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What Controls Your Calm? Discover How Your Nervous System Works

July 15, 20253 min read

What’s Really Running Your Stress?

Could your nervous system be the hidden key to calm?


Helping Ontarians breathe easier, live lighter, and heal deeply—through the power of the subconscious mind.


How Hypnosis and Breathwork Regulate the Nervous System

Have you ever wondered why you feel tense before a big meeting or instantly relaxed after a deep breath?
It’s not just in your mind—it’s your nervous system at work.

At Chrysalis Hypnosis and Wellness, many clients come feeling overwhelmed and stuck in cycles of tension and anxiety. Our focus is to help regulate the nervous system using hypnosis and breathwork—guiding your body back to its natural ability to relax and heal.


Your Nervous System: The Master Regulator

Your nervous system runs everything:

  • Heartbeat

  • Breathing

  • Thoughts and Emotions

It operates through your autonomic nervous system with two key branches:

  • Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) – Fight or Flight

  • Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) – Rest and Digest

In modern life, this balance is often disrupted, trapping many people in chronic stress.


The Sympathetic Nervous System: Your Internal Alarm

This system prepares you for danger by:

  • Increasing heart rate

  • Raising blood pressure

  • Tensing muscles

  • Boosting energy

But your body reacts this way to traffic, work stress, and even daily challenges.
When this state is stuck ‘on,’ it can lead to:

  • Anxiety

  • Digestive issues

  • Sleep problems

  • Chronic pain


The Parasympathetic Nervous System: Your Healing Mode

The parasympathetic system is your body’s natural reset button.

When activated, it:

  • Lowers heart rate

  • Calms muscles

  • Improves digestion

  • Supports deep relaxation

  • Promotes cellular repair

Unfortunately, many people can’t easily access this healing state—but you can retrain your system with hypnosis and breathwork.


Hypnosis: Rewiring the Stress Response

Hypnosis helps your body shift into calm by:

  • Activating the parasympathetic system

  • Lowering cortisol and adrenaline

  • Reframing subconscious beliefs

  • Improving sleep

  • Increasing mind-body awareness

Hypnosis teaches your body to feel safe again.
It addresses both mental and physiological stress patterns at the subconscious level where true, lasting change begins.


Breathwork: Your Built-in Reset Button

Breathwork is a powerful self-regulation tool you can use anywhere.

It helps calm your nervous system by:

  • Stimulating the vagus nerve through slow breathing

  • Engaging the parasympathetic system with extended exhales

  • Balancing the body with box breathing

  • Improving heart rate variability with coherent breathing

Breathwork reduces anxiety, lowers blood pressure, and supports emotional healing.


Finding Balance: Hypnosis + Breathwork = Nervous System Mastery

Think of your nervous system like a seesaw—most people are stuck tilted toward stress.

The combination of hypnosis and breathwork helps you:

  • Create intentional space for calm

  • Build resilience over time

  • Practice daily tools for balance

You can train your body to move from survival to healing.


How Chrysalis Hypnosis and Wellness Can Help

At Chrysalis Hypnosis and Wellness, we offer personalized, trauma-informed hypnosis and breathwork sessions to help you:

  • Rewire emotional patterns

  • Calm the nervous system

  • Cultivate inner safety

You don’t have to live in stress mode.
Your body is built to heal—with the right support.


Ready to Reclaim Your Calm?

If your nervous system feels stuck, it’s time for a reset. Let hypnosis and breathwork guide you back to balance.

👉 Visit hypnosisandhypnotism.ca or call (226) 499-6762 to start your journey toward nervous system calm and emotional freedom.

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