1. Fill a small plastic bag full of ice or ice cubes and wait until the bag's surface is cold. For comfort sake, if you are very sensitive to cold, you can wrap the bag in a thin cotton cloth. Fill your mouth with saliva, and fully submerge your tongue for the remainder of the Dive Reflex. Either imagine a lemon slice in your mouth or use a real one to help you salivate. Challenges with salivating? Take a sip of lukewarm water and keep it there for the remainder of the exercise. It will also stimulate the vagus nerve.



2. For 30 seconds to 1 minute press the ice bag to your face from your scalp line to your lips. Your skin, making contact with the bag, will feel some pleasant numbness. After 30 to 60 seconds remove the bag and put it back in a freezer or cooler. You will begin to feel mildly upbeat. Within minutes your anxiety and tension will begin to evaporate until it vanishes. Depending on each individual the anti-anxiety affects should last from 40 minutes to 90 minutes. The mood elevation should go on from 40 minutes to an hour or so. You can reapply the ice bag and perform the Dive Reflex whenever required.



Take care, Steve