Calm or Shut Down? The 10-Second Nervous System Test #innerpeace #mindfulness #energy

30 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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Jenny Garufi explains why calm and shutdown can look identical and shares a 10-second test: press your feet into the floor to tell which one you're actually in.

Calm and shut down look identical. Calm and shut down look exactly the same. Most people can't even tell them apart. If you go still because you're relaxed, that's regulation. If you go still because it got to be too much, that's your body hiding. Same stillness, opposite states. Here's the 10-second test. Press your feet into the floor. Feel them? You're regulated. Feel nothing? You're not calm. You're checked out. Save this. You'll want it the next time your body goes quiet.

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