For the past few years, people were focusing on talking about their mental health, which includes anxiety, stress and burnout. By this we understood our problem. But just understanding our problem is not a solution. Our body will still feel stressed. So just understanding that you are feeling stressed does not help you to get rid of stress.
Now, new approaches are becoming popular, moving from just awareness to going toward the path that actually calms your mind and body. This is known as
“Neuro wellness”. it is the training of your body and mind to stay calm, its not just thinking about calmness.
People are living in a digital era, where they scroll endlessly, do meetings on zoom,24 hours listening to news, phone calls etc. People are now exhausted. People stress level is stuck in emergency mode. The main question is how we will fix this? In order to fix this, we will go to low tech methods to recover from high tech life.

The Somatic Breathwork Techniques

The fastest way to calm your mind is through breathing. Before getting any gadget, learn to control your breath. This is called somatic breathwork. Somatic mean “feeling it inside your body”. There is a breathing trick popularized by neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman. It is called physiological sigh.

Here is a tutorial:

• Inhale deeply through your nose. don’t fill your lungs completely. Take a second smaller sniff of air on the top of first one. This opens small air pockets in your lungs.
• Exhale slowly through your mouth, like you are fagging up a mirror. Make this breath out long and gentle.

Repeat 2 to 3 times.
Why it works? Long, slow exhale naturally slow down your heart rate. If you are feeling panicked, exhausted or you are trying hard to sleep, just do this exercise. It works better than any pills. It is fast, safe and effective.

Gadgets for Calming Your Vagus Nerve

Vagus nerve connect our brain and your gut. It controls our “rest and digest mode”. We need to make this nerve strong to stay calm.
Two popular devices:

• Pulsetto: It is good for beginners. It is small device that we wear around neck. It sends gentle vibration to relax the vagus nerve. People said they feel very calm after 10 minutes. Its available in mid range price.

Sensate: It is good for home use. You wear it on your chest. It vibrates along with low frequency music. It is excellent for calm home office. These all are the tools that helps to calm your mind and body. These are not magic. If you use them during breaks, then they work best.

Digital Detox Travel

If you really want to reset, and get rid of heavy energy, stress, you need to leave home. A new type of trip is emerging. “digital Detox” retreat. These are not fancy spas, but they are also available. These are simple low tech cabins in the woods.
Top 3destination for nervous system regulations
The forest: there is no need to fly far away, you just need one hour drive. Leave your phone in the car, and sit by the river to calm your mind. This is called nature therapy. It can actually lower your stress hormones by 20%.
The quiet campus: this is the place with no wifi in the room. You woke up with sunshine. You do light stretching. You eat your meat in a quiet and calming place. It reset your mind.
Amonastery stay in Italy and Japan: many monasteries rent home to the travelers. You follow their daily schedule which includes meditations, gardening, sit and eat quietly, according to digital world’s standard, it is very boring, but that’s exactly the point.

Setting Up a Sensory Friendly Home Office

Since you cannot travel frequently. So you need to fix your environment especially your office. Your office might be consist of bright lights, white walls and a  buzzing computer
  Simple Fixes:

• Lightening: Quit the bright overhead light. Go toward the warm light. Harsh light keep you or “fight or flight” active.
• Sound: Don’t listen to the music with lyrics. Your brain keeps processing in order to understand lyrics. Choose lo-fi brown noise. It is deeper
•  Touch: Get a heavy blanket. Use it on your lap during meetings. It put deep pressure which release chemicals that signals that you are feeling good. Slows down your heart rate

Smell: Lavender or cedarwood oil. Theses smells go straight to your brain. Helps you to stay calm and release stress.

The Business Side

Neuro wellness is not just a lifestyle, it is an emerging market. People pay to fell calm.
Retreats:  You can host a weekend offline at rented Airbnb. You can charge according to your will for guided breathing and silent hikes.
Affiliate Marketing: Promote vagus nerve devices online. Review them on Tiktok, Instagram or any other platform. Use special links, so that if someone buys you get 15-20% commision.
Digital Courses: Create 21 days nervous system reset course. Teach people somatic exercises, techniques to stay calm. Sell it for 50$.