The science behind the CRM® focuses on the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which is what controls our brain and body’s survival response. The ANS connects to every major organ in the body and catalyzes action in response to threats in both our present moment and threats recalled instantly from our past. CRM® teaches the science behind our fight, flight, or freeze response through naming the sympathetic nervous system’s fight or flight response the High Zone and the freeze response the Low Zone. It is important to understand these responses. It is also important to use concrete skills to discover what the Wellbeing zone feels like in the body. The Wellbeing zone is when our nervous system is in balance. We can then use this as a compass to help us know what we are working to navigate towards when we get bumped in the High or Low Zone. Many of us can describe in detail our High and Low Zone experiences- they tend to arrest attention as they are cues that the body is in threat or overwhelm. CRM® attempts to draw attention to sensations of neutrality, ease, or calm, which for many of us, is a novel concept. This is referred to as our Wellbeing Zone. Through repetitive practice in using this compass, we can access the brain’s neuroplasticity to rewire toward noticing when we are in our wellbeing zone and when we are bumped out into a high or low zone. The 6 practices can also help us know what we need to support ourselves.