5 Acupressure Points for Stress Relief

Stress shows up in the body before the mind fully catches it — tight jaw, stiff breath, scattered energy, or that slow build of pressure in the chest. In The Subtle Body Method, we look at stress as tension that needs direction, not judgment. Acupressure is one of the simplest ways to give that tension a place to go. These five points help bring the body back into balance and reconnect you to your breath.

1. Yintang — Third Eye Point

Right between the eyebrows. Light pressure here settles the mind, softens the forehead, and helps quiet that inner buzz. Great for moments when you feel overstimulated or mentally pulled in too many directions.

2. Heart 7 — Spirit Gate

On the inner wrist crease, in line with the pinky. This point helps calm emotional noise and ease that restless, unsettled feeling in the chest. It’s supportive when stress is affecting sleep or making you feel disconnected from your center.

3. Pericardium 6 — Inner Gate

Three finger-widths below the wrist on the inner forearm. This point relaxes the chest, slows the breath, and helps move stress out of the mind and into a place where the body can release it.

4. Kidney 1 — Bubbling Spring

On the sole of the foot. Pressing here helps pull energy downward when you feel ungrounded, overwhelmed, or stuck in your head. It’s a reset point that brings you back into your body.

5. LI4 — Union Valley

Between the thumb and index finger. This point releases tension in the face, jaw, and neck — the places stress likes to hide.

Use these points whenever you feel your system tightening. Slow pressure, slower breath. Let the body do what it already knows how to do: find its way back to balance.