05/21/2026
When your nervous system is accustomed to being in fight or flight, your brain will automatically look for situations to react on, assuring its self there is chaos to attend to.
Once you practice vagus nerve activation and being in a rest and digest state, chaos starts to feel unnatural, uncomfortable even. You will find yourself amidst chaos, yet detached from it. This is the ideal state of groundedness that we strive for.
Humming has physiological effects, acting as vagal toning, signaling your nervous system that you are safe, which actively lowers your heart rate and decreases stress.
The vibrations trigger the release of nasal nitric oxide, a compound that dilates airways and supports immune system.
So, let’s practice humming. Taking a slow deep breath in through your nose, and as you exhale hum a steady, low frequency tone. Repeat for 5 minutes to start, then you can work up to 10 minutes. The great thing about humming is it can be done anywhere. Any place or time you have an extra 5 minutes, practice! Soon enough it will become a habit, a practice you rely on to help ground you.
Do you hum? If so, how do you find it helps you?
