Dhikr — Rhythmic Remembrancesufi dhikrDhikr is the rhythmic repetition of a sacred phrase — silently, aloud, or coordinated with the breath — often performed seated, and in some orders combined with slow physical movement or controlled breathing to reinforce the rhythm. The repetition is deliberately embodied rather than purely mental, which is why it is traditionally taught as more effective for acute overwhelm than reasoning with the anxious thought directly: it gives an agitated nervous system a steady rhythm to entrain to.What it's for

Acute Overwhelm — Being overwhelmed is read here as attention pulled across many claims at once with nothing at the centre holding it. The remedy is not to reduce the number of demands, which is usually not available, but to give attention one rhythmic thing to return to — spoken aloud or under the breath — until the scattering has a centre again.