Creating a Personalized Regulation Toolkit

No single practice works for everyone. You need a menu of possibilities so that on any given day, you can choose what matches your state and needs.

One of the greatest parts about what I do as a nervous system regulation guide is helping clients create a personalized regulation toolkit. Knowing you have tools - a variety of tools for various settings - means you can do the challenging part: move yourself strategically beyond your comfort levels so that you can start to practice expanding beyond your conditioning.

Your toolkit might include:

• Breath practices

• Grounding touch

• Touching objects that feel safe and good (crystals, stuffies etc.)

• Movement or shaking

• Particular yoga poses

• Quiet spaces

• Moving Meditation

• Mindfullness Meditation

• Journaling

• Music

• Chanting

• Singing

• Supportive people

• Nature

• Rest

Your nervous system isn’t a problem to solve—it’s a relationship to nurture. When you build a toolkit that supports you, regulation becomes less about “fixing” and more about honoring what your body is asking for.