Box breathing, a four-count inhale-hold-exhale-hold cycle, shifts your nervous system from fight-or-flight to rest-and-digest mode. The technique reduces overwhelm and helps you refocus. Download the What If app free for more stress-relief tools and daily wellness tips.
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You learn how to box breathe, in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold it out for 4. If you learn how to box breathe and you do a couple rotations of that, what that will do is it'll take your nervous system out of fight or flight and get it into rest and digest. So out of sympathetic overdrive and into parasympathetic. When you do that, that calming sensation that's going to come over your body is going to help ease that feeling of overwhelm long enough. that you can take a breath, relax, regroup, refocus your effort, and figure out how to move forward. If you need more help, we have so much information for you in the brand new What If app. I would love for you to download it today for free in your app store and see what you're missing out on and all the ways that you could be helping your body and helping your brain and helping your lifestyle be exactly what you want. We've got tips in there, daily boosts, everything you need to get yourself to the state that you desire to be in.