BOX BREATHING

Exercise Instructions

Focus on creating a rhythmic 'box' pattern with your breath: inhale for four counts, hold for four counts, exhale for four counts, and hold again for four counts. As feels right in the body, increase the timing to 4 or 5 seconds for an enhanced effect.

How This Somatic Exercise Works

Box Breathing helps regulate your nervous system by balancing the fight or flight and rest and digest responses. Balancing this through the breath and body quickly lower stresss levels and decreases heart rate, and blood pressure, promoting relaxation.