Moving the body

After a psychedelic experience, many people find the body is the easier door. In one survey of 608 people with extended difficulties, 12% named exercise as helpful, 11% breathing strategies, and 10% embodied practices like yoga or tai chi. Self-report, no controlled trials — but consistent with what clinicians in this field recommend.

Nothing athletic is required. A walk, unhurried. Breathing slowly, longer out than in. Stretching on the floor. Warm water. These are not treatments; they are ways of being a bit more comfortable in yourself while things settle.

If movement stirs things up rather than settling them, ease off. Gentler is the point.