Most people ignore breathing even though it's free and powerful. A simple technique—belly out when you inhale, in when you exhale—shifts your nervous system from fight-or-flight to calm. Practice it consciously until it becomes automatic.
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What are some things that everyone should be focusing on to improve their health?
There are things that cost money and there are things that are free. So most people don't understand. They're spending millions of dollars on all these gadgets, but they're eating McDonald's, drinking Coke. Like, most people don't know how to breathe. There's parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system. One is fight or flight, the other one is you're calm. You want to be in your parasympathetic nervous system. So you inhale, and when you inhale, your belly button comes out, which makes sense because air is coming into your body. So it's like— and then when you exhale and your belly button goes to your spine, you got to practice it consciously until It becomes second nature.