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Cross your hands to the opposite shoulders and stroke slowly down to your elbows and hands, like a hug you are giving yourself. Three to five strokes, unhurried.

Then, if you want the rest of it: from the middle of your forehead out to the temples and along the hairline to the ears, from the crown down towards the ears, across the cheeks to the ears, and finally palms pressed together. Speed matters more than getting the route right. Slow enough that it feels like being soothed, not brushed down.

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