Grounding Techniques for Anxiety

This course teaches grounding activities for anxiety, including posture, safe-place visualization, present-moment awareness, breathing exercises, and techniques intended to calm the fight/flight/freeze response. It includes practices for both adults and children.

Syllabus

Fight/Flight/Freeze Response: Anxiety Skills #1.
How to Turn off the Fight/Flight/Freeze Response: Anxiety Skills #4.
Grounding Exercise: Anxiety Skills #5.
Grounding Exercise for Anxiety #6: Use Posture to Regain Your Power.
Grounding Exercise for Anxiety #7: Creating a Safe Place.
Grounding Exercise for Anxiety #8: Present Moment Awareness.
Grounding Exercise for Anxiety #9: Counting Breaths.
Grounding Exercise for Anxiety #10: Square Breathing.
Perceived Danger and Creating Safety: Anxiety Skills #6.
Grounding Activity: "Drawing Safety": Anxiety Skills #7.
Anxiety Hack: Soften the Gaze: Panic Attacks and Tunnel Vision: Anxiety Skills #9.
Pelvic Floor Relaxation: Anxiety Skills #10.
Parasympathetic Response: Train Your Nervous System to Turn off Stress: Anxiety Skills #11.
Diaphragmatic Breathing: Anxiety Skills #12.
Use the Soft Palate to Trigger Calm/Hack the Parasympathetic Nervous System: Anxiety Skill #13.
Grounding Activity for Kids and Adults #18: The Squeeze Hug.
Mindfulness In Real Life: Learn Mindful Breathing in 2 Minutes.