Day 2 Box Breath
Find Your Breath
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The Box Breath is my favorite technique and the first one I like to teach.
When I started my breath journey, this is the first breath that I felt a change in state.
This breath allows you to work on the 4 phases of breath: inhale, inhale hold, exhale, exhale hold. For this reason, I use this breath to assess my client's breathing so I can determine where the function, or dysfunction, is.
This breath is also referred to as tactical breathing due to it's implementation among U.S. special forces. The purpose is to slow down respiration, increase focus and clarity, maintain calm, and unify a group. It's the perfect breath to start a group function, meeting or family dinner with.
The technique is: 4 second inhale, 4 second inhale hold, 4 second exhale, 4 second exhale hold. Maintain this sequence and your respiration will slow down to 4-6 breaths per minute. A normal respiration range is 15 breaths (or more) per minute.
you can implement this breath anytime you feel stress, anxiety or want need clarity. If you don't like the current story, a few rounds of box breath can change your perspective. I like to train this breath while I'm driving. I don't always count, but feel my way through the stages.
Find your breath.
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