Box Breathing for Relaxation (6 min video)
Easy, guided breathing technique called “Box Breathing” helps relaxation and reduces stress / anxiety!
Benefits
Known benefits of the box breathing method include:
- helping you feel centred and calm when overwhelmed or feeling anxious
- helping you fall back asleep (e.g. with insomnia)
- helping control hyperventilation by instructing your lungs to breathe rhythmically
- helping ease feelings of panic and worry
Method
This ‘box breathing exercise’ starts off slowly with 3-second ‘boxes’ that are repeated five times. It then increases to 4-, 5- and 6-second breathing boxes. The method includes the following steps:
- Breathe in for 3 seconds
- Hold for 3 seconds
- Breathe out for 3 seconds
- Hold for 3 seconds
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