Settling is the body downshifting as tension lets go.
Breath slows, the face drops, the person takes more of the chair. In 📝Somatic Practice that is a possible result of arriving, resourcing, or a completed response, not a pose to perform. Settling is a session effect, not a diagnosis, and not a guarantee. If it becomes shutdown — fog, collapse, gone — the dose was too much; open the eyes, sit up.
Clients feel coming down. Panic or freeze is a stop. Persistent unexplained symptoms belong with licensed care.