4-7-8 Breathing Technique

four, seven, eight. So, it's inhale for four seconds. You can do it with me. Hold it for seven and then exhale for eight. If you do that three or four times in a row, it's the simplest technique that actually brings some level of calm onto you. How do we deal with anxiety? Can we keep ourselves calm when we have a worry? There are relaxation techniques that people use. They're very effective. One is a breathing exercise. What's the sound we make when we're frightened and all of a sudden we're scared or shocked or worried about something? inhale. But yes, if it's very frightening, we might scream. Yes, that's fine. What's the sound we make when all of a sudden we're relieved and everything's okay? Exhale. Because there are two totally different nervous systems that are engaged when we inhale versus when we exhale. When we inhale, it's actually the nervous system in charge of more focus and lack of calm. And when we exhale, it's actually much more the nervous system of relaxing. Which is why we can hack the system with the breathing technique. You want to calm yourself down. Inhale for four seconds, but then exhale for eight. So, it's and then