[00:00:00] Hey, love. Welcome to your Friday raw regulation. Today we're closing out the week by talking about micro moments of peace. Breathe, settle, be here.
Here's what I know to be true. We're always waiting for the big peace. The vacation, the weekend, the moment when everything finally calms down and we can finally relax. But what if peace isn't a destination? What if it's a practice? What if it's available right now in this breath, in this micro moment?
Micro moments of peace are the pauses that you've been skipping. The exhale between task, the sip of coffee, you actually taste instead of gulp [00:01:00] the three seconds where you close your eyes and just breathe. They're not big, they're not Instagram worthy, but they're medicine. And if no one's told you this lately, you don't have to wait for permission to pause.
You don't have to earn rest. You don't have to finish everything on your to-do list before you're allowed to feel peaceful. Peace can happen in the middle of the chaos if you let it. Your nervous system doesn't need a week off to regulate. It needs consistent, small moments of safety throughout your day.
Think of it like this. If you're running on fumes all week and then crash on Saturday, your nervous system never truly resets. You are just [00:02:00] oscillating between burnout and collapse. But if you give yourself micro moments of peace throughout the day, even 30 seconds here, a minute there, your nervous system starts to remember what safety feels like.
It stops living in the constant survival mode. This is called glimmers. In polyvagal theory, the opposite of triggers. Glimmers are tiny moments where your nervous system feels safe, connected, or joyful. The morning light through your window, your dog's wagging tail, the smell of fresh coffee, a song that makes you smile.
The feeling of your feet on the ground. These aren't frivolous. They're regulation tools. They're how you teach your body that not everything is a threat, that peace is [00:03:00] possible, that you're allowed to receive it. Okay, let's find a micro moment of peace together. Right now, take a deep breath in.
Hold it at the top. Let it go. Now look around, you find one thing, just one that brings you a sense of calm or beauty. Maybe it's a color. A texture, a plant, a photo. The sky outside your window. Focus on it. Really see it. Let your eyes soften and let your breath slow.
Breathe in. This moment is enough. [00:04:00] Breathe out. I am here. I am safe. Again. Breathe in. This moment is enough. Breathe out. I am here. I am safe. One more time. Breathe in for four.
Hold for four.
Out for six. And as you exhale, let yourself receive this moment. Let it land, let it count. Because it does count these tiny pauses. They're not wasted time. They're how you come back to yourself. They're how you remember that. Peace isn't something you find out there. It's [00:05:00] something. You create one breath at a time.
Take this practice with you until your weekend. Find your micro moments, your glimmers, your pauses. You don't have to wait for everything to be perfect, to feel peaceful. You just have to be willing to notice when peace is already here.
Room by room, breath by breath. Have a beautiful weekend. I'll see you back here Monday for another Method Monday, where we'll dive into the living room and start unpacking boundaries, people pleasing, and the art of belonging without abandoning yourself.
