Your skin is likely reacting to stress with sensitivity, irritation, or breakouts. Sensitive skin responds more intensely to emotional and environmental changes, and stress can disrupt your skin barrier and trigger inflammation12.
This session is designed for beginners and offers easy, science-backed practices to reduce stress and calm skin reactivity. You’ll start with short guided breathing exercises to lower cortisol and soothe skin sensitivity from the inside out34. These 5–10 minute tools are ideal when stress feels high and you need a moment of calm.
Next, you’ll receive tips on how to build a gentle, consistent routine to help reduce stress and strengthen skin resilience over time5. Even a few mindful minutes a day can improve your skin’s response and support emotional balance.
You’ll also be guided through skin-soothing affirmations, designed to encourage self-love, reduce negative thought patterns, and cultivate a more compassionate approach to your skin journey6.
This is your gentle introduction to stress relief and skin healing—where mindfulness meets skincare. Return to this video anytime stress builds or your skin needs extra care.
Below you'll find a series of guided meditations to nurture your journey to calmer skin.
Scientific Resources
- Misery, L. (2011). Sensitive skin: A complex and multifactorial syndrome. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 25(2), 136–142. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03763.x ↩
- Chen, Y., & Lyga, J. (2014). Brain-skin connection: Stress, inflammation and skin aging. Inflammation & Allergy - Drug Targets, 13(3), 177–190. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25010336/ ↩
- Ma, X. et al. (2017). The effect of diaphragmatic breathing on stress and attention in healthy adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 874. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00874 ↩
- Chrousos, G. P. (2009). Stress and disorders of the stress system. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 5(7), 374–381. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2009.106 ↩
- Carmody, J., & Baer, R. A. (2008). Mindfulness practice and medical and psychological symptoms. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 31(1), 23–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-007-9130-7 ↩
- Neff, K. D., & Germer, C. K. (2013). Mindful self-compassion training improves emotional well-being. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69(1), 28–44. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.21923 ↩