Chaos 2 Calm

Chaos 2 Calm

Calming Practices - Begin Here

What you are about to experience can be life changing...

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Vanessa Gunter
Jul 31, 2025
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If you’ve been struggling with chronic stress, chronic pain, anxiety, overwhelm, or depression, everything you find here can help.

When your body is chronically stressed, your nervous system is in constant hyperarousal.

The physical discomfort you feel—whether it’s physical pain or a gut that’s always tied in a knot—is your nervous system trying to protect you.

But when your nervous system is always in hyperawareness, it can’t function properly. This affects every system in your body.

When it can find its way back to calm, it will begin to function properly again.

This will make a difference throughout your entire body.

Note: Navigate using the links below to access sections with exercises and skills, or use the tabs at the top of the home page.

Calming Exercises are designed to train your nervous system and your muscles to contract and release properly.

Each exercise should be done very slowly, with focus and attention on the muscles as you do them.

If you fin…

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