This Breathing Technique Can Save Your Life

It is reported that 80-85% of all physician visits are due to the effect of stress upon our bodies. I have come to believe that we have lived with stress for so long that we don’t perceive our lives to be that stressful until the bucket is full and we start have very unpleasant symptoms such as sleeplessness, digestive issues, palpitations or extreme fatigue.

Where to start with our self-care for this stress? The 1st and best place to start is with the breath. Dr. Andrew Weil says that the breath is “The Master Key to Self Healing”.   In fact, it can save your life.

3 reasons this breathing technique will save your life!

1. This breathing technique is a natural tranquilizer for the nervous system. When practiced for a month, our nervous system can calm down.
2. This technique can help us go back to sleep.  I use this technique to help me go back to sleep when my mind is awake in the night.
3. The technique is not a tranquilizing drug with side effects. It gains power with repetition and practice.

I say, “why wouldn’t everyone use this technique!!”. The technique empowers us to heal ourselves.

Let me share with you the 4/7/8 Breathing technique:

• Sit up straight while learning the technique.
• Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound.
• Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to a mental count of four.
• Hold your breath for a count of seven.
• Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound to a count of eight.
• This is 1 breath. Now inhale again and repeat the cycle 3 more times for a total of 4 breaths.
• Do 4 breath cycles twice a day. In 30 days, you will notice a difference in your body. You can extend the practice to 8 breaths. Use it whenever anything is unsettling – before you react.

This is just one example of the power we have to heal ourselves. If you are feeling the effects of stress in your life, call me for a Free Discovery conversation to learn more stress relieving practices. Reducing stress can add quality years to your life. 

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