
What Controls Your Calm? Discover How Your Nervous System Works
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.