A Super Simple Hack to Instantly Reduce Stress ✨

Couldn't wait to share this simple hack to instantly reduce stress!

It's science backed + literally takes seconds

✨ I N S P I R E

"You cannot breathe deeply and worry at the same time. Breathe. Let the worry go." - Sonia Choquette

✨ R E F L E C T

You already know your breath is a powerful mood regulator (right?) 

Different breathing techniques help you:

-- Focus

-- Calm down

-- Balance

-- Energize

-- Cool down/heat up

Try this SUPER simple trick to boost your body's Relaxation Response 

Extend your exhale so it's longer than your inhale

That's literally it, you can even try it right now 💃

✨ T H R I V E 

Here's how to do it:

1 --> Pause; notice how you feel

2 --> Four count inhale into your low belly (fill bottom up)

3 --> Six count exhale (empty top down)

𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵 ✨

4 --> Repeat a few times

5 --> Pause; notice (again) how you feel

THIS is the kind of stuff we get to practice, and notice the positive changes to our physical, emotional and mental health 

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PS ~ I know, I know.... Breathing Shmeathing

For YEARS I thought breathing techniques were sort of baloney

(sorry yoga world...)

I was wrong (yoga was right)

Please try this one

PPS ~ Practice when you don't need it (when you wake/before sleep, when you sit at your desk, while you're making coffee...), so it is available and familiar when you do ✨

Sending all the love,

Carolyn

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