02/14/2026
Breath has power over your nervous system in ways most of us don’t notice—until we practice it.
Research shows that extending your exhale longer than your inhale can slow your heart rate and help bring blood pressure down.¹ That longer exhale also mirrors the body’s own natural rhythm for calming itself and resetting the nervous system.²
4-4-8 breathing invites that shift: Inhale for 4, hold for 4, exhale for 8
This gives your body space to settle and your nervous system permission to relax.
Save this for the moments when you need to restore.
¹Steffen, Patrick R, et al. “The Impact of Resonance Frequency Breathing on Measures of Heart Rate Variability, Blood Pressure, and Mood.” Frontiers in Public Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 25 Aug. 2017, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5575449/.
²Del Negro, Christopher A, et al. “Breathing Matters.” Nature Reviews. Neuroscience, U.S. National Library of Medicine, June 2018, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6636643/.