Brian Johnson breaks down Patrick McKeown's Anxiety Free: mouth breathing and fast shallow breaths trigger anxiety, while nasal slow breathing balances oxygen and CO2 to calm your nervous system. Retraining your breath improves sleep and builds resilience.
Today's book Anxiety Free by Patrick McGown. An eye opening guide to how breathing habits directly influence anxiety, sleep focus and emotional well being. Love, Patrick McGowan. He just visited the Johnson Ranch for a trail walk the other day. Here's your one minute summary over Breathing fuels anxiety. Most people breathe too much too fast and through the mouth, triggering a stress response. Nasal breathing is essential. Breathing through your nose balances oxygen and CO2, calming the nervous system and reducing panic. Light, slow, deep breathing resets your physiology. Shallow, rapid breaths keep you in fight or flight. Controlled breathing returns you to rest and digest. The way you breathe while sleeping matters. Mouth breathing at night disrupts sleep quality and can increase morning anxiety anxiety, which is why I've slept with mouth tape for years. Asterisks on who that's healthy for and who it's not healthy for. Check out breathing 101 for more breath retraining builds long term resilience Practicing better breathing habits daily trains your body to stay calm under pressure. Literally, there's nothing I've done a couple things tied for first. Perhaps that has been as powerful for me as training how to breathe properly. All based on Patrick McGowan's work, which we talk about in Breathing 101. Again, check that out in the app. You don't need to think your way out of anxiety. Breathe your way through it. So how's your breathing right now?
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