Breathing

Breathing helps regulate heart beat levels.

1.    Pay attention to your breathing on a regular basis:  

• First step is to pay attention to your usual breathing.  
• Try to keep your breathing rate slow and steady.
• Focus on your breathing rate. If it is too fast, try slowing it down.
• Start to gradually practice deep breathing exercise (breath in deeply, and breath out deeply).

2.    Adjust and control breathing rate :  

• When you are able to adjust from your usual breathing to deep breathing, adjust your inhale (breathe-in) and exhale (breathe-out) rates to be equal.
• If you take 4 seconds to inhale, then take an equal 4 seconds to exhale  
• Adjusting your breathing rate will take time, there is no need to rush.  First, you can start with 4 seconds as your inhale and exhale speed..
• After mastering your breathing rate at 4 seconds, extend this the rate to 5 seconds, then 6 seconds, etc.

3.    Once you have controlled your breathing rate, learn to make changes to your breathing rate: 

• For example: use 4 seconds to inhale. Pause and hold your breath for 2 seconds. Use 5 seconds to exhale. Hold your breath for 2 or 3 seconds, then spend 4 seconds exhaling.

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