Today there are many systems, including Pilates, yoga, martial arts, and mindfulness meditations, that help restore people to their sense of their body. If my clients have such a way of sensing their body, I ask them to use that. If not, I teach them an approach to help them do this. The skin of the face is innervated by cranial nerve V, and the muscles of the face are innervated by CN VII. Light stroking of the face often calms us and helps us out of a state of stress. People very often unconsciously do this for themselves.
