What should I know about nervous system resilience from Adrienne Rivera's teachings?

Nervous system resilience, in Adrienne’s work, is not about tolerating all stress. It is about how quickly you can come back to feeling like yourself again after something stressful happens.

A few key points from Adrienne’s teachings:

1. Your nervous system is designed to respond with fight, flight, freeze, or fawn to keep you safe
2. Dysregulation can look like exhaustion without true rest, overreacting to small things, racing thoughts, shallow breathing, poor sleep, or numbing out
3. These are signs your system has been working very hard to protect you, not that something is “wrong” with you
4. The goal is to help your body recognize when the threat has passed so it can return to regulation
5. Your breath is the bridge: different breathwork styles can gently down-regulate or help you release stored stress and trauma, depending on your current state

Would you like a simple breath practice from Adrienne-style teachings to start building more nervous system resilience?