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Acupressure Exercises For Anxiety & Nervousness:
Step One: Upholding Heaven (Breathing Exercise):
Stand with your feet comfortably apart and your arms at your sides. Inhale, raising your arms, palms up, out to the sides and then up above your head. Interlock your fingers, with your palms facing each other. Turn your palms inside out so that your palms face the ceiling. Inhale, and gently stretch farther upward, with your head tilted back. Exhale, lowering your chin to your chest and letting your arms float back down to your sides. Repeat five times.
Step Two: Press Both TW15 Points:
Curving your fingers, hook your right hand on your right shoulder, your left hand on your left shoulder. Close your eyes. With your fingertips, firmly press TW15 on the top of your shoulders and take three long, slow, deep breaths. Then relax your hands into your lap, taking another few long, slow, deep breaths.
Stand with your feet comfortably apart and your arms at your sides. Inhale, raising your arms, palms up, out to the sides and then up above your head. Interlock your fingers, with your palms facing each other. Turn your palms inside out so that your palms face the ceiling. Inhale, and gently stretch farther upward, with your head tilted back. Exhale, lowering your chin to your chest and letting your arms float back down to your sides. Repeat five times.
Step Two: Press Both TW15 Points:
Curving your fingers, hook your right hand on your right shoulder, your left hand on your left shoulder. Close your eyes. With your fingertips, firmly press TW15 on the top of your shoulders and take three long, slow, deep breaths. Then relax your hands into your lap, taking another few long, slow, deep breaths.
Step Three: Firmly Press B10:
Again, curve your fingers, hooking your fingertips on the ropy muscles of the neck. Press firmly while you take three more long, slow, deep breaths. Then relax your hands back into your lap.
Step Four: Hold P3; Press P6; and H7:
Hold P3 with your thumb. Press P6 and H7 with your index and middle fingers for thirty to sixty seconds each. Then switch sides. If you continue to breathe deeply through your nose, you will find that your body is releasing its stress and nervous tension.
Step 5: Touch GV24.5:
Close your eyes and bring your palms together. Use your middle and index fingers to lightly touch the third eye point between your eyebrows. Close your eyes and take long, slow, deep breaths as you concentrate on this point for a full minute.
Step 6: Press CV17:
Keeping your palms together, use the back of your thumbs against your breastbone to press CV17 firmly, at the level of your heart. Continue to keep your eyes closed and concentrate on breathing slow, even, deep breaths into your heart to completely dispel any anxiety.
Again, curve your fingers, hooking your fingertips on the ropy muscles of the neck. Press firmly while you take three more long, slow, deep breaths. Then relax your hands back into your lap.
Step Four: Hold P3; Press P6; and H7:
Hold P3 with your thumb. Press P6 and H7 with your index and middle fingers for thirty to sixty seconds each. Then switch sides. If you continue to breathe deeply through your nose, you will find that your body is releasing its stress and nervous tension.
Step 5: Touch GV24.5:
Close your eyes and bring your palms together. Use your middle and index fingers to lightly touch the third eye point between your eyebrows. Close your eyes and take long, slow, deep breaths as you concentrate on this point for a full minute.
Step 6: Press CV17:
Keeping your palms together, use the back of your thumbs against your breastbone to press CV17 firmly, at the level of your heart. Continue to keep your eyes closed and concentrate on breathing slow, even, deep breaths into your heart to completely dispel any anxiety.
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