability.
• Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) or “Tapping”
• For panic attacks:
  • Tapping slowly, firmly, but gently on the collarbone with your palm.
  • Five Finger Breathing: Trace the fingers of one hand up and down with each breath in and out, eventually slowing your breath so that you inhale once and trace up and down all fingers in one long, gradual exhale. Inhale again when you reach the pinky, exhale tracing up and down each finger from pinky to thumb.