Sometimes our body, mind, and nervous system are bombarded with bad news, stress, and confusion and we lose control. It can often feel like we're powerless, but we're not. We are powerful beings.

This spell will help you take control of your body, mind, and nervous system. The autonomic nervous system controls most of the functions of the body, but we can control our breath. By controlling the breath, we affect our heart rate. By slowing our heart rate, we lower our blood pressure. These actions send signals of safety and security to our nervous system, moving it from a "fight or flight" response to a "rest and digest" state.

When your heart is racing, place your hand over it, like a heart monitor. Take a short inhale, then a long, slow exhale. Repeat four or five times. Notice how your purposefully slower breath slows your heart rate, which lowers your blood pressure and calms your delicate nervous system. Pure magic.