Orienting is slowly looking around the room to let the nervous system register that it is here.
Eyes take in colors, edges, exits, another person. In 📝Somatic Practice it is often the first move, and the return when inner tracking gets too much. It is a method, not a diagnosis of hypervigilance, not psychotherapy, and not a claim to a trademarked trauma protocol. Forced staring is the wrong version; the person looks at what they choose, at a speed they can keep.
Clients feel the room arrive. If looking around spikes, they look at one ordinary object and feel the chair. Panic or shutdown is a stop.