The holidays can be stressful for any number of reasons. The continued economic uncertainty, the dizzying array of demands on our time and energy, unresolved personal histories, and unrealistic expectations cause our autonomic nervous systems to get stuck in the “on” switch as the sympathetic branch of the nervous system (SNS), also known as the “fight and flight” mode, goes into overdrive. Our SNS and the muscles and organs governed by it prevent us from being able to be ful