And as associate director of the Modern Sex Therapy Institute and somatic psychotherapist Holly Richmond, Ph.D., tells mindbodygreen, the first step to coming back to your body is figuring out where your nervous system is at.
As she explains, you can use a simple scale to assess your current state, with 1 being very depressed, and 10 being panic mode. “We’re aiming for that four-to-six range, that flexibility and elasticity—so when we talk about regulating, are we upregulating, or are we downregulating?” she explains.
For instance, if you were feeling depressed and low, you’d want to upregulate. On the other hand, if you’re feeling anxious, you’d want to downregulate.
