20/04/2026
👉Try this out yourself:
✨Inhale for a count of four.
✨Exhale for a count of eight.
✨Repeat for 10 rounds and feel the difference yourself.
You can do this anywhere..at your desk in the office, on your way to or from work, on the loo, while you’re walking into that interview or meeting you’re nervous about..anywhere really!
This is what’s happening👇
A slow, extended exhale activates the parasympathetic nervous system.
Your heart rate lowers. Your stress response switches off. Your body enters recovery mode.
Exhaling longer than you inhale is one of the fastest ways to calm your body.
👉Research shows that lengthening your exhale increases vagal activity and reduces sympathetic output.
This improves heart rate variability and sends a clear signal of safety to your nervous system.
You may not realize it but when you’re in a rush, you breathe with short, fast exhales.
This breathing pattern keeps the body in a constant state of alertness. With time, it keeps your sympathetic nervous system ON more than needed.
So if you want to feel less stressed, overwhelmed, anxious, start by lengthening your exhale.
✨Need a guide to practice this? Try out the “Dissolving Pain Tension 2” track on the SOMA Breath App
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