The Benefits of Fight or Flight Regulation

Fight or flight response is the body’s primal survival mechanism. It is governed primarily by the sympathetic nervous system (SNS)—a branch of the autonomic nervous system that mobilizes energy during threat or stress.
While essential in true danger, chronic activation leads to dysregulation: anxiety, agitation, poor digestion, hypertension, insomnia, and emotional volatility.

This blend helps retrain the body and psyche toward regulation—gently quieting over-reactive circuits while re-establishing the rhythmic balance between sympathetic (fight/flight) and parasympathetic (rest/digest) systems.

Core Actions of the Blend

 Ingredient Energetics

Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)

• Cleansing of fear and guilt; restores sacred breath.
• Clears residual tension from the chest and lungs; acts as a purifier of trauma held in respiration.
• Biblically and alchemically, Hyssop represents “purification through breath and forgiveness.”

Hyssop Decumbens

• Gentler and more nervine than common hyssop.
• Opens constricted breathing patterns and soothes hyperactivity in the vagus nerve and diaphragm.

Galbanum

• A resin of protection and reorientation.
• Grounds scattered energy and strengthens the auric boundary.
• Anciently used in temple incense to “gather the soul back into its form.”
• Perfect for restoring coherence after stress fragmentation.

Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)

• Calms overstimulated neural currents; enhances intuitive regulation of the body.
• Bridges the limbic system with higher intuitive centers, aiding in self-regulation after shock.
• Energetically clears psychic congestion at the solar plexus.

Rue (Ruta graveolens)

• A plant of banishment and strengthening of will.
• Seals leaks in the energy field caused by chronic fear or emotional overextension.
• Supports detoxification of adrenal overstimulation.

Buddha Wood (Eremophila mitchellii)

• Deeply grounding; anchors scattered awareness back into the body.
• Calms mental looping, over-analysis, and excessive sympathetic firing.
• Its tranquil scent re-establishes a meditative center.

Marjoram (Origanum majorana)

• Softens emotional rigidity, especially in the solar plexus and heart.
• Reduces muscular tension linked to fight/flight.
• Encourages the parasympathetic return to safety.

Clary Sage

• Restores perception and self-trust.
• Supports serotonin balance and emotional release.
• Opens the crown to higher insight, bringing calm wisdom into states of agitation.