26/09/2023
One of my favorite breathing techniques that will help calm you down in the heat of the moment is 16 Seconds.
It’s perhaps the easiest breath practice that we can do:
1. Breathe in for four seconds
2. Hold for four
3. Exhale for four
4. Hold for four
And that was 16 Seconds! For those 16 seconds, your attention was not in the past, nor was it in the future. Your awareness was in the present moment. And in the present moment there is no fear, no sadness, no anxiety, no worry—no anger or irritation. There is only the now. And you get to step into this moment with less emotional turbulence, less constriction, greater calm, and greater ease.
Practicing 16 Seconds has the power to lower your blood pressure and heart rate, increase your lung capacity, calm yourself down, and most importantly it connects you to the present moment.
Try it right now - close your eyes and take a long, slow deep breath in, hold it, and then let it go. Notice how your entire energy field shifts just from these 16 Seconds!
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