Calm in 2 Minutes.
The 4-7-8 breath might be the single most powerful calming technique you can learn.
The best part… it’s easy to learn and it takes 19 seconds to practice.
That means you can tap into the calming power of this practice anytime:
While walking
While you wait in line
While you’re washing the dishes
While you’re answering emails at work
How to do the 4-7-8 Breath
Inhale to the count of 4 through the nose, hold for 7 seconds, exhale for 8 seconds through the mouth.
It usually only takes 2-3x doing this breath technique to feel a shift towards calm. Deliberately extending the exhale shifts the nervous system out of "fight or flight."
This breath was inspired by pranayama/yoga, but was coined by Dr. Weil. Here's a video of him demonstrating.
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