04/23/2026
What’s the quickest, simplest, and most overlooked method for accessing calm when you are feeling overwhelmed? Something you can do anywhere, anytime, in any environment. The world’s most elite, most highly trained athletes, military, and biohackers know this, and you should as well. The real question for you is, when will you use it?
The principle revolves around creating mental space between you and the cascades of neurotransmitters which are activating your sympathetic nervous system and creating sensations throughout your body, and there are three simple steps you can take to quickly return to a state of calm from which you can make good choices.
Will you use them today, right now? Because practice brings presence. Don’t wait until the emotions are filling your body, do it now and set the intention to do it often throughout your day, set little timers to remind you. Here they are:
Step one:
Raise your eyes towards the ceiling, find a spot as high as you can comfortably look without moving your head out of neutral and fix on that spot, keep all your attention and focus on it as though your will is the only thing holding it in place.
Step two:
Close your mouth and flare your nostrils, drawing in as much air as you can as fast as you can, filling your lungs all the way down, ALL THE WAY DOWN, hold, and release through your nose, breath all the air out until your core tightens, wringing every last bit out, hold, then quickly inhale halfway, PAUSE, half as much again, PAUSE, half as much AGAIN, pause, at lease six times.
Step three:
Ask yourself, aloud or in your head “what’s the name of the emotion this body is experiencing?” The answer may sound like “I was trying g to work on this project but Jimmy wasn’t listening…” “no.” Stop.” “What’s the NAME of the emotion this body is experiencing?” It may be anger, fear, sadness, guilt, shame, regret, anxiety, frustration, or others. But you must keep asking until your mind gives you the name. Next ask “are there any OTHER emotions?” And the most important part is this: when the emotions get named by your mind, for each one named say “thank you”.
That’s it. Do it now and watch how your Mind Shifts.