Niraj NaikFounder & CEO of SOMA Breath | Music-Powered Breathwork Pioneer | DJ, Speaker & Author

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3 Sept 2024 · 0 min

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Niraj Naik demonstrates two breathing patterns: inhale for 2 beats and exhale for 4 beats to activate your parasympathetic nervous system and reduce stress, or inhale and exhale for 4 beats each to promote flow states.

Questions this video answers

Inhale 2 beats / exhale 4 beats; inhale 4 beats / exhale 4 beats.

Inhale for 2 beats and exhale for 4 beats (extended exhalation).

4 in, 4 out (inhale 4 beats, exhale 4 beats).

Rhythmic breathing. There's two patterns of the breathing in for two beats and out for four beats, or breathing in for four and out for four. Breathing in for two and breathing out for four is the extended exhalation, which will switch on the parasympathetic and switch off stress. Four in, four out brings you into flow states and coherence. So we usually end on a 4 in, 4 out breathing pattern.