What is the breathing cadence for the 'funky square breath'?

Name: How to activate the vagus nerve with the exhale #shorts
Uploaded: 2022-05-26T11:45:00+00:00
Duration: 54 s
Channel: Dr. Nicole Cain
Description: Short YouTube #shorts by Dr. Nicole Cain demonstrating a brief guided breathing exercise — the "funky square breath" — presented as spoken instructions…

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How to activate the vagus nerve with the exhale #shorts

26 May 2022 · 1 min

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Short YouTube #shorts by Dr. Nicole Cain demonstrating a brief guided breathing exercise — the "funky square breath" — presented as spoken instructions with live counting. The exercise is described as a way to activate the vagus nerve by extending the exhale when a panic-like jolt occurs; cadence given as inhale 4, hold 4, exhale 6, hold 6.

Questions this video answers

Inhale for 4 counts, hold for 4 counts, exhale for 6 counts, hold for 6 counts.

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How to activate your vagus nerve. With the exhale, you simply do what I call the funky square breath, where you have that jolt of panic. And the minute that jolt of panic hits is you extend the exhale for six counts. So you're just going to simply breathe and squeeze out all of the air that you can. I call it the funky square breath, because you can inhale for four, hold at the top for four, exhale for six, and then hold at the bottom for six. So let's do it together.
Inhale, 2, 3, 4. Hold 2, 3, 4.
And then exhale.
2.
3, 4, 5, 6.
And then hold.
2, 3.