I allow my body to relax and feel at peace.

Check your jaw. Most people find it clenched, and most have no idea how long it has been that way.

Bracing is cheap in the moment and expensive over a day. The body takes up a position during something difficult and then simply forgets to put it down — the way a hand can stay curled around a pen long after the writing stopped.

Allowing is the honest verb here. You can't order a muscle to release; you can only stop asking it to hold. Unclench the jaw, let one breath out slower than you took it in, and the shoulders usually follow without being asked.