A gentle introduction to yoga as a way of settling body and mind – a simple grounding sequence you can do at home, with no flexibility or experience required.

The one calming lever you can always reach – no equipment, no quiet room, no spare half-hour, just a few slow breaths, available in a meeting or a queue.

Working the body hard until the mind goes quiet – the calm of real exertion. Reliable, well-studied, but with one honest catch: harder is not better, and the calm comes after.

Sleep is the floor beneath every other calming practice – and the one state you can’t force. What actually helps, and why trying harder makes it worse.