5 Subtle Ways to Tune In To Your Body and Soothe Your Stress by Linda Graham (www.advice.theshineapp.com)

Stuff happens. You spill your coffee before your Zoom presentation. You misplace your phone—again—right when it's time to make an important call. You accidentally delete that email.

These mini-disasters create quite a startle in your nervous system—a rush of adrenaline that helps ready your body for “fight or flight,” our natural defense against perceived danger. But if your body is hit with adrenaline for every little thing that goes wrong in life, it can tax your capacity to cope, making recovery from future setbacks like these even more difficult.

Luckily, it’s possible to strengthen your own "body-based somatic intelligence" to quickly respond to and recover from any sense of threat to your safety or wellbeing. 
What is somatic intelligence? It’s understanding how your body responds to danger and using that knowledge to support your body as you go through life—which, if you’re human, is bound to be filled with at least some adversity.

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