Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Dr Song | Beat Stress Anywhere, Anytime – For Free!

7 Jan 2025 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video (Dr. Song) offering quick, practical stress-management techniques for immediate use. The speaker advises slowing diaphragmatic (belly) breathing with optional holds at the top and bottom of the breath and describes tapping (acupressure points) plus affirmations as other tools; these techniques are presented as ways to calm someone (example: a nervous player on a soccer bench) and to improve heart-rate variability.

If they're sitting there freaking out before a soccer tournament, okay, they just sit on the bench. You just slow your breathing down. Fill in your belly with that slow, deep breath. You can hold it at the top if you want, and then exhale slowly and then hold it at the bottom. Nobody has to know what they're doing now. Other tools, like tapping, where they use certain acupressure points and certain affirmations, also has been found to improve heart rate variability.