Calming Anxiety | Guided Meditation, Sleep Hypnosis & Panic Attack Relief

The 2026 Nervous System Reset Release the Noise & Reclaim Your Center

Feb 24, 2026
A 10-minute nervous system reset using somatic breathwork and a 4-2-6 breathing rhythm to calm the body. A warming body scan releases jaw, shoulders, and lower back tension. A protective glass-sphere visualization creates a mental sanctuary. Short core affirmations reinforce safety and self-worth. Practical daily tools include a two-minute tech fast and the peripheral gaze technique.
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INSIGHT

Calm Is A Body Signal You Can Choose

  • Signalling safety to the body can be a manual override for anxious thinking.
  • Martin Hewlett frames calm as a bodily signal you choose, not just a mental decision, shifting agency from thoughts to physiology.
ADVICE

Do 4-2-6 Somatic Breathwork To Reset

  • Do the 4-2-6 somatic breathwork to quickly downshift your nervous system.
  • Martin Hewlett guides inhaling for 4, holding 2, exhaling for 6 (with one practice cycle then a second shortened cycle) to activate the vagus response.
ADVICE

Do A Summer Sunshine Body Scan

  • Do a Summer Sunshine body scan to release held tension from jaw, shoulders, lower back and legs.
  • Martin Hewlett leads a guided warm-wave visualization that moves from the crown to toes, using gravity and exhalations to soften muscles.
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