Chapter 1009 - 778: Fractured Scene (Part 2)
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"Hiss——" The man in a suit sitting at the center of the conference table, who had been observing the employees’ reactions, realized he had unconsciously followed Nan Zhubin’s rhythm, slightly puffing out his chest.
By the time he became aware, he had already started a long exhale following Nan Zhubin’s rhythm.
The sound seemed to have some kind of magic.
This made the suited man unable to resist looking around and noticing that the men sitting in the front row, who hadn’t cooperated much with Nan Zhubin in previous sessions, were now unconsciously regulating their breathing.
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"One last time, show your utmost patience and follow me."
"Inhale——"
"Hold——"
"Exhale——"
Nan Zhubin’s voice became even more soothing and gentle, as if it had turned into an invisible cotton hand placed on everyone’s back.
After the first exercise, Nan Zhubin led the people in the conference room through three more deep breathing exercises.
The entire room fell into a brief silence.
Some still maintained the breathing rhythm Nan Zhubin had led them in, with gentle exhaling sounds reverberating through the venue.
Nan Zhubin did not speak immediately, instead giving the employees a dozen seconds to slowly feel the changes in their bodies and absorb the relaxation brought by the exercise.
In group therapy, leaving "empty spaces" is also important.
Once he sensed everyone’s focus slowly returning to the external world, Nan Zhubin spoke: "Looking at everyone’s expressions, quite a few people seem to be aware of changes in their own states."
Someone nodded gently.
"This method of regulating one’s state through rhythmic deep breathing is the simplest and therefore the most efficient."
"And while the ’4-2-6’ deep breathing helps us stabilize our state and alleviate physical tension."
"The final exercise we’ll be doing today is to actively release accumulated negative emotions allowing grievances, anger, fear, and stress to be thoroughly poured out."
With that, Nan Zhubin slowly walked towards the edge of the stage, ensuring as many employees as possible could see him.
The behavioral training part had finally reached the last step.
"This step is actually simpler than the previous ones." Looking at the few employees in the audience who had sat back upright, Nan Zhubin smiled and said, "It only requires a few standard phrases and simple physical actions to softly express your emotions."
Nan Zhubin first took a deep breath himself.
Then he said: "Everyone, first choose the most comfortable sitting posture for yourselves, and do the ’4-2-6’ deep breathing with me to stabilize our state."
"Inhale——"
"Hold——"
"Ex——"
The room filled once again with the sound of exhalations.
"Then."
Nan Zhubin held the microphone with both hands: "Everyone, please gently place your hands on your chest, pressing your palms against it, and softly repeat the following words with me. With each utterance, coordinate a slow exhale."
First, the first sentence.
Nan Zhubin drew back half of his focus, no longer intently observing the audience’s reactions, and demonstrated a somewhat self-immersive posture.
Then he spoke: "’I feel stressed now, and I accept this feeling.’"
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This final step of training, Nan Zhubin referred to it as [Guided Emotional Expression].
It was designed by him by combining multiple psychological consultation techniques.
Nan Zhubin referenced three intervention techniques, namely [Affirming Statement], [Physical Anchoring], and [Guided Language Mimicry].
Its core logic is to aid individuals in clearly perceiving their current inner emotions through simplified language expression and synchronized physical movements under professional guidance, and to express them in a gentle, controlled way.
It’s a gentle form of emotional release.
Nan Zhubin also had some more comprehensive, thorough emotional release intervention methods, but considering the large venue and the number of people.
Using them wasn’t very fitting.
This approach also trains individuals to establish a "emotion-body" connection, learning to actively accept and regulate their own emotions.
In Nan Zhubin’s design of the guidance plan, this [Guided Emotional Expression], when combined with previous [Grounding Training], [Physical Awareness], and ["4-2-6" Deep Breathing], forms a relatively complete guiding chain:
Building upon all previous preparations, turning the stable state, sharp physical awareness, and smooth emotional tone cultivated from earlier training into specific emotional expression actions, allowing internal negative emotions to be clearly perceived, rationally expressed, and gently released.
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Nan Zhubin said: "The pace doesn’t need to be fast, the volume doesn’t need to be loud, the key is to sincerely express your feelings."
"During this process, many images may appear in our minds."
"Every time we express a sentence, let them flow out lightly together with our exhale, along with the corresponding images and emotions."
After briefly introducing.
Nan Zhubin once again said: "’I feel stressed now, and I accept this feeling.’"
The silence in the conference room persisted longer this time.
Compared to prior segments, this expression technique incites particular embarrassment.
Fortunately, given the grounding preparations from earlier segments, whether it be in terms of building trust or the employees’ current personal states.
Soon enough, intermittently.
"I... feel stressed now, and I... accept this feeling..."
Soft, fragmented voices quickly arose from the audience.
Many people didn’t speak, or only mouthed without sound, or spoke randomly without coherence.
Nan Zhubin didn’t mind, and continued, saying: "Very good, exhale thoroughly, next the second sentence, ’I have anxiety, but I can stabilize myself—’"
A brief pause followed.
"I... have anxiety, but I can... stabilize myself... Exhale..."
This time around, it seemed as if more people joined in with Nan Zhubin, and the volume also increased.
Nan Zhubin continued guiding: "Very good, the final sentence, ’I release the melancholy from my heart, maintaining tranquility—’"
"’I release the melancholy from my heart, maintaining tranquility—’"
More people echoed the words, and the volume amplified again.
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In this segment, not everyone was deeply moved.
Some veteran employees, as well as the management seated closer to the front, no longer engaged, no longer relaxed.
Some even displayed expressions of absurdity and bewilderment, completely disconnecting from those around them.
Men in suits sitting in the front row merely looked toward the back, not imitating any longer.
Nan Zhubin didn’t pay them any mind.
By this stage, they were no longer the target of his intervention.
"That was the first round, let’s go through it once more." Nan Zhubin said, "I’ll still say a phrase and you’ll repeat it, feeling the emotions flow along with the language and breathing."
"Begin, first sentence, ’I feel stressed now, and I accept this feeling’—"
"I... feel stressed now, and I accept this feeling."
The employees at the rear of the conference room repeated once again, their tone steadier than the first time.
"Second sentence, ’I have anxiety, but I can stabilize myself’—"
Nan Zhubin’s guidance rhythm stayed steady, neither rushed nor sluggish.
"I have anxiety, but I can stabilize myself—"
The employees synchronized their repetition, and their breathing gradually slowed down.
"Third sentence, ’I release the melancholy from my heart, maintaining tranquility’—"
"I have anxiety, but I can, stabilize myself—"
This time, not only men in suits in the front row, but other management seated closer to the front, all turned their heads.